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Helen Atkinson

Helen Atkinson

@baskerhel

Visual data journalist @TheEconomist

High Wycombe/London Katılım Eylül 2012
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@AlexSelbyB “Global financial crisis” Alex! Research would never let that wording slide
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@AlexSelbyB Only if you read books for 30 mins a day though. Otherwise dead before 80.
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This fits in with my ambition to get a telegram from King George in 2073
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd@AlexSelbyB·
We're hiring! @TheEconomist is seeking a political data scientist to join our award-winning data-journalism team. Based in London, New York or DC, the successful candidate will manage our existing election-forecasting models and design and build new ones infographics.economist.com/2023/job-polit…
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Tareque Laskar@tarequelaskar·
“goodbyers’ remorse” 😂😭 @AlexSelbyB please convey my regards to the copy editor on this
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Can't believe these didn't fly off the shelves
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@AlexSelbyB Erm, remember how you rubbished the same rat theory when I mentioned it on Friday? He looks so skinny though 🥺
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd@AlexSelbyB·
Here's my (slightly flimsy) evidence that it's the same rat. See how he suddenly remembers the trap from last time and refuses to be taken? This makes him a nightmare for people like me. Might have to move house.
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Helen Atkinson@baskerhel·
@AlexSelbyB If the queue can reach maximum capacity, will there be a queue to join The Queue?
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd@AlexSelbyB·
1979-80 was a fertile time for chart titles. All credit to @gelliottmorris for the first one, although he just let himself down with an attempted LMFAO chart title
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Jane Ferguson
Jane Ferguson@JaneFerguson5·
VITAL point: journalism is so elitist (socio-economically) and it’s in absolute denial: “Stop awarding fellowships to elite universities only. Stop developing relationships with elite universities only. And stop making a degree a requirement for jobs because that's absurd.”
Barry Malone@malonebarry

I was recently interviewed by @HackWelsh for his excellent 'The Angry Editor' newsletter. I, ummm, went off on a bit of a rant. angryeditor.substack.com/p/a-lack-of-ne…

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd@AlexSelbyB·
Nice charts too. My title suggestion for the first one ("Show me the money") was rightly ignored
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd@AlexSelbyB·
Great piece. The biggest surprise for me is that Amazon's “Lord of the Rings” series will be the most expensive piece of television ever made, with a budget around three times that of “Top Gun” economist.com/business/2022/…
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Marie Segger
Marie Segger@MarieSegger·
📈 I’m very proud to share that Off the Charts, @TheEconomist’s data newsletter has been shortlisted for the @sigmaawards! The newsletter is a true labour of love from the data and the newsletter team
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Helen Atkinson@baskerhel·
@AlexSelbyB Nah, forget the questions. We are intelligent, that’s all that matters
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd@AlexSelbyB·
Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. It is three days since my last Wordle
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@AlexSelbyB Sometimes they are only two 🤭 It works out ok most of the time though!
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Alex Selby-Boothroyd@AlexSelbyB·
Utterly thrilled not to have travelled into work today
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