Gerald Rich

Interactive News Editor

The Associated Press•  September 2022 - Present

- Mentored early & late-career employees with one on ones and constructive critiques - Implemented Agile practices like architectural decision records and regular retrospectives - Established the first technical roadmap for tools and interactive stories - Edited code for 2022 Midterms & reusable interactives for wildfires and mass killings

Senior Software Engineer

The Atlantic•  November 2019 - September 2022

- Re-engineered sections and article pages with an emphasis on embeds and multimedia - Collaborated with editorial to publish annual flagship story packages and podcasts - Maintained continuous integration pipelines for code quality

Senior Developer, News Products

Axios•  January 2017 - October 2019

- Engineered templates & APIs for embedding interactives into the CMS, site & newsletters - Built an election graphics framework, tools, and APIs

Interactive Producer

Vocativ•  June 2015 - November 2016

- Analyzed data and produced visualizations for one to two stories every week - Engineered newsroom tools and applications, one to two a month

Interactive Reporter

The Marshall Project•  August 2014 - May 2015

- Built interactive, biweekly graphics about the criminal justice system

Web Producer (contract)

ProPublica•  February 2014 - August 2014

- Designed page layouts daily and edited layout templates weekly

Labs Engineer

Mapbox•  October 2013 - February 2014

- Developed weekly geographical visualizations and maps within clients' websites - Improved code quality assurance tests for the blog and interactive demos - Edited blog content daily: spelling, grammar, and style

Data Engineer (contract)

LBJ School at UT Austin•  September 2013 - January 2014

Created databases of US congressional committees and their social media posts for graduate school research

Interactive Journalist

WAMU 88.5•  August 2013 - September 2013

Visualized education data with an interactive map for a documentary series on education and poverty.

News Apps Intern

NPR•  June 2013 - August 2013

- Pair-programmed daily with the national news applications desk - Helped build a news app for children with disabilities: mobile testing and front-end event handlers - Co-wrote the first NPR news app developer setup guide

Labs Intern

Houston Public Media•  December 2012 - May 2013

- Developed two interactive news apps per month - Created digital assets for new public affairs show: website, emails accounts, and blogs - Recorded, tagged, logged and edited audio, shot photos and uploaded stories to the web daily

Web Editor

The Daily Texan•  June 2011 - December 2011

- Established the student paper's first web producers desk - Analyzed Google Analytics and advised departments on particular stories of interest