∞ Tools: Microsoft Excel, Google Gemini, Google Sheets/Slides/Docs, Tableau, CartoDB, Flourish, Datawrapper & Slack.

∞ Skills: OSINT. Web scraping with AI, extensions or tools, or Python. Data cleaning and analysis. Interactive graphics and maps. Basic coding skills in Python, HTML, and CSS. Photography and video production. GIPA & FOI applications. As part of the Nine Gen AI group I have been trained to use the Gemini AI tool suite.

∞ Teaching: Wrote the data journalism course for Macleay College in 2018 and was a lecturer and tutor there until 2021.  

Corporate course development and training for Newscorp in 2017. I wrote and presented the data journalism module of the NewsUniversity program under Neil Varcoe.

Data journalism tutor at University of Technology Sydney (UTS) – 2017 & 2018.

Media & Journalism tutor at Sydney University – 2022.

Training workshops for the Google News Initiative – 2023

Professional presentation skills honed by years of training at Village Roadshow and Newscorp including a two-day NIDA corporate performance course in October 2017.

∞ Online Courses: Web Developer Bootcamp online course – 2017, Intro to Computer Science Udacity – May 2016, R Studio coursera online course Johns Hopkins University – July 2015, Doing Journalism with Data Course – March 2015.

Education

∞ Diploma of Journalism Macleay College – 2012

Awarded Journalism Medal, graduated top of the 2012 class.

Editor of Macleay College’s news website ‘The Newsroom’.

Created daily news lists, published a blog, edited student multimedia content including video, photos, and words.

Conducted an investigation into the links between terrorism, organised crime and counterfeit handbags.

∞ Diploma of Film Australian Film Base – 2007

Production management, camera operation, directing and video editing on Final Cut Pro.

I worked on independent and professional films, music videos and TV series between 2007 and 2012.

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