Lesley-Anne Kelly

How do data journalists get their kicks at home?

Setting up automations to remind us about the dog walker and check whether the dog needs his coat or not.

The insight you can glean from a persons LinkedIn leaving post and the comments is unmatched🕵️

Most people get their data online nowadays, but I still like to drive down to the data centre on Saturday and go round with a trolley to stock up for the week, picking out the freshest-looking data, seeing what's on offer, having a chat at the checkout, dodging the Russian scammers in the car park

Binge watched #ThePaper and I think I will need “sad dead journalist” played at my funeral.

Why Visual Journalism is so slow?

I've tracked every hour I worked on an article for two weeks last year. Most of my time did not go into graphics production but in researching and analyzing data.

The detailed breakdown and some ideas how to speed up the process: nightingaledvs.com/why-visual-j...

Recruiting in data journalism always reminds me how small the industry is.

📢 WE ARE HIRING

@radar-ai.bsky.social / @pamedia.bsky.social is looking for a senior data journalist to join the team. If you love data-driven stories and local news, please apply!

And feel free to reach out with any questions about the role

Neither. All articles are written and edited by human journalists, no slop. We use NLG as part of our production process. Not sure it would be considered true AI these days but it was when the company was founded.

🚨Come work with me!

We're looking for a Senior Data Reporter at @radar-ai.bsky.social

We're a fully remote team so this is a rare data journalism role outside of London📊

pamediagroup.livevacancies.co.uk#/job/details...

NEW: No-Fault Evictions

Some 11,555 no-fault evictions by bailiffs were recorded in England and Wales during Labour's first year in Government

@sheltercharity.bsky.social urged the Government to announce the date when Section 21 will be scrapped under the Renters' Rights Bill

🔗: app.radarai.com

Available now for @radar-ai.bsky.social local news subscribers

Fascinating (and terrifying) analysis here from @sonjatutty.bsky.social based on data from Friends of the Earth on the areas most at risk of dangerous heatwaves.

She's mapped the data down to a neighbourhood level.

#dataviz #ddj #datajournalism

A RADAR map of police forces across England and Wales. Orange circles on each force area correlate to the number of convictions. The larger the circle, the more people were convicted

NEW: Southport Disorder Convictions

Analysis of police data reveals over 500 people were convicted for offences linked to the mass disorder after the Southport killings last year. @hopenothate.org.uk said the quick crackdown had a temporary "damping effect" on the far right

🔗: app.radarai.com

A bumper bouncing baby name package now available for @radar-ai.bsky.social subscribers from @claramargotin.bsky.social

Localised stories for your area and a bundle of #dataviz.

#ddj #datajournalism #localjournalism

NEW: GP Survey

The recent GP Patient Survey shows some 75% of patients said they had a good experience with their GP, up from 74% in 2024

Patient experience with NHS dental and pharmacy services also improved

🔗: app.radarai.com

LAK in her natural habitat - talking about data journalism, gesticulating wildly and totally being hilarious (or laughed at, could go either way)

Worked alongside the @aace.org.uk to deliver local articles on the increasing level of abuse faced by ambulance staff

Stories and map available on our wire @radar-ai.bsky.social

Despite the cute map, worth noting the most common incident reported at matches last season was hate crime.

Hate crime was reported at 420 matches (just six of these were women's football).

A lot more work is needed so everyone can feel safe at matches, according to @kickitoutofficial.bsky.social.

Is it weird to talk about a map of football banning orders using cutesy language? Probably but also look at the little footballs...

Available now for @radar-ai.bsky.social subscribers - Manchester United fans were arrested the most last season.

As well as stories for your local club, @sonjatutty.bsky.social also created this adorable map.

#dataviz #ddj #datajournalism #localjournalism

They should give free bereavement PTO for pets. My grandmother was an asshole, let me mourn my dog.

Just saw a post on LinkedIn say that anything with an em dash was DEFINITELY 100% AI because... there's no em dash key on a standard keyboard.

That's enough LinkedIn for the day.

Looking at the latest available list of most popular baby names, very satisfying to see that in Wales exactly the same number of boys were given the name Reggie and Ronnie. Hope they were all twins.

Party colour - brown

As someone who puts abbreviations for political parties in spreadsheets, I counsel them not to call their party Assemble.

Map of UK showing how much warmer than normal it is right now

Wide areas of the UK are currently 10-12°C above normal for the time of day and time of the year.

Updated every hour: istheukhotrightnow.com

Very… interesting vibe in Dundee this evening as the town is filled with graduates all dressed up alongside news crews getting a front row seat to the uni imploding.

Plus someone seems to have let off some stink bombs👌

Outspoken women managed out of an organisation rather than addressing problems.

Tale as old as time.

www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

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Yeah awards are nice but have you ever had THE Zoe Bread (scourge of Manchester Council) like, favourite and comment on your TikTok? 💁🏻‍♀️