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MatildaDavies/README.md

Hi 👋, I'm Matilda Davies

Data Journalist at The Times & The Sunday Times 🇬🇧

London-based data journalist producing data-driven investigations and interactive digital storytelling for The Times and Sunday Times. Obsessed with tech policy, digital culture, and exposing online harm.

Other interests include: 🍺 London pubs, 🎭 musical theatre, 📖 reading, 🪡 tattoos and 🍳 scrambled eggs.

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Matilda Davies - Data Journalist at The Times

  • 🔭 I’m currently working at

  • 🌱 I’m brushing up on my R and Python to level up my journalism and data analysis projects

  • 💬 Hit me up with tips & ideas

  • 📫 How to reach me: matilda.davies@thetimes.co.uk

  • 📄 Check out my CV


📓 About me

📊 Data & Technical Skills

• Coding: R, Python, HTML & CSS
• Visualisation: DataWrapper, Flourish
• Mapping: QGIS

🎓 Education

• MSc Digital Journalism @ Goldsmiths, University of London
• BA English Literature @ University of Exeter

✍️ Beats

• Tech & AI
• Politics & economics
• Health & science

🗞️ Matilda Davies' published projects

The Times & The Sunday Times

Elsewhere

🏆 Awards

Winner

  • RSS Statistical Excellence in Journalism Award – Investigative Reporting, Highly Commended • Jul 2025
  • MHP 30 To Watch Award – Science, Environment and Technology Reporting • May 2024

Finalist

  • Wincott Foundation’s Data Journalist of the Year Award • May 2026
  • Wincott Foundation’s Young Journalist of the Year Award • May 2025
  • Chartered Institute of Journalists’ Young Journalist of the Year – Environment Reporting • Mar 2025
  • News Media Association’s Making a Difference Award – National Newspaper Investigation • Oct 2024
  • Press Gazette Future of Media Awards – Digital Storytelling • Sep 2024

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  1. makerfield-byelection makerfield-byelection Public

    Analysing the demographic makeup of Makerfield ahead of the by-election on 18 June 2026.

    R

  2. nhs-prescriptions-spending nhs-prescriptions-spending Public

    Scrapers for the NHS BSA's Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) dataset and Secondary Care Medicines Dataset (SCMD), to analyse the cost of different drugs to the NHS

    R

  3. video-analysis video-analysis Public

    Programs to analyse videos for visual data, including motion, colour saturation and cut times

    Python

  4. data-journalism-resources data-journalism-resources Public

    A few of my favourite places to find stories, data and news lines