Visual Data Journalist for Climate and Weather

beBee Careers is hiring a Visual Data Journalist for Climate and Weather in New York, NY. The role involves creating data-driven visualizations and interactive stories on climate issues, collaborating with a specialized team, and ensuring high journalistic standards. Candidates should have at least 10 years of relevant experience and proficiency in web technologies and data analysis. This is a full-time position based in the office.
• Role Summary*

We are seeking a skilled Data-Driven Storytelling Journalist to join our team. As a Data-Driven Storytelling Journalist, you will be responsible for creating data-driven visualizations and interactive stories that illuminate and personalize the most urgent crisis of our time.

This is a unique role in which you will work within a specialized team on high-impact journalism, as well as pitch and develop your own story ideas. You will work with teammates to create and edit graphics and visuals, including maps, charts, interactives, and other visual storytelling formats.

You will collaborate with other visual editors and reporters in the newsroom and work with subject-matter experts on the team to cultivate strong sourcing for data related to the beat. You will also ensure that our analyses, stories, and visualizations uphold rigorous journalistic standards.
• *Responsibilities:**
• Work with teammates to pitch and develop data-driven stories and interactives focused on climate change, weather, and climate solutions.
• Create and edit graphics and visuals, including maps, charts, interactives, and other visual storytelling formats.
• Collaborate with other visual editors and reporters in the newsroom.
• Work with subject-matter experts on the team to cultivate strong sourcing for data related to the beat.
• Evaluate data analysis, stories, and visualizations for journalistic quality and accuracy.

Requirements:

To be successful in this role, you should have at least 10 years of newsroom or comparable web visualization experience and experience working with climate, weather, environment data. You should also have high proficiency in modern web development technologies and workflows (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, git), high proficiency in data analysis (R, Python, Node, etc.), and mapping and graphics skills (Illustrator, AI2html, QGIS, Mapbox).