Lucia Walinchus
@walinchus.bsky.social
Managing Data Editor, NBC owned stations. Public records attorney, journalist, ice hockey player/coach. Former bylines: NY Times , Washington Post, Eye on Ohio, etc.
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Lucia Walinchus
@walinchus.bsky.social
· Nov 20
According datajournalism.com, 60% of data journalists in their last survey were male. And a recent @pewresearch.org paper showed about 2/3 of "news influencers" are men.
So please share this with anyone who might be interested in broader horizons.
Representation matters!
go.bsky.app/8gob51T
So please share this with anyone who might be interested in broader horizons.
Representation matters!
go.bsky.app/8gob51T
Behind the story: I looked at Google political ad data for this @nbcnews.com WNBC story but... I couldn't find any. Though Adams spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on digital consultants.
In fact, there were a lot of things we didn't find. Full story here:
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/e...
In fact, there were a lot of things we didn't find. Full story here:
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/e...
Exclusive: Transparency questions about Adams campaign spending
A New York watchdog group is calling on New York City to adopt new disclosure rules for campaigns after NBC New York noticed roughly $600,000 in 2025 Eric Adams campaign payments made to LLCs with no ...
www.nbcnewyork.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Behind the story: I looked at Google political ad data for this @nbcnews.com WNBC story but... I couldn't find any. Though Adams spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on digital consultants.
In fact, there were a lot of things we didn't find. Full story here:
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/e...
In fact, there were a lot of things we didn't find. Full story here:
www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/e...
Fascinating study on why kids think sports is fun.
Winning comes in #40 out of 81.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
@avinashsc.com @seeinclearly.bsky.social @drkam.bsky.social
Winning comes in #40 out of 81.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
@avinashsc.com @seeinclearly.bsky.social @drkam.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Fascinating study on why kids think sports is fun.
Winning comes in #40 out of 81.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
@avinashsc.com @seeinclearly.bsky.social @drkam.bsky.social
Winning comes in #40 out of 81.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
@avinashsc.com @seeinclearly.bsky.social @drkam.bsky.social
At our Olympic preview meeting, @nbc-sports.bsky.social said this would be the first year that hockey players would be miked up at the Olympics.
Not sure who does our bleeping, but they need a raise.
Not sure who does our bleeping, but they need a raise.
January 9, 2026 at 1:34 PM
At our Olympic preview meeting, @nbc-sports.bsky.social said this would be the first year that hockey players would be miked up at the Olympics.
Not sure who does our bleeping, but they need a raise.
Not sure who does our bleeping, but they need a raise.
Planning things for 2026 and realized this year:
➡️will be the 20th anniversary of my graduation from journalism school at American
➡️the annual conference for @ire.org will also also be in DC!
It's been a wild ride, but it feels appropriate to head back to Washington for journalism. I'm excited.🤓
➡️will be the 20th anniversary of my graduation from journalism school at American
➡️the annual conference for @ire.org will also also be in DC!
It's been a wild ride, but it feels appropriate to head back to Washington for journalism. I'm excited.🤓
January 8, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Planning things for 2026 and realized this year:
➡️will be the 20th anniversary of my graduation from journalism school at American
➡️the annual conference for @ire.org will also also be in DC!
It's been a wild ride, but it feels appropriate to head back to Washington for journalism. I'm excited.🤓
➡️will be the 20th anniversary of my graduation from journalism school at American
➡️the annual conference for @ire.org will also also be in DC!
It's been a wild ride, but it feels appropriate to head back to Washington for journalism. I'm excited.🤓
1/6 Today is the Mondayest Monday of the year. I have calculated this. It is the darkest and it is the coldest.
Okay, actually if you want to be technical, the two Mondays before and after December 21, the winter equinox, are the darkest... 
Okay, actually if you want to be technical, the two Mondays before and after December 21, the winter equinox, are the darkest... 
January 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
1/6 Today is the Mondayest Monday of the year. I have calculated this. It is the darkest and it is the coldest.
Okay, actually if you want to be technical, the two Mondays before and after December 21, the winter equinox, are the darkest... 
Okay, actually if you want to be technical, the two Mondays before and after December 21, the winter equinox, are the darkest... 
We need an update to “Shaniqua don’t live here no more”:
Man, can’t you just leave me alone?
Had this cell 20+ years, this is my phone!
This game is lame ‘cause you still don’t know my name.
Feel the phone buzz all night all day because
You found this line from Yellow Pages in ‘99.
Man, can’t you just leave me alone?
Had this cell 20+ years, this is my phone!
This game is lame ‘cause you still don’t know my name.
Feel the phone buzz all night all day because
You found this line from Yellow Pages in ‘99.
January 2, 2026 at 7:02 PM
We need an update to “Shaniqua don’t live here no more”:
Man, can’t you just leave me alone?
Had this cell 20+ years, this is my phone!
This game is lame ‘cause you still don’t know my name.
Feel the phone buzz all night all day because
You found this line from Yellow Pages in ‘99.
Man, can’t you just leave me alone?
Had this cell 20+ years, this is my phone!
