I'm Nicki, I'm a data journalist in NYC, and I like people, places, and things.
Now
- Lead Data Journalist at Chartmetric, responsible for editing copy, managing freelancers, and creating charts for all stories on our music journalism publication, How Music Charts
- Freelance researcher for Gayle Anderson, reporter for KTLA Morning News
Then
- Lead research assistant for political science 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
- Data viz freelancer for Axios Visuals, 2022-2024
- Summer 2022 Data viz intern for Axios Visuals
- 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
- 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:
