Exit Interviews : Aaron Williams - Features - Source : An OpenNews project
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I made it to this rarified space in the news industry. I was working on an investigative team at a prestige news organization. I was part of two Pulitzer-finalist projects. It’s rare people who look like me, and who have my skills, wind up in this position. There’s a reason why when you think about what a “data journalist” looks like, you don’t think of someone who looks like me. Leaving journalism felt like erasing all of that.