Data
City budget tracker
Interactive tracker of city budget amendments used in council coverage.
Cited in three council debates
Data journalist · Civic Ledger
Theo Park
I report local government with numbers readers can check. Budgets, contracts, and public records, not vibes with a chart.
- Locality
- Minneapolis, MN
- Enrollment
- Open to staff and project collaborations
Entered on record
Source of You · Registrar of record
CAT 100
Catalogue
Report local government stories with original data analysis.
Concentrations
- Budget trackers
- Public records
- Local desk
Competencies
- City hall
- Housing
- Transparency
STA 200
About me
I studied journalism and data science at Minnesota, freelanced public-records stories, interned at the Civic Ledger, and joined the staff in 2024. Early career means I still learn the beat in public. The standard I hold is simple: if a reader cannot re-run the claim, I am not done reporting.
REG 101
Register
2024 - present
01Data Journalist, Civic Ledger
Local government and budgets.
2023
02Reporting Intern, Civic Ledger
Local desk data work.
2023
03B.A. Journalism & Data Science, University of Minnesota
PRJ 301
Projects
Investigation
Inspection backlog series
Paired data and documents on housing inspection delays.
Print + digital package
Records
Overtime and vendor contracts
Public records analysis of overtime patterns and major vendor spends.
Two front-page packages
HON 400
Honors
- Staff since 2024Civic Ledger data journalist
- Budget tracker liveUsed in council coverage
- 6 freelance data storiesBefore staff hire
PRE 010
Prerequisites
01
What does Theo do?
He is a data journalist at the Civic Ledger in Minneapolis, covering local government with original data analysis and public records.
02
Where is Theo in his career?
Early: a 2023 B.A. in journalism and data science, a 2023 internship, and staff since 2024 after six freelance data stories.
03
What is he looking for?
Staff work and project collaborations on data and public-records reporting.
LIB 220
Interests
Method is the ethics
Transparency is not a footer. It is the path from document to claim.
DIR 001
Directory
Syllabus·shown with a fictional demo record
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