Will Grimond
@willljg.bsky.social
Freelance (data) journalist | Words in the Guardian, Independent, the i, Standard, Huck + others | Ex-RADAR/PA Media/RSA. Contact: wjgrimond(at)gmail(dot)com
From an NYT agony aunt piece on where to go on holiday - Budget: $10k. Recommendation: Somerset
Latest piece for RADAR/PA - a look into arrests following the disorder after Southport: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/sout...
One in six arrested over Southport riots were children, data shows
More than 1,200 arrests were made in connection with the Southport riots, freedom of information requests have shown.
independent.co.uk
So this is happening - super excited to get started @csh.ac.at in March after being awarded a fellowship by the European Research Council. Please hit me up if you're in Vienna/working in this area ☕
Data journalist @willljg.bsky.social joins the #FRONTIERS Science Journalism Residency at the @csh.ac.at! 🎉 He’ll work together with Fariba Karimi’s group on an innovative project exploring #AlgorithmicFairness in #AI. Will, we can't wait to see you in Vienna! 👉 csh.ac.at/news/csh-wel...
Have spent most of the week wading through figures on cash machine closures - some pretty big drop offs for some regions, with London and the South West seeing the largest (proportional) falls
With Right to Buy in the news, feels a good time to flag this investigation for RADAR & PA media - councils have spent more than £1 billion since 2020 buying back homes they had already sold at a discount: 🏘️ uk.news.yahoo.com/london-borou...
The London boroughs where councils spent over £100 million buying back Right to Buy houses
Councils in the capital spent over £864 million repurchasing former Right to Buy properties
uk.news.yahoo.com