Q&A with an Expert feat. Shelly Cheng

Dive into the fascinating world where data meets storytelling with Shelly Cheng, a celebrated figure in data visualization and journalism. In our first "Q&A with an Expert" event of 2024, Shelly offers a short and insightful presentation on her diverse career journey and her pioneering work on election visualizations at The Associated Press. Shelly Cheng is an award-winning journalist and data visualization engineer. Currently, Shelly works on The Associated Press' Elections & Democracy team, where she designs and builds interactive visualizations for U.S. presidential and local elections. Her broad experience spans the technology and journalism industry, including roles as a software engineer at Splunk and as a data visualization reporter/developer at top-tier newsrooms, including The Wall Street Journal, NBC, NPR, and The Texas Tribune.