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  • News Applications Editor, Reuters
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I am a reporter, albeit an unconventional one.

I specialize in what is called computer-assisted reporting. Journalists in the past were often hack novelists. I'm a hack computer programmer. I use computers to collect, organize, analyze and present large amounts of information.

I work at the Los Angeles Times, a daily newspaper and 24-hour website based in Southern California.

I am also the editor and publisher of PastPages, an archive dedicated to the preservation of online news.

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アングル：Ｇ７が直面する政府債務膨張、利回り上昇で財政と経済成長を圧迫

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By Yoruk Bahceli Verified, Ben Welsh Verified, Dhara Ranasinghe Verified, Rocky Swift Verified
| Reuters Japan Verified
Ｇ７のロゴ。2023年5月、新潟市で撮影。REUTERS/Issei Kato [ロンドン／ニューヨーク／東京 ２０日 ロイター] - 米国の政府債務残高が初めて４０兆ドルを超えた。これは高齢化への対応、気候変動対策、防衛費増額など世界の主要国が拡大し続ける歳出需要の重圧に直面している現状を浮き彫りにしている。 今年はイランでの戦争によってインフレ再燃への懸念が高まったほか、欧州で激甚化する異常気象による被害も各国財政への新たな負担となりつつある。 こうした状況を背景に、米３０年国債利回りは２００７年以来の高水準に上​昇し、政府は借入コスト上昇を抑制する対応を迫られている。日本の国債利回りも約３０年ぶりの高水準圏にあり、比較的債務負担の軽いドイツでさえ、利回りは１１年以来の高水準に達した。...
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Tracking the pain in G7 government debt

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By Yoruk Bahceli Verified, Ben Welsh Verified, Dhara Ranasinghe Verified
| Lufkin Daily News Verified
By Yoruk Bahceli, Ben Welsh, Dhara Ranasinghe and Rocky Swift By Yoruk Bahceli, Ben Welsh, Dhara Ranasinghe and Rocky Swift LONDON/NEW YORK/TOKYO, August 20 (Reuters) - U.S. debt has topped $40 trillion for the first time, underscoring the pressures on the world's major economies to fund ever-increasing spending demands -- from ageing populations to climate change and defence.
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Under pressure: Tracking the pain in G7 government debt

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By Yoruk Bahceli Verified, Ben Welsh Verified, Dhara Ranasinghe Verified, Rocky Swift Verified
| MSN Verified
By Yoruk Bahceli, Ben Welsh, Dhara Ranasinghe and Rocky Swift LONDON/NEW YORK/TOKYO, August 20 (Reuters) - U.S. debt has topped $40 trillion for the first time, underscoring the pressures on the world's major economies to fund ever-increasing spending demands -- from ageing populations to climate change and defence. This year, the Iran war has rekindled inflation risks, while damage wrought by Europe's increasingly volatile weather is a further strain on public finances.
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What tools and software do you use to do your job?

Python, PostGIS, Django, HTML, JavaScript

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

No.