Graphics reporter
Resumes ID: 11961
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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Zip Code: 55413
Posted: 06.25.2026
Updated:
Job Type:
Job Category: Newspapers, Wire Services, Online | New Media, Magazines, Graphic Design, Academia, Fellowships | Scholarship | Prizes, Other,
Education:
08.17.2020 - 05.10.2024
University of Missouri
Journalism
Bachelor’s Degree
Work Experience:
06.10.2024 - 06.25.2026
News Designer
The Minnesota Star Tribune |
- Dataviz & coding: Developed front-end interactives, graphics, and maps using Svelte, R, Datawrapper and Illustrator for both breaking news and major investigative projects; contributed to a standardized code starter template for the design team.
- Engagement: Designed 13 digital stories in year one, averaging 97 seconds of engaged time (102% above site average); built a cartographic timeline tracking the largest manhunt in state history that garnered 4 minutes of engagement.
- Utility journalism: Overhauled our elections voter guide, directed the strategic and visual redesign to deliver core democratic information to our audience; advocated across the company that this product be served to our audience without a paywall. Engineered dynamic charts using NOAA's API to track historic Minnesota flood risks, driving 484% more audience traffic than the newsroom’s average; this work was nationally recognized in the Dataviz Dispatch newsletter.
- Culture & leadership: Programmed the newsroom’s summer internship, coordinating mentor assignments and skill-building brownbag sessions.
Total Years Experience:
3 years
Skills:
- Svelte
- Datawrapper
- HTML/CSS/Javascript
- R
- AI/ML for coding
- Data analysis
Occupations:
Digital Content Producer/Editor, Graphic Designer/Animator, Page Designer, Web Designer