Hi, I'm Jared – I tell stories with data and code

My name is Jared Whalen and I am a data visual journalist, designer and web developer. I work with a lot of different tools and technologies, but often find myself using a combination of:

• R + Tidyverse
• JavaScript (ES6+)
• Svelte
• Node.js
• D3.js
• Illustrator
• QGIS
• Bash

Currently, I am a journalist engineer at Polygraph/The Pudding. Previously, I worked in data & graphics reporter/developer roles at Axios, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Delaware Online.

In 2015, I graduated from Temple Univesity with a B.A. in Journalism, with an emphasis in photography and multimedia storytelling. In 2022, I completed Temple's graduate certificate program in geospatial data science.

I was a member of the U.S. Army Reserve from 2012 to 2024. In 2015, I earned a commission through Temple's ROTC program and served as a company commander, brigade logistics manager, executive officer and platoon leader.

Outside of work, I spend a lot of time playing D&D, going to concerts, and trying to stay active. I play bass in a hardcore punk band called Brainwashed. My wife and I live in Philadelphia with our two rescue dogs, Gavin and Pedro.

Want to get in touch with a question, comment or freelance gig? Email me or find me on Twitter.

About this website

This website was built from scratch using SvelteKit. Posts are written in markdown and preprocessed with mdsvex. Code blocks use PrismJS for syntax highlighting. The leaf icons used throughout were created by Alex Muravev from Noun Project.