This game is lame ‘cause you still don’t know my name.
Feel the phone buzz all night all day because
You found this line from Yellow Pages in ‘99.
🤓This year I read 17,162 pages in 53 books.
Below is a thread of what I liked and what I didn't.
What should I read next year #booksky?
Below is a thread of what I liked and what I didn't.
What should I read next year #booksky?
December 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🤓This year I read 17,162 pages in 53 books.
Below is a thread of what I liked and what I didn't.
What should I read next year #booksky?
Below is a thread of what I liked and what I didn't.
What should I read next year #booksky?
This didn't make my top 2025 posts, but I think deserves an honorable mention as it got the most re-shares.
We need to rethink our current communication architecture, or we will continue to reward conspiracy theories over quality content.
(please excuse typo below- should read "the president")
We need to rethink our current communication architecture, or we will continue to reward conspiracy theories over quality content.
(please excuse typo below- should read "the president")
1/14 Our current constitutional crisis cannot be solved by voting Democrat or by removing president from office- this is a problem that will persist until we fix our information infrastructure.
Please hear me out.
Please hear me out.
December 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This didn't make my top 2025 posts, but I think deserves an honorable mention as it got the most re-shares.
We need to rethink our current communication architecture, or we will continue to reward conspiracy theories over quality content.
(please excuse typo below- should read "the president")
We need to rethink our current communication architecture, or we will continue to reward conspiracy theories over quality content.
(please excuse typo below- should read "the president")
My top 10 posts of the year:
a new year 's greeting card with fireworks and the words happy new year
Alt: a new year 's greeting card with a crystal ball dropping, fireworks, and the words happy new year
media.tenor.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
My top 10 posts of the year:
I do a lot with legal data, so as you can imagine I love this nonprofit!
They can add to this list reporting for @nbcnews.com-owned stations. If anyone has a good tutorial for their new API, please send it, as I have yet use it much.
Fantastic resource if you are interested in federal court data.
They can add to this list reporting for @nbcnews.com-owned stations. If anyone has a good tutorial for their new API, please send it, as I have yet use it much.
Fantastic resource if you are interested in federal court data.
December 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I do a lot with legal data, so as you can imagine I love this nonprofit!
They can add to this list reporting for @nbcnews.com-owned stations. If anyone has a good tutorial for their new API, please send it, as I have yet use it much.
Fantastic resource if you are interested in federal court data.
They can add to this list reporting for @nbcnews.com-owned stations. If anyone has a good tutorial for their new API, please send it, as I have yet use it much.
Fantastic resource if you are interested in federal court data.
You have to be a journalist or an attorney? Why not both?
December 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
You have to be a journalist or an attorney? Why not both?
Here's my hot take on Christmas. 🎄
December 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Here's my hot take on Christmas. 🎄
👀🔍🎇 ICMI: This is one of the most thrilling/challenging datasets. There are 98 different sheets you can mix and match.
For example: there's a case sheet, and each case has several motions, etc.
Huge thanks to @shelbybremer.bsky.social (cited below) for putting a face to this anonymous data!
For example: there's a case sheet, and each case has several motions, etc.
Huge thanks to @shelbybremer.bsky.social (cited below) for putting a face to this anonymous data!
1/7 Behind the story: calculating all the numbers behind this @nbcnews.com story took three months, 1,181 lines of code, and three former court employees to verify the methodology.
@joemurph.bsky.social @suzgamboa.bsky.social @joyywang.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
@joemurph.bsky.social @suzgamboa.bsky.social @joyywang.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
How the Trump administration pushed to reopen immigration cases, putting thousands at risk of deportation
An NBC News analysis found that the Trump administration has filed more than 117,000 requests to reopen cases immigration judges had deemed low priority.
www.nbcnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
👀🔍🎇 ICMI: This is one of the most thrilling/challenging datasets. There are 98 different sheets you can mix and match.
For example: there's a case sheet, and each case has several motions, etc.
Huge thanks to @shelbybremer.bsky.social (cited below) for putting a face to this anonymous data!
For example: there's a case sheet, and each case has several motions, etc.
Huge thanks to @shelbybremer.bsky.social (cited below) for putting a face to this anonymous data!
1/7 Behind the story: calculating all the numbers behind this @nbcnews.com story took three months, 1,181 lines of code, and three former court employees to verify the methodology.
@joemurph.bsky.social @suzgamboa.bsky.social @joyywang.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
@joemurph.bsky.social @suzgamboa.bsky.social @joyywang.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
How the Trump administration pushed to reopen immigration cases, putting thousands at risk of deportation
An NBC News analysis found that the Trump administration has filed more than 117,000 requests to reopen cases immigration judges had deemed low priority.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
1/7 Behind the story: calculating all the numbers behind this @nbcnews.com story took three months, 1,181 lines of code, and three former court employees to verify the methodology.
@joemurph.bsky.social @suzgamboa.bsky.social @joyywang.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
@joemurph.bsky.social @suzgamboa.bsky.social @joyywang.bsky.social
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Informal poll: how old were you the first time you took public transportation by yourself? How did you learn the system?
