Alexandra Kanik

Data Visualization Editor, @HoustonChron and @ExpressNews. Previously @CityMonitorAI @WFPLNews @kentuckycir @OVReSRC @PublicSourcePA

[Samantha Wohlfeil @SAWohlfeil]

Inland Northwest journalists: please join us tomorrow for a free spreadsheet training with @act_rational and don’t forget your laptops. We’ll look at ways to work with data in Google sheets and brainstorm ideas for record requests

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

If you've got any questions about the job, about the team, about the organization, about the city... don't hesitate to reach out!

LCC or News Nerdery slacks are best but whatever this "X" thing is now is fine too. Or email [email protected].

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

I don't post much, but when I do you know it's important. We're hiring!

If you want to work with some of the smartest, kindest, coolest folks I've ever met writing code, making maps/charts and learning all about Houston and Texas, take a look. https://t.co/E2GkLlte9T

[cam rodriguez 🔎 @journo_cam]

I realized that I've talked about the class I taught with @act_rational, but I never posted the slides or repo! If you want to learn how to use PostgreSQL + PostGIS or Pandas + Geopandas to make geographic crosswalks with Census data, I gotchu:
https://t.co/MMGuE6eTWd (slides)

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

Open sourcing tipsheet: https://t.co/Lg8aAb8Pf2

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

https://t.co/psqjoA6J52

[Marc Duvoisin @MarcDuvoisin]

.@WesleyRatko has made the impenetrable understandable. Terrific explainer on Texas property tax bills, what they mean, who's getting paid, etc. Illo by the inimitable @kenduque. Orchestrated by
@act_rational
https://t.co/H5FzCouhOd

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

@craftworksxyz @petrinkae This is also a good thing to remind bosses, editors and other managers of said data reporters…

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

A truer statement has never been spoken. I'm just one of so many data journalists who would not be in the industry today if it weren't for IRE and the communities they create. ❤️💻📰

[Investigative Reporters & Editors @IRE_NICAR]

For #GivingTuesday, @act_rational of @HoustonChron and @ExpressNews shares how #IREOpensDoors through training. “I never would have been able to get there, to learn how to work with data, had it not been for IRE.” Support IRE at https://t.co/GkFy2EPcRx.

[WA Emergency Management @waEMD]

Well, that didn't last long. As our "official" designation vanishes and our @Twitter blue check mark is probably next to go, a quick note on best ways to confirm the identity of government Twitter accounts around you.

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

@madimcvan @_wolfemily @IRE_NICAR I heard a rumor that there might be a totally scripted mapping class at NICAR this year...😁

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

@FuscoChris @HoustonChron @karenwarrenHC @_yichinlee @jonjshapley @coomerchron I'll forgive you for editing out the funniest of my data jokes. 😉

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

Literally took me like 23 years to get this one...

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

@kenduque Tell me about the philosophy behind the doughnuts, Ken. Also, i totally missed the coffee ring on his official files first time around!

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

When @kenduque added a shark to his illustration of how the new Ike Dike ring barrier will help prevent flooding in Galveston... we all thought he was just being "Ken". Little did we know. https://t.co/pLEakNuamn

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

The storm surge is so powerful from #HurricaneIan that it has brought a shark into the city streets of Fort Myers.

🎥@BradHabuda

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

News nerd friends: come work with me! This cross-market team builds awesome newsroom tools and collaborates with individual Hearst newsrooms to provide essential reader-focused news apps! If you love React, data and cool peeps, this is def the job for you!

[Tim O’Rourke @TimothyORourke]

🛎️ Job Alert <ding-ding> 🛎️

Help us spread the news: The @hearst DevHub is hiring!

🖼️ Deputy Director of Visual Storytelling: https://t.co/yTGvewHl3V

🗺️ Newsroom Engineer: https://t.co/riCLKsJ4UM

Our mission is #localnews innovation and the jobs are remote friendly. 🕶️

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

🗺️💻❤️

[Evan Wagstaff @EvanWagstaff]

My first OSS contribution has been merged and is now available as part of the @maplibre package (as of v2.2.0)! You can have a full-width maplibre embed without getting scroll stuck thanks to cooperative gestures 👆👆

[Hannah Dellinger @hdellingermedia]

New from @serrano_alej and me: The wave of book reviews and removals that swept across Texas in the last year was driven more by politicians than parents, a Houston Chronicle analysis found.

Story w/ database of 2,080 book reviews, challenges and bans:

https://t.co/YRTgUcJuqL

[Alexandra Kanik @act_rational]

@aschweig One of my fav ways of using zucchini that really lets the zucc shine: https://t.co/WiDZBvKRGq. I prefer using a fake meat... been jammin with the soyrizo lately.