JOIN THE DISCUSSION

Join the #connect-early-career channel on the DVS Slack to meet other early career community members, discuss topics relevant to people who are in the beginning of their data viz journeys, and more!

ATTEND AN EVENT

Come join us at our upcoming events or review the recordings from past events. We offer monthly Finding Your Path conversations to explore different areas of data viz and community building events.

APPLY TO OUR COMMITTEe

Join the Early Career Committee to help shape the direction of the programming we offer and connect with other members of the community interested in supporting early career data viz practitioners. Apply here!

REACH OUT

Have ideas for ways we can better support the early career community? Want to propose an event topic? Please reach out at earlycareer@datavisualizationsociety.org. We take your feedback seriously and have gratitude for any time and energy it takes to reach out to us.

Stephanie Adeline, Data Journalist at The Straits Times

Stephanie is a data journalist based in Jakarta, Indonesia. She’s currently writing data stories, designing and sometimes developing interactives at The Straits Times, a Singapore newspaper. She graduated from UT Austin with a degree in journalism and only stumbled upon data journalism during her senior year. After graduation, she interned with the data visuals team at The Texas Tribune and then NPR, thanks to guidance from her data journalism professor.

Emma Kisa, Data Analyst at Code for Africa

Emma Kisa is a Data Analyst with Code for Africa, as part of their pan-African knowledge team. She has worked in the media and communication field for 13 years and is a Uganda National Journalism Awards (UNJA) 2017 nominee in the Data Journalism category. Emma has a strong interest in Early Childhood Development.

Taylor Johnston, Graphics Fellow at The New York Times

Taylor Johnston is a journalist from Cleveland, OH. A first-generation college student, she graduated from Ohio University in 2020 with bachelor’s degrees in journalism and interactive information design. Taylor is a graphics fellow at The New York Times and has worked for the Center for Public Integrity, The Dallas Morning News, Newsday and Ohio Magazine. When she is not creating a data visualization or sifting through a spreadsheet, she enjoys collecting stationery, practicing calligraphy and walking her dog, Burke.