Caitlin Ostroff
Data reporter following the money for @wsj.com using words, numbers and code. Co-founder @journalismmentors.bsky.social. Tips? github.com/ceostroff/contact
- What happens when a bunch of business journalists are asked to try and break an AI vending machine? Well, let's just say the @wsj.com data journalism team has a new pet fish. Read, and watch the video. 🐟 www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
- The @wsj.com is growing its visual investigations team. Come work with me! dowjones.jobs/new-york-ny/...
- It's been a minute since I cleaned the same dataset from dozens of states and I forgot how...varied they can be. #PartyLikeADataJournalist
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- Epstein was discussed by prominent right-wing podcasters in more than 3,000 episodes across nearly 125 podcasts this year, a @wsj.com analysis found. Those conversations grew more than eightfold in the last 3 weeks despite Trump’s admonishment that MAGA drop the issue. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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- Slides to our session are available at bit.ly/nicar25-cryptocurrency #NICAR25
- Have questions about crypto, why it's suddenly in the news and how to track it using data? @jeremybmerrill.com and I have (at least some) answers. Come to our panel at 2:15! #NICAR25 schedules.ire.org/nicar-2025/i...
- Have questions about crypto, why it's suddenly in the news and how to track it using data? @jeremybmerrill.com and I have (at least some) answers. Come to our panel at 2:15! #NICAR25 schedules.ire.org/nicar-2025/i...
- The Journal is hiring for a data reporter. Come work with me! wsj.jobs/new-york-ny/...
- Reposted by Caitlin OstroffMy colleagues, @ceostroff.bsky.social, Shane Shifflett, and James Benedict have a fantastic look at DOGE's savings claims: "A WSJ analysis of government data found that many claims of savings were overstated and ‘woke’ cuts were only a tiny fraction of the total." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
- New year, new @journalismmentors.bsky.social website. @adrianalacy.com and I revamped our *free* journalism mentorship platform for students, young professionals, pros, etc. Want a mentor? journalismmentors.com/media-mentors/ Want to be a mentor? adrianalacyconsulting.typeform.com/to/ULcCOEqv?...
- Reposted by Caitlin OstroffTo support students, career-switchers and others who want to add SQL to their data analysis skillsets in 2025, I'm providing three free copies of my book, "Practical SQL." To enter a drawing for one of the free copies, please provide all the information below! forms.gle/ge4ySHjHZbZp...
- The article, since removed, featured a key CoinDesk sponsor and a $6 million banana. w/Justin Baer and Vicky Huang www.wsj.com/finance/coin...
- Evan’s name is back in the @wsj.com in the exact spot it should be—a byline. w/Drew Hinshaw, Joe Parkinson and Thomas Grove www.wsj.com/world/russia...
- In 2019, Mangione uploaded handwritten notes to his Goodreads account (since made private) that said he had spondylolisthesis, a condition when one of the bones in the spine moves and puts pressure on the vertebra below, causing back pain. My latest www.wsj.com/us-news/luig...
- I just refilled the jar with fresh Reese's earlier, too. But seriously the WSJ data team is great. Happy to answer questions about The Journal, the team, etc.
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- Reposted by Caitlin OstroffGrateful for so much this year but at the top of my list: Evan Gershkovich is free. Thank you to the many who worked to make it happen this year.
- Reposted by Caitlin OstroffFoursquare just open sourced their 100 million place point of interest dataset! Some notes on poking around with it using DuckDB (it's Parquet files on S3) simonwillison.net/2024/Nov/20/...
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- The MAGA surrogate and powerful adviser to the president-elect is joining venture-capital firm 1789 to invest in companies espousing conservative values, bringing new attention to a financial movement that hasn’t taken off My latest w/Peter Rudegeair and Alex Leary www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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- 👋 Introducing myself for Bluesky: I'm a data reporter for The Wall Street Journal. What does that mean? I'm interested in information whether from the Internet, FOIA, leaked data, etc to make sense of the world. I focus mostly on politics and crypto. Drop me tips: github.com/ceostroff/co...
- Reposted by Caitlin OstroffI made a starter pack of WSJ journalists on Bluesky. Check back as I expect this to grow in the coming weeks: go.bsky.app/M9EyQECat://did:plc:xjfotlpe3m6vrfozgfm5glhz/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lawopmbihi26