December 15, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Informal poll: how old were you the first time you took public transportation by yourself? How did you learn the system?
Very cool to see the @pwhlsceptres.bsky.social started a book club!
Our local women's hockey league actually also has a book club! Here's what we have read so far. What should we read next?
💙📚 🏒🙌
Our local women's hockey league actually also has a book club! Here's what we have read so far. What should we read next?
💙📚 🏒🙌
December 14, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Very cool to see the @pwhlsceptres.bsky.social started a book club!
Our local women's hockey league actually also has a book club! Here's what we have read so far. What should we read next?
💙📚 🏒🙌
Our local women's hockey league actually also has a book club! Here's what we have read so far. What should we read next?
💙📚 🏒🙌
1/4 Behind the story: Reporter Tony Pipitone found "Florida Soft-Sided Facility South" in this data. Hint: the sign outside has a different name.
He compared the governor's comments to this data, released through a FOIA suit. Check out this story with the results:
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/s...
He compared the governor's comments to this data, released through a FOIA suit. Check out this story with the results:
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/s...
December 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
1/4 Behind the story: Reporter Tony Pipitone found "Florida Soft-Sided Facility South" in this data. Hint: the sign outside has a different name.
He compared the governor's comments to this data, released through a FOIA suit. Check out this story with the results:
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/s...
He compared the governor's comments to this data, released through a FOIA suit. Check out this story with the results:
www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/s...
New from @sciam.bsky.social: the article talks about Holland and I understand that because they are several standard deviations above everyone else.
For comparison: about 1% of US travel is by bike.
But I have to hand it to the Swiss! Biking in a country with that many mountains is impressive.
For comparison: about 1% of US travel is by bike.
But I have to hand it to the Swiss! Biking in a country with that many mountains is impressive.
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New from @sciam.bsky.social: the article talks about Holland and I understand that because they are several standard deviations above everyone else.
For comparison: about 1% of US travel is by bike.
But I have to hand it to the Swiss! Biking in a country with that many mountains is impressive.
For comparison: about 1% of US travel is by bike.
But I have to hand it to the Swiss! Biking in a country with that many mountains is impressive.
Critics rave: “SPELL-binding.”
“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas”
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.
December 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Critics rave: “SPELL-binding.”
Yet another reason to be grateful for modern engineering: 17% of all medieval cathedrals ultimately collapsed.
December 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Yet another reason to be grateful for modern engineering: 17% of all medieval cathedrals ultimately collapsed.
Let's say you make a shirt that brings value to your customers over other brands- it's trendier, or better quality etc. You sell more shirts and make more money.
What if we could design an internet that incentivizes information over emotion?
www.niemanlab.org/2022/07/can-...
What if we could design an internet that incentivizes information over emotion?
www.niemanlab.org/2022/07/can-...
November 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Let's say you make a shirt that brings value to your customers over other brands- it's trendier, or better quality etc. You sell more shirts and make more money.
What if we could design an internet that incentivizes information over emotion?
www.niemanlab.org/2022/07/can-...
What if we could design an internet that incentivizes information over emotion?
www.niemanlab.org/2022/07/can-...
Fantastic FOIA find.🔎
November 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Fantastic FOIA find.🔎
1/5: Fascinating: researchers recruited elite basketball players, avid basketball fans, and regular folks to predict who would make a basket in a series of videos showing people about to shoot.
Players were much better at successfully predicting this. Even over “expert” watchers
Players were much better at successfully predicting this. Even over “expert” watchers
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
1/5: Fascinating: researchers recruited elite basketball players, avid basketball fans, and regular folks to predict who would make a basket in a series of videos showing people about to shoot.
Players were much better at successfully predicting this. Even over “expert” watchers
Players were much better at successfully predicting this. Even over “expert” watchers
Wow commute times in NYC are solidly twice per year what they are in any other major city.
I would take an hour on a train though over half that in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Created in #rstats using @kylewalker.bsky.social's #tidycensus
I would take an hour on a train though over half that in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Created in #rstats using @kylewalker.bsky.social's #tidycensus
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Wow commute times in NYC are solidly twice per year what they are in any other major city.
I would take an hour on a train though over half that in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Created in #rstats using @kylewalker.bsky.social's #tidycensus
I would take an hour on a train though over half that in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
Created in #rstats using @kylewalker.bsky.social's #tidycensus
Ha! Now you definitely have to give the miniseries version a try. Anything less would shortchange the brilliance of Jane Austen.
For example, Firth in the Pemberly scene is the awkwardness and hilarity of all of us stumbling upon, and trying to impress, our crush.
For example, Firth in the Pemberly scene is the awkwardness and hilarity of all of us stumbling upon, and trying to impress, our crush.
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ha! Now you definitely have to give the miniseries version a try. Anything less would shortchange the brilliance of Jane Austen.
For example, Firth in the Pemberly scene is the awkwardness and hilarity of all of us stumbling upon, and trying to impress, our crush.
For example, Firth in the Pemberly scene is the awkwardness and hilarity of all of us stumbling upon, and trying to impress, our crush.