
Organization / Workplace
Philip Merrill College of Journalism - University of MarylandLocation
Washington D.C. Metro Area United StatesOccupation
Oct 1st: Independent, specializing in data science, data visualization, & data journalism.Industry
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About
I am a Tow Fellow (http://towcenter.org) and Research Scientist in the Computational Journalism Lab headed by Nicholas Diakopoulos. My work involves examining algorithmic accountability and transparency including the use of algorithms in news media, and how they are researched and reported; data visualization; and developing automation and other tools for the newsroom or the news-consumer. Follow me on Twitter @_JAStark or contact me via starkja@umd.edu Keywords: data analysis, data visualization, transparency, open source, infovis, Python, machine learning, natural language processing, JavaScript, D3.js, Flask, HTML5/CSS3, interactive design, interface design, prototyping/wireframing, A...