Dilcia Mercedes
Dilcia Mercedes (they/them) is a journalist and developer interested in building tools for newsrooms. Dilcia graduated with a master’s degree in journalism from Stanford University and interned with Reveal before joining Big Local News as a data journalist.
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Articles by Dilcia
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How newsrooms pay journalist-coders today
Salary findings from the 2022 News Nerd Survey
Posted onAn update based on responses from over 600 journalists.
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COVID-19 story recipe: Using AHA data to analyze hospital bed capacity
Where to find the data, how to explore it, and questions to ask to reproduce the story for your community
Posted onAmerican Hospital Association data can help you estimate the total number of beds your region could need to treat patients in a COVID-19 outbreak, and how many beds are likely to be available based on expected usage patterns. Here’s how you can use the data to report on your community.
Magic spreadsheets to help you investigate neighborhood inequities