Alexandra Kanik (@act_rational) 's Twitter Profile
Alexandra Kanik

@act_rational

Data Visualization Editor, @HoustonChron and @ExpressNews. Previously @CityMonitorAI @WFPLNews @kentuckycir @OVReSRC @PublicSourcePA

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Dylan McGuinness (@dylmcguinness) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Do you ever look to the curb and wonder where the garbage or recycling truck is? I did a deep dive to try to explain why Solid Waste often is scrambling to catch up. w/ Marie D. De Jesús 🇵🇷 & Alexandra Kanik: houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t…

Hannah Dellinger (@hdellingermedia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

New from Alejandro Serrano and me: The wave of book reviews and removals that swept across Texas in the last year was driven more by politicians than parents, a Houston Chronicle analysis found. Story w/ database of 2,080 book reviews, challenges and bans: houstonchronicle.com/news/investiga…

Alexandra Kanik (@act_rational) 's Twitter Profile Photo

News nerd friends: come work with me! This cross-market team builds awesome newsroom tools and collaborates with individual Hearst newsrooms to provide essential reader-focused news apps! If you love React, data and cool peeps, this is def the job for you!

Alexandra Kanik (@act_rational) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When . added a shark to his illustration of how the new Ike Dike ring barrier will help prevent flooding in Galveston... we all thought he was just being "Ken". Little did we know. houstonchronicle.com/projects/2022/…

When <a href="/kenduque/">.</a> added a shark to his illustration of how the new Ike Dike ring barrier will help prevent flooding in Galveston... we all thought he was just being "Ken". Little did we know. houstonchronicle.com/projects/2022/…
WA Emergency Management (@waemd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Well, that didn't last long. As our "official" designation vanishes and our @Twitter blue check mark is probably next to go, a quick note on best ways to confirm the identity of government Twitter accounts around you.

Well, that didn't last long. As our "official" designation vanishes and our @Twitter blue check mark is probably next to go, a quick note on best ways to confirm the identity of government Twitter accounts around you.
Alexandra Kanik (@act_rational) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A truer statement has never been spoken. I'm just one of so many data journalists who would not be in the industry today if it weren't for IRE and the communities they create. ❤️💻📰

Marc Duvoisin (@marcduvoisin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

.Wesley Ratko has made the impenetrable understandable. Terrific explainer on Texas property tax bills, what they mean, who's getting paid, etc. Illo by the inimitable .. Orchestrated by Alexandra Kanik expressnews.com/news/article/b…

.<a href="/WesleyRatko/">Wesley Ratko</a> has made the impenetrable understandable. Terrific explainer on Texas property tax bills, what they mean, who's getting paid, etc. Illo by the inimitable <a href="/kenduque/">.</a>. Orchestrated by 
<a href="/act_rational/">Alexandra Kanik</a> 
expressnews.com/news/article/b…
cam rodriguez 🔎 (@journo_cam) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I realized that I've talked about the class I taught with Alexandra Kanik, but I never posted the slides or repo! If you want to learn how to use PostgreSQL + PostGIS or Pandas + Geopandas to make geographic crosswalks with Census data, I gotchu: bit.ly/make-mapping-b… (slides)

Samantha Wohlfeil (@sawohlfeil) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Inland Northwest journalists: please join us tomorrow for a free spreadsheet training with Alexandra Kanik and don’t forget your laptops. We’ll look at ways to work with data in Google sheets and brainstorm ideas for record requests

Inland Northwest journalists: please join us tomorrow for a free spreadsheet training with <a href="/act_rational/">Alexandra Kanik</a> and don’t forget your laptops. We’ll look at ways to work with data in Google sheets and brainstorm ideas for record requests