Data and Visual Journalists to Follow
A who's who of data journalists, visual journalists and editors to follow on Bluesky.
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@umarhassan.co.uk
@sean-greene.bsky.social
Data and graphics journalist @latimes.com. Fan of Liverpool FC and porgs. Trying to be athletic.
@richardceault.bsky.social
Former (almost) indie rockstar interested in music, books, films, games, people, news, and politics. Ex-Sentinel Chief Features Writer. Now data journalist with Reach Data Unit. Winner of best writer at North West & Midlands media awards
@patrickscott.bsky.social
Head of content at the Office for National Statistics. Used to do data journalism and vis for GlobalData, New Statesman, Telegraph & Reach
@jarnavic.bsky.social
@facostarainis.bsky.social
Data Specialist at Pulitzer Center • Chevening alumni at BCU • Former La Nacion, The Guardian GNI fellow • El universo en cada historia
@hernandesraph.bsky.social
Data Journalist at The Guardian. Ethics of AI MPhil at the University of Cambridge. (Ele/dele he/him)
@beckydale.bsky.social
Attempting social platform reboot… | Data journalist with BBC focusing on global storytelling and climate science
@anniegouk.bsky.social
Data Investigations Editor at Reach, based in Manchester Follow me for #ddj #datajournalism #dataviz
@karenyourish.bsky.social
Data and visual investigations at The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/by/karen-yourish
@fparis.bsky.social
data reporter for The Upshot at The New York Times. previously: local reporter at The Berkshire Eagle and radio producer for NPR.
@rachellavin.bsky.social
Data journalist at Bloomberg sharing visualisations on conflict, current affairs and climate change. Formerly The Sunday Times, Sunday Business Post, Sunday Independent and Washington Ireland Program. London/Irish Twitter: https://x.com/RachelLavin
@danieljdunford.bsky.social
Senior data journalist at Sky News https://news.sky.com/author/daniel-dunford-825
@c-aguilargarcia.bsky.social
Guardian data journalist. Previously at Sky News and several media in Chile and Spain
@plottheball.com
Using data to tell better stories about sport at Plot the Ball https://www.plottheball.com ben@plottheball.com Data journalist at Insurance Insider in my day job https://www.insuranceinsider.com ben.wylie@insuranceinsider.com
@gwjournalism.bsky.social
Data journalist at The Times and Sunday Times. Views are my own ✍️ https://www.thetimes.com/profile/george-willoughby
@davidblood.bsky.social
Creative Director at BBC News. Alum, visuals @cnn.com, interactive news @financialtimes.com, digital investigations @amnesty.org. Also ex-Guardian visual editor (and reader). Away now ⛔️
@nicu.md
Senior Data Investigator @globalwitness.org, Lecturer @citystgeorges.bsky.social | ex BBC News, @newstatesman.com. Website: https://nicu.md/ Mastodon: http://journa.host/@nicu Newsletter: http://blog.samizdata.co
@dubasfisher.bsky.social
Senior data journalist at the Reach Data Unit, based in Manchester but from Bradford 🔗 https://www.mirror.co.uk/authors/david-dubas-fisher/
@jerryvermanen.nl
Data- en onderzoeksjournalist voor Pointer (KRO-NCRV) 📈🕵️♂️ Winnaar van De Tegel, SODA en Sigma Award 🥳 Luister naar de podcast Het Escortbedrog 🎧
@nimrashahid.bsky.social
🌎 Climate investigations @ ARIA ✍️ Data + words with Bloomberg, Financial Times, Global Witness, the Guardian, TBIJ +
@evaconstantaras.bsky.social
Data editor at Lighthouse Reports. Thibi data trainer. Champion of Global Majority accountability data journalism. 🇹🇭 via 🇬🇷 🇹🇷 🇰🇪 🇺🇸 🇪🇸 🇫🇷 🇨🇴 🇯🇵 🇩🇪
@victriavic.bsky.social
Periodista especialitzada en dades i visualització 📊🗞🕵️♀️ Ara a @eldiario.es
@clairemiller.bsky.social
Data journalist, maths geek, feminist, responsible for a lot of the ICO's FOI caseload. clairemiller.net
@karriekehoe.bsky.social
Data & Research Deputy Editor at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Gotta leak? Get in touch! kkehoe [at] ICIJ.org
@ruibarros.me
Portuguese data journalist publico.pt. | #ddj #svelte #rstats 📍 Braga 📸 @photons.ruibarros.me 💻 ruimgbarros.com 📮 rui.barros@publico.pt 🤖 @manchetes.pt
@paulbradshaw.bsky.social
Data journalist and course leader, MA Data Journalism at Birmingham City University
@chefboibex.bsky.social
Data and Graphics reporter at @theobserveruk.bsky.social. They/them
@danict89.bsky.social
Senior Intelligence Analyst 🔎 Freelance Investigative Data Journalist 📰 | BBC News, OS/GEO/HUM/SOC/-INT techs & Computer-Assisted Reporting💻 'The News Desk' feed https://bsky.app/profile/danict89.bsky.social/feed/aaab7pjshw7j6 Signal: dani.89
@joeydurso.bsky.social
Senior data journalist, The Times and the Sunday Times | Author of MORE THAN A SHIRT out June 2025: https://geni.us/MoreThanAShirt | joey.durso@the-times.co.uk
@asgtypes.bsky.social
Digital Editor, RUSI. Documentary filmmaker, statistician, highly commended journalist. Defence reporter.
