Spencer Norris
Reporter.
Two years ago, I dropped out of the Ph.D. program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to become a reporter. After spending some time abroad, I came home and enrolled at Mizzou.
My focuses are on accountability, corruption, environmental catastrophes, and law enforcement.
I'm currently working on an investigative podcast, data-driven reporting on the pandemic, a banking scandal, flooding, artificial intelligence projects, and computer-assisted reporting through NICAR. Contact me if you think I need more work.
Education
2019 - Present: M.A. Journalism, University of Missouri (graduating Spring 2021)
2013 - 2017: B.S. in Computer Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Work Experience
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Aug. 2019 - Present: Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE)
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Data analysis for the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR)
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Aug. 2019 - Present: Columbia Missourian
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State Government Reporter
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Health and Public Safety Reporter
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Jan. 2018 - Aug. 2019: Freelancer
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Collected thousands of names for ProPublica's Credibly Accused database
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Data Scientist at TeamWorx
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Researcher for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Blogger for Open Data Science Conference
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Ghostwriting data-driven trend articles
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Independent investigative work
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June 2016 - Aug. 2018: Data Scientist, The MITRE Corporation