Hi, I’m Andrew Long. I’m a data and visualization journalist based in Mesa, Arizona, where I live with my wife and two dogs. My portfolio is here.
I graduated from Arizona State University with a focus on GIS and spatial analysis. Before that, I studied public relations and journalism at Mesa Community College, where I was editor of The Mesa Legend.
I spent a decade as a newspaper journalist with the East Valley Tribune and The Arizona Republic. At the Republic, I served as the senior news artist on the A1 team, working closely with reporters and editors to create informational graphics and maps that boosted single-copy sales.
After leaving the Republic, I co-founded the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. I also taught web and data journalism as an adjunct professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, where I served as the interactive editor for the award-winning Carnegie-Knight News21.
In 2017, I founded the Arizona Game Fair, which became the state’s largest tabletop gaming convention.
Since 2020, I’ve worked as a data analyst for Emerald Expositions and MJBizDaily, analyzing and visualizing business trends in the cannabis industry.
SKILLS
Journalism
Information design, Visual design
Data analysis, web scraping
Cartography, Spatial analysis, GIS
AI
Web design, development
Small business marketing
Ecommerce
Digital Marketing
Event planning
TECHNOLOGIES
HTML, CSS, Javascript
Ruby on Rails
Python, Pandas, Jupyter Notebook
Git, Github
Heroku
Qgis, ESRI products
SQL, Postgres
WordPress, Woocommerce
Adobe (Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Audition)
Microsoft (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
Google analytics