Data & Media Insights Lead

Middesk is looking for a Data & Media Insights Lead to own their data-driven storytelling for national media. The role involves original research, data-driven media storytelling, and partnership with data science to produce insights that earn coverage in top-tier outlets.

Requirements

• 8+ years in data storytelling, investigative journalism, investigative reporting, research, or insight-driven content roles
• Proven experience conducting original research including filing FOI/FOIA requests, analyzing public records, and synthesizing academic or regulatory sources
• Experienced interviewing academics, experts, regulators, customers, and subject-matter experts to build depth and credibility
• Proven experience turning research and data into stories that land in national or top-tier media
• Strong instinct for news value: you know what's interesting now
• Comfortable working closely with data scientists and questioning assumptions
• Clear, disciplined writer who can explain complex findings without oversimplifying
• Calm under pressure and comfortable working on tight timelines
• Calmly opinionated: you can defend narrative choices without being rigid
• Motivated by clarity, credibility, and long-term impact, not content volume or trends