@ainsliejstone.bsky.social
Data journalist 📈 and science correspondent 🧪 at The Economist
@fransham.bsky.social
Data journalist @ The Economist Newspaper. Covering everything under the sun, but now with a British focus.
@thatsoph.bsky.social
Data & Graphics @ CNN. 📈👸 Priors: WSJ, ONS. Clearly a fan of acronyms. Fair Warning newsletter: https://fairwarning.substack.com
@simonrogers.bsky.social
Datajournalist & Data Editor @Google, Was @Twitter @Guardian. Co-host with Alberto Cairo http://datajournalismpodcast.com
@matildakdavies.bsky.social
Data Journalist at The Times and The Sunday Times | Views my own | Send tips + data to matilda.davies@thetimes.co.uk | She/Her 🏳️🌈
@sondreus.bsky.social
@TheEconomist Senior Data Journalist & @Harvard University @IQSS affiliate Data/sims/models ➡️ articles++ not v active here, so best email: sondresolstad@economist.com
@porcelinad.bsky.social
Data editor with the Guardian and occasional data trainer. "I ❤️ spreadsheets" mug-owner. Python for the big stuff. Happiest when in/on/by the sea. Reserve the right to show off my latest Amigurumi.
@sdbernard.bsky.social
@data.ft.com Senior Visual Journalist. Mad about cartography, dataviz and F1! Check out my QGIS youtube channel at http://bit.ly/1MAR2Po Follow me on Instagram @stevendbernard
@michaelgoodier.bsky.social
Journalist on the Guardian Data Projects team Visiting lecturer at City St George's London and Brighton Ignore my silly posts
@ashleyjkirk.bsky.social
Visuals editor @Guardian. Visiting lecturer @CityJournalism. Previously data journalist @Telegraph
@nassosstylianou.bsky.social
Visual stories reporter at the Financial Times | Previously at Global Energy Monitor and before that senior data journalist at BBC News www.nassosstylianou.com
@theboysmithy.ft.com
Head of Visual and Data Journalism @financialtimes.com; Honorary Prof @UCL Social Data Institute. Views expressed are my own. Reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
@maxharlow.bsky.social
Data reporter @bloomberg.com. Previously @financialtimes.com. I also run @journocoders.bsky.social. Views are my own. mharlow4@bloomberg.net
@higsch.com
| Husband & dad^3 | head data & visualizations at @spiegel.de | #Svelte and #D3 | biochemistry & computational biology PhD | 🇸🇪🇩🇪🇪🇺 | https://spiegel.de/duv | https://higsch.com
@georgegreenwood.bsky.social
"Ever active" investigations reporter at The Times. george.greenwood@thetimes.co.uk or DM for Signal. My musings on transparency are at https://relightmyfoia.blog
@samlearner.bsky.social
graphics/data journalist on the @financialtimes.com visual storytelling team work: https://www.ft.com/sam-learner projects: https://samlearner.com/ signal: samlearner.79
@samjoiner.bsky.social
Visual Stories and Investigations Editor at the Financial Times. We use computational tools and traditional reporting to produce explainers, investigations and deep dives in visual formats.
@tomcalver.bsky.social
Data Editor, @thetimes.com I write a weekly data column called Go Figure 🔗 https://www.thetimes.com/profile/tom-calver 📧 thomas.calver@the-times.co.uk
@gelliottmorris.com
data-driven journalist. author of STRENGTH IN NUMBERS, the book: bit.ly/3OWqEqR and the Substack: www.gelliottmorris.com/welcome. formerly ABC News/538 & The Economist. proud custodian of a small community garden plot.
@data.ft.com
The FT’s team of reporters, statisticians, illustrators, cartographers, designers, and developers work with colleagues across our newsrooms, using graphics and data to find, investigate and explain stories. https://www.ft.com/visual-and-data-journalism
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com
Columnist and chief data reporter the Financial Times | Stories, stats & scatterplots | john.burn-murdoch@ft.com 📝 ft.com/jbm
@craigsilverman.bsky.social
Investigative journalist and OSINT trainer. I write the free Digital Investigations newsletter and edited the Verification Handbook series. Previously: ProPublica, BuzzFeed News. https://digitalinvestigations.substack.com/ https://craigsilverman.ca
@martinstabe.ft.com
Data journalist at @data.ft.com. These days mainly thinking about elections data and how to use automation and AI in news. Currently at #ijf25 #ddj #dataviz
@umarhassan.co.uk
Storytelling with journalism, data visualisation & analytics. Once called "The King of Data Viz" by 7-time World Snooker Champion Stephen Hendry DM me or email umarhassanmedia@gmail.com for stories & storytelling opportunities! Website: umarhassan.co.uk