Alexandra Kanik

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Alexandra Kanik

@act_rational

Data Visualization Editor, @HoustonChron and @ExpressNews. Previously @CityMonitorAI @WFPLNews @kentuckycir @OVReSRC @PublicSourcePA

Spokane, WA Katılım Şubat 2010
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Samantha Wohlfeil@SAWohlfeil·
Inland Northwest journalists: please join us tomorrow for a free spreadsheet training with @act_rational and don’t forget your laptops. We’ll look at ways to work with data in Google sheets and brainstorm ideas for record requests
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If you've got any questions about the job, about the team, about the organization, about the city... don't hesitate to reach out! LCC or News Nerdery slacks are best but whatever this "X" thing is now is fine too. Or email alexandra.kanik@houstonchronicle.com.
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I don't post much, but when I do you know it's important. We're hiring! If you want to work with some of the smartest, kindest, coolest folks I've ever met writing code, making maps/charts and learning all about Houston and Texas, take a look. eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…
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cam rodriguez 🔎@journo_cam·
I realized that I've talked about the class I taught with @act_rational, but I never posted the slides or repo! If you want to learn how to use PostgreSQL + PostGIS or Pandas + Geopandas to make geographic crosswalks with Census data, I gotchu: bit.ly/make-mapping-b… (slides)
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A truer statement has never been spoken. I'm just one of so many data journalists who would not be in the industry today if it weren't for IRE and the communities they create. ❤️💻📰
Investigative Reporters & Editors@IRE_NICAR

For #GivingTuesday, @act_rational of @HoustonChron and @ExpressNews shares how #IREOpensDoors through training. “I never would have been able to get there, to learn how to work with data, had it not been for IRE.” Support IRE at ire.org/donate.

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WA Emergency Management@waEMD·
Well, that didn't last long. As our "official" designation vanishes and our @Twitter blue check mark is probably next to go, a quick note on best ways to confirm the identity of government Twitter accounts around you.
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Literally took me like 23 years to get this one...
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@kenduque Tell me about the philosophy behind the doughnuts, Ken. Also, i totally missed the coffee ring on his official files first time around!
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@act_rational Everything is there for a reason … 😀
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News nerd friends: come work with me! This cross-market team builds awesome newsroom tools and collaborates with individual Hearst newsrooms to provide essential reader-focused news apps! If you love React, data and cool peeps, this is def the job for you!
Tim O’Rourke@TimothyORourke

🛎️ Job Alert <ding-ding> 🛎️ Help us spread the news: The @hearst DevHub is hiring! 🖼️ Deputy Director of Visual Storytelling: eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat… 🗺️ Newsroom Engineer: eevd.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat… Our mission is #localnews innovation and the jobs are remote friendly. 🕶️

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Hannah Dellinger@hdellingermedia·
New from @serrano_alej and me: The wave of book reviews and removals that swept across Texas in the last year was driven more by politicians than parents, a Houston Chronicle analysis found. Story w/ database of 2,080 book reviews, challenges and bans: houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…
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