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Data Journalist
Full-time / Contract · Remote (anywhere)
“Turn raw data into stories that actually change how people think.”
The role
You know that feeling when a single chart lands harder than a 2,000-word op-ed? That’s what we’re after.
On Radar is building the next generation of AI-powered news intelligence — and we need someone who can make data speak. This isn’t a "write SEO blog posts and call it journalism" role. You’ll work at the intersection of real-time data pipelines, AI-generated insights, and editorial storytelling.
You’ll have access to a firehose of structured news data across tech, science, policy, and finance — and the freedom to find the signals nobody else is seeing.
Responsibilities
What you'll do
- Mine our aggregated news intelligence platform for patterns, anomalies, and emerging narratives that deserve deeper coverage
- Build data-driven stories using visualisations, interactive charts, and compelling analysis — not just walls of text
- Collaborate with our AI/ML team to design new editorial features (think: automated trend detection that actually makes sense to humans)
- Develop and maintain dashboards that surface real-time editorial insights
- Fact-check AI-generated summaries and add the context that machines miss
- Pitch original investigations that combine public datasets with our proprietary news intelligence
Requirements
What you bring
- A portfolio that shows you can turn messy data into clear, engaging stories (academic projects count — the work speaks for itself)
- Comfort with at least one data tool: Python/pandas, R, SQL, or even advanced spreadsheet wizardry
- Strong writing — you can explain a regression model to your grandma and a policy implication to a CEO
- Curiosity that won’t quit: you read arxiv papers for fun, have opinions about chart libraries, or maintain a side project that’s slightly unhinged
- Familiarity with data visualisation (D3.js, Observable, Datawrapper, Flourish, or similar)
- Bonus: experience with news APIs, RSS pipelines, or NLP/AI tooling
Culture
Why you'll love it
- No meetings-that-could-have-been-emails culture — we ship async and respect deep work
- Direct access to cutting-edge AI models and a massive real-time news dataset
- Your byline on stories read by a growing audience of tech-savvy, curious humans
- Real ownership — you’ll shape what data journalism means at On Radar, not follow a playbook someone wrote in 2015
- Flexible hours, remote-first, and a team that thinks work-life balance isn’t a perk — it’s the baseline
Compensation
Competitive, based on experience. We’re transparent about ranges during the process — no "depends on experience" bait-and-switch.
Ready to make data speak?
or email editor@onradar.app
General interest
Don't see your role?
We're always interested in hearing from talented people. Drop us a line with what you'd bring to the team at editor@onradar.app.