Ep. 76 - Data Journalist (Matthew Mitchell)

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Tech News, Technology

4.7 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2016

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

One day Matt watched in disappointment as a trusted tv newscaster declared facts about his home country of Grenada, that conflicted with reports from his relatives back home. That was the beginning of his passion for news and his work in data journalism.

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0:28.2	go to amazon.com.ukau.U.K. slash prime. Welcome to the Codenuby podcast, where we talk to people on their coding journey in hopes of helping you on yours.
0:43.7	I'm your host, Aran, and before we kick off the show, I want to tell you about our incredible sponsors.
0:49.6	Today on the show, I'm so excited to have Matt Mitchell join us, data journalist for the New York Times. Matt, you want to say hi? Hi, everybody. So, Matt, I know you do a lot of stuff. You do data journalism and you also do a bunch of security stuff, but I really want to focus on the data journalism side of things. How do you feel about that? I feel great. Let's do it. Yeah, data journalism. So important.
1:11.9	So important. So when I was looking at your bio and your background, I was so impressed because
1:16.6	you've done, you know, web development and coding at a bunch of name brands when it comes to
1:23.5	journalism and media companies. You've worked most recently at the New York Times. Before that, CNN,
1:28.8	Essence, Interactive One, Time, Inc. What's it been like to be a data journalist across all these
1:34.8	different entities? It's been great. I mean, like, you know, I always implore everyone. If you're a
1:41.2	developer, just understand technology is everywhere. So if you love bread, code for a bread place. If you love sneakers, code for an, you know, like footwear company.
1:52.0	Nike has tech stuff. Yeah, I mean, just be, don't, like, you will not believe that there's tech stuff for the thing that you have across
2:01.8	pollinated interest in and when you're working like 15 hour days and you're hitting these monotonous
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