Aaron Colby Williams
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I’m off twitter—email me (check website) ▫️ staff viz engineer @netflix ▫️ ex-data reporter @washingtonpost ▫️ board member @newsproduct
Los Angeles
Joined May 2008
I moved back to my birthplace, Los Angeles, last year, and with it came a flood of memories and reflections. So much of who we are is defined by where and how we grew up. I tried to distill my thoughts into a memoir on "upward mobility" for @puddingviz.
pudding.cool
What role did the neighborhood you grew up in have in shaping your economic opportunities? Author Aaron Williams tells a data story about migration, community, and returning to your roots.
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RT @sahilchinoy: i'm on the job market with a paper about political sorting in the labor market! it's perhaps harder to choose your coworke….
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RT @frankshyong: Today is also my last day at the paper after nearly 13 years, and this will be my last column. I'm grateful that it happen….
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RT @newsproduct: It’s time to submit session ideas and register for the NPA Summit 2024 on October 11! 🎉 https://t.….
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Kendrick brought business to a Chinese restaurant during AAPI Month on a diss record. Bro too good 😂.
This is likely the best thing to come out of the Kendrick Lamar - Drake battle: .
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RT @newsproduct: The News Product Management Certification program just kicked off with its inaugural cohort! 🎉 News professionals from all….
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RT @opennews: "No organization is more worthy of support than this one. OpenNews is an island of sanity in an ocean of media crazy.". That'….
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Help us continue to do this work We're so grateful to be together in such a caring, thoughtful community. Over the last 10+ years with OpenNews, we've seen how meaningful it is that we're able to...
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🙏🏿 what an honor. Thank you @puddingviz for the opportunity to tell this story!.
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RT @juliachanb: I'm looking for a partner in journalism at @19thnews. Be the ME to my EIC?. On top of all the hard—yet so very rewarding—wo….
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The 19th’s managing editor is responsible for our day-to-day editorial direction and management of news, news production and planning.
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RT @examinationnews: 🔔 The Examination is live!. We’re a nonprofit newsroom telling urgent stories about who and what is threatening our he….
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RT @dataeditor: I've been asked pretty much every week for the last four years whether we'd ever get anymore opioid shipment data other tha….
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Interactive database showing how deeply prescription opioid pills flooded counties across the United States.
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RT @newsproduct: 📢Applications are now open for our new News Product Management Certification program with @newmarkjplus & @newscatalyst, s….
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Applications for the News Product Alliance’s News Product Management Certification (NPMC) program are officially open until November 3, 2023. The NPA is proud to partner with the Craig Newmark...
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RT @IlicaMahajan: Also if you are a student @TheNewSchool or @JournoDesign and want to learn how to code, data journalism and more, come jo….
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RT @frankshyong: I've been trying to hold this take in but I just can't any more. The "east side" (silverlake etc) and the westside are not….
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RT @LeonYin: You ever wonder how to keep data-intensive investigations organized & prioritized? Use this checklist as a starting place to t….
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Answer these questions to bullet-proof your story
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RT @rsimmon: I lost my job yesterday. Still processing & trying to figure out next steps, but if you or anyone you know has opportunities f….
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