Thrilled to have won the Digital Initiative Award at the #RegionalPressAwards for the Birmingham Live Child Poverty project 🙌

I'm not one to toot my own horn, but... 📯toot toot📯... thrilled to be nominated for Data Journalist of the Year at the Press Awards!

My family experienced real hardship, I know how it feels, so as North East Mayor, I’ll never set a target that leaves any child behind. Great to talk to @robparsonsna.bsky.social and @anniegouk.bsky.social about our ambitious plans, including our Child Poverty Reduction Unit. Have a listen below!

🚨There's a new episode of The Northern Agenda's Our Kids In The North podcast @anniegouk.bsky.social and I focus on the North East and ask the question: will creating high-skilled jobs solve the region's child poverty crisis? Featuring Labour mayor @kimmcguinness.bsky.social 1/2

I'm really proud of this podcast - do give it a listen if you're interested in the future of young people in the North Also superb production work b @podcastjourno.bsky.social and a great graphic by Marianna Longo 1/2

🚨 The Northern Agenda is proud to launch its new podcast series Our Kids In The North Over the next six episodes, journalists @robparsonsna.bsky.social and @anniegouk.bsky.social Gouk focus on what it’s really like to be one of the 3.3 million children growing up in Northern England today 1/4

Great to be back in the studio with @robparsonsna.bsky.social doing some recording for a new series of @thenorthernagenda.bsky.social podcast! Watch this space 👀

Congrats to my colleagues @dubasfisher.bsky.social, @richardceault.bsky.social, @pdgallagher.bsky.social and Cullen Willis who were highly commended in the Innovation category at the @pressgazette.co.uk #BritishJournalismAwards last night 🙌

The annual report from Shelter on the number of people who will be homeless this Christmas is stark reading - at least 354,000 people in England, including 161,500 children, will spend the holidays without a home. I've mapped the local figures below 👇 #ddj #dataviz #datajournalism

Secondary school GCSE performance figures were released this morning. Find out how your children's secondary school is faring by using our interactive here: www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

For #InternationalDayOfPersonswithDisabilities, my colleague @richardceault.bsky.social found thousands of disabled people in the UK could be eligible for benefits without even knowing it - with fewer than half claiming in some parts of the country www.mirror.co.uk/money/thousa...

Some interesting data out today from @centreforcities.bsky.social, suggesting Labour are going to miss their 2029 housebuilding target by at least 388,000 homes. The shortfall is forecast to be largest in big metropolitan areas - I've mapped the figures at a local level below 👇 #ddj #dataviz #map

Great data graphic by my colleague Marianna Longo on the average cost of Christmas dinner. How much are you going to be spending this year? #dataviz #Christmas

There were a record 159,380 children living in temporary accommodation in England between April and June 2024. A total of 5,910 households with children were living in B&Bs, 3,770 of which had been there for over the 6-week limit. Back in 2010, just 160 families stayed over that limit

NEW: The number of homeless children living in temporary accommodation in England has risen AGAIN to 159,380 - up 15% in a year. Transient lives in temporary homes, defined by uncertainly, doing untold damage. It is a scandal. But it’s not new. And it’s not going away.

Very proud to have been involved in this special project by MyLondon on the rise of rough sleeping in the capital - it's an incredible piece of work that really brings to life the stories behind the current homelessness crisis #ddj #datajournalism #dataviz

It was great to speak to students at @sheffielduni.bsky.social about #datajournalism yesterday - hopefully inspiring the next generation of data nerds!

My latest investigation for @mirror.co.uk looks at England's dental crisis, with an estimated 96% of practices not taking on new adult NHS patients. One practice we contacted stated its waiting list was “at least ten years”

I've been on here a while without actually posting anything, so I figure I should finally get round to sharing some of my work. First up, this major project I worked on with @liamthorp.bsky.social for @liverpoolecho.co.uk, revealing the devastating impact of austerity in Liverpool #ddj #dataviz