Oliver Schnuck


I am a data journalist working for BR Data, the data journalism unit of Bayerischer Rundfunk / ARD (German public broadcast). A computer and social scientist by training, I draw on a sound statistical education. Below you find a selection of stories I was involved in – published at Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), Der Spiegel and Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR). Besides, I've given talks at conferences like SciCAR and Netzwerk Recherche or meet-ups as Hacks/Hackers.


Urban Heat Islands | Analysis, Visualisation, Text

AI in Recruiting | Experiment, Analysis, Text

Accessibility | Programming, Visualisation

Biased Police Reports | Analysis, Visualisation, Text

Credit scoring | Analysis, Visualisation, Text

Terms & Conditions | Visualisation

Parliamentary Represantation | Visualisation, Text

Land consumption | Analysis, Visualisation, Text

Discrimination | Experiment, Analysis, Text

Election Programs | Machine Learning

Non-Voters | All

Dividend Stripping | Scraping, Analysis, Visualisation

Climate Change | Analysis, Visualisation, Dashboard

FIFA World Cup Brazil | Analysis, Visualisation

Election Losses FDP | Visualisation

Crystal Meth | Analysis, Visualisation, Robo-Text