Download full resume (PDF) ↓

Experience

Tow Center for Digital Journalism Data Journalist, Research Fellow
May 2025–Present
Freelance Data and Graphics Journalist Pitched and reported stories for Cipher, Business Insider, Use Case Magazine, Them, AP, and others Long-term contractor for The Marshall Project — Dagster ML pipelines, interactive graphics, Svelte stories, source interviewing
Aug 2024–May 2025
Axios Data Visualization Journalist (laid off in team-wide layoff)
Aug 2022–Aug 2024
Vox Reporter, Politics and Policy
May 2022–Aug 2022
D.C. Witness + Poynter Institute Associate Editor, Data Reporter
Apr 2021–May 2022

Education

Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism M.S., Journalism — Certificate, Lede Program
University of Colorado Boulder B.A., Journalism — B.S., Political Science — Minor, International Media

Awards

Information is Beautiful 2023 Finalist — "No Passport No Problem" — Axios
2023
Colorado Press Association Best Infographics & Best Newsletter of 2023 — Axios Best Editorial Collaboration of 2022 — "The Central 70 Project" — The Denver Gazette
2022–2023
Society of Professional Journalists Best Online News Reporting winner
2019–2020

Speaking & Engagement

Data Visualization Society Mentor
2023–Present
Columbia Journalism School Asst. Professor, Mapping and Data Visualization course
2025
NICAR Multiple talks including making your first SvelteKit and web scraping with AI
2025–2026
C+J 2025 Conference Scraper Factories: Using AI to write fleets of unique scrapers at once
2025
Al Nakkula Award for Police Reporting Judge
2023–2024
Information is Beautiful Awards Judge
2024–2025
Slate Money Podcast Multiple appearances for various topics
2023–2025

Professional Affiliations

Data Visualization Society, Investigative Reporters and Editors, Online News Association, Society of Professional Journalists, Overseas Press Club, Society for News Design, The Association of LGBTQ+ Journalists, International Federation of Journalists, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Association of Health Care Journalists, Society of Environmental Journalists

Copyright © Tory Lysik 2026. Find me on Bluesky, Twitter, LinkedIn, or see whatever coding and repositories I happen to have public on GitHub.