I'm Nicki, I'm a data journalist in NYC, and I like people, places, and things.
Now
- Data Journalist at Hearst Television
Then
- Lead Data Journalist at Chartmetric, responsible for editing copy, managing freelancers, and creating charts for stories on their music journalism publication, How Music Charts
- Summer 2022 Data Viz intern for Axios Visuals
- Lead research assistant for Professor Michael G. Miller at Barnard College, focusing on American elections and political behavior with our work published in the Harvard Dataverse and other major journals
- Fall 2021 Data Intern for CNN Politics
- City Data Manager for The COVID Tracking Project, as well as the Assistant Community Manager and a member of the Editorial Team
- Freelance researcher for Gayle Anderson, reporter for KTLA Morning News
- Summer 2021 Public Interest Technology Data Science Intern at Columbia University, as part of New America's PIT University Network
- News Editor & Social Media Team Member for Bwog, an independent Columbia/Barnard student news publication
Always
- Barnard College of Columbia University grad, with degrees in Political Science and Statistics
Skills
- R
- Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
- Google Sheets/Excel
- Datawrapper
- Figma
- SQL
- Statistical analysis
- Data cleaning, gathering, sourcing, and visualization
- Research
- Editing/Writing/Reporting
- American politics, with a focus on elections and political behavior
- Social media management and content creation
- Team building! Morale boosting! Bringer of fun/memes to Slacks and Zooms!
Things I like
- Color theory
- Fruit shaped vases and home decor
- Spreadsheets
- Bon Iver
- Tote bags
- The 2007–2009 ABC comedy-drama television series, Pushing Daisies
- Le Creuset cookware
- Overly specific Spotify playlists
- The NYT Spelling Bee
- Actually, any kind of puzzle, especially those of the crossword or jigsaw variety
- Survivor
- See the mood board below for more info:
