Data Journalist

Moody’s Investors Service is looking for a Data Journalist to join our Research department. The team is comprised of graphics engineers, information designers, writers, and editors responsible for covering the firm’s curated content and products published via a proprietary content management system. The successful candidate will be creative and passionate about collaborating with credit analysts to produce data-driven research that delights the customer.

Moody’s Research Graphics is a global, collaborative team of professionals enthusiastic about enhancing the quality of our research through compelling digital graphics.

At minimum, the Data Journalist would be responsible for:

• Collaborating with financial analysts, writers, and designers to develop and visualize data driven stories covering credit research

• Synthesizing complex data sets into stories with clear and concise messages

• Applying statistical and data discovery techniques to validate key messages

• Prioritizing workload assignments effectively, managing multiple projects simultaneously

• Contributing to initiatives to inform other teams internally about the principles of data visualization and data journalism
Required

• Experience in a newsroom or journalist organization

• Degree in data science, economics, political science, statistics, journalism, or related technical discipline

• Programming experience in R and/or Python

• Strong understanding of Excel beyond charts, e.g., familiarity with adjustments of datasets, Power Query, Power Pivot, Index, Match, array formulas

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Ability to work effectively with multiple parts of an organization

• Ability to work collaboratively with a mixed-media team

• Strong interpersonal skills and positive attitude

Additional skills

• Familiarity with other statistical packages such as Matlab is a plus

• D3.js, ggplot, tydeverse and other statistical graphics libraries experience a plus