What I Cover
As the news applications developer for The Chronicle for over half a decade, I work on stories that are at the intersection of higher ed and data. Some of my work includes projects on legislation that affect diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts; race-conscious admissions; student-loan debt; and faculty pay.
I frequently collaborate with reporters and editors to offer data expertise for their reporting and to develop visualizations and interactives. You will frequently find me deep in my SQL queries as I dig into the most recent IPEDS data, or debugging my latest visualization.
My Background
I joined The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2018. Previously, I interned with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s data team, where I reported on topics such as the consolidation of voting precincts.
I graduated from Southern Methodist University, in my hometown of Dallas, where I studied computer science, journalism, and creative computation. While there, I got my start as a journalist at the student-run newspaper, The Daily Campus. What started as indecisiveness in choosing between coding and journalism turned into a career pursuing storytelling with data, code, and graphics.
I am a member of Investigative Reporters and Editors. When I’m not talking about data, I can regularly be found with homemade baked goods to share (or not) and coffee.
Connect
Email: jacquelyn.elias@chronicle.com
X: @JacquelynRElias
LinkedIn: @JacquelynElias