He was news applications editor and then projects data editor at the Dallas Morning News before joining the Iowa faculty in fall 2015. His other experience includes serving as database editor at the Center for Public Integrity, where he worked on several award-winning projects, the Daytona Beach News-Journal and Ames Tribune. He advises and assists IowaWatch with data-based reporting but also has taken his own turn at reporting and writing stories. His term ends in 2018.