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Chris Wiggins

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Why The New York Times Hired A Biology Researcher As Its Chief Data Scientist

To help make sense of the massive troves of data produced by people clicking around its website, the Times made a (very) nontraditional hire–Chris Wiggins, a biology researcher with a PhD in theoretical