The Reporters’ Collective team seeks a full-time Data Expert/Journalist.
We are a non-profit newsroom that focuses on investigative journalism. We enjoy collaborating with domain experts, other newsrooms and journalists to do our work. We do not produce journalism in a rush. We believe in deep-dive reporting. Our work is intensive and rigorous.
Are you passionate about journalism that goes beyond the surface and holds power to account? If so, come work with us!
Work Profile
- To pitch and lead your data-based investigative projects. You’ll be the driving force of our data investigations.
- To work in a team with other colleagues to carry out complex investigations. Expect large-scale data gathering and analysis alongside traditional investigation techniques.
- To innovate and collaborate with external experts to build data-based projects.
Experience: 2-4 years
Location: Delhi
Work Place: Hybrid. Remote and in an office in South Delhi
Salary Range: Rs. 4,20,000 – Rs. 6,00,000 per annum
Deadline: June 19, 6 pm
Skills and Experience Required
- You have a proven track record of reporting on stories based on data.
- You are as interested in analysing data as in examining sources of data, and how it is being used and generated. In short, you understand the “business of data”.
- You are just as comfortable working with financial data as with other thematic zones. You may not be familiar with many thematic arenas, but you have the ability and desire to walk along steep learning curves.
- You have experience working with large datasets, including:
- Scraping sites and building databases.
- Cleaning and parsing datasets efficiently/performantly.
- Standardising and combining large datasets.
- You’re good at data analysis and familiar with data analysis tools.
- You have geospatial data analysis experience with tools.
- You have experience visualising data and are familiar with applications for it.
- You have experience publishing or sharing databases internally or publicly.
Note: We understand that you may not have all the listed technical skill sets and experience. If you are a fast learner and see yourself excelling in this role, we encourage you to apply.
We encourage applications from individuals from marginalised and disadvantaged backgrounds.
For any clarification, you can write to edit@reporters-collective.in
