I am Eve Washington, a computer science student fascinated by journalism and media and passionate about combining tech and storytelling to make an impact. I am a senior at Columbia University, currently living in NYC and originally from Metro Detroit.

On-campus I conduct research with the News Authentication Research Group at Data Science Institute, lead community service initiatives as an executive board member for the National Society of Black Engineers, and have served as Resident Advisor. I am also the former Managing Editor of The Eye, the features magazine of the Columbia Spectator, and the previous Head of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Spectator.

Last Summer, I interned as a Summer Technology Analyst at Accenture, helping to implement salesforce technology at a health insurance client. In other summers, I have interned as a Data Journalist with two Michigan-based non-profit newsrooms, writing of dozen of stories where data is critical to their and interned at the largest health insurance provider in Michigan as a Workforce Analyst, where I use speech analytics to improve service.

I am proud and thankful to be an Emma Bowen Foundation alumna, Management Leaders of Tomorrow fellow, Washington Media Foundation Scholar, and Ron Brown Foundation Captain.

And of course, when I find the time I love to paint and draw, watch comedies, and find new grilled cheese modifications.

That’s all for now. Glad you’re here, enjoy exploring.

Check out my all projects here (you can also explore by category or source) and if you want to know more about my professional experiences keep scrolling.

 

 

Education and Skills

Columbia University, Bachelors of Arts in Computer Science
Intelligent Systems Focus with a 3.5 GPA

Anticipated Graduation in May 2022

Technical Skills

• Languages - R, Python, Java, C, Javascript, HTML, CSS
• Libraries and Frameworks - Pandas, Matplotlib, NLTK, Ggplot2, Tidyverse, Tensorflow, Mapbox.js, React Native, Jekyll
• Tools - Excel, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Infogram, Balsamic, Figma, Salesforce

 

Work Experience

Summer Technology Analyst, Accenture
Summer 2021
Address defects in a healthcare client’s Salesforce implementation, by generating reports with the SaaS Delivery toolkit.

Undergraduate Research Assistant, News Authentication Research Group, Data Science Institute at Columbia University
2/2021– 6/2021
Spearheaded an investigation into Schema.org, and expanded the research to include a census style study of 1000+ news sites, using scraping and data processing in Python.

Managing Editor of the Eye, The Eye Magazine, Columbia Daily Spectator
12/2019 – 12/2020
Deputy Editor, Eyesights Editor, 5/2019 – 12/2019, 12/2018 – 12/2019

• Improved newsletter engagement, by redesigning and creating schedules, improving email open rates from 14% to 29%.
• Edited one to three, 2000+ word investigations into student life and academics weekly to create 10 issues a semester.

Emma Bowen Foundation Fellow, Planet Detroit
Summer 2020

• Selected as one out of 10,000 candidates to join the Emma Bowen Foundation and receive this internship.
• Analyzed public data with R, Excel, and Python to create graphics, support research, and write newsletter articles.
• Developed an open data portal, using JKAN, which serves over 25 environmental justice partner organizations.

Data Journalism Intern, Bridge Michigan
Summer 2020

• Reported on gradation equity by analyzing and visualizing 20 years of US College Scorecard data with python.
• Published daily COVID-19 data visualizations with written summaries, routinely being the most-read daily article.

Workforce Management Analyst Intern, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Summer 2019

• Improved the accuracy of Nexidia Speech Analytics 23% by validating over 22 audio search queries.
• Led a team to help the Michigan Parkinson’s Foundation to create a database of 900+ long-term care providers.

Leadership and Community Engagement

Torch/PCI Chair, National Society of Black Engineers, Columbia University 5/2019 – Present Co-Led a series of workshops for low-income middle school students from Harlem in partnership with Stem Kids NYC.

Resident Advisor, Columbia University
8/2019 - 8/2021 Organize a 500 budget to provide crisis response, community events, and mentorship for 25 residents.

Peer Coach, Introduction to Statistics, Columbia University
8/2020 - 12/2020 Teach the fundamentals of R by guiding students through notebooks and projects related to the 2020 elections.

Awards

• Honorable mention in The Pudding Cup 2020 and a region-one SPJ Mark of Excellence finalist for data visualization, for an enterprise story, that reported on job market changes due to COVID-19 with data from over 60,000 job postings.
• 2021 Finalist in the Washington Media Scholars Case Competition.
• Community Engagement Track Winner in DivHacks 2020 for designing a mutual aid app with React Native.
• People Choice Winner in Management Leaders of Tomorrow Ideathon, for pitching a news fact-checking extension.
• First Place Winner DivHacks 2019, for building the back-end for a classroom feedback app using Node.js.
• Third Place Winner HackMIT 2019, developed the front-end concept for a social-volunteering app with react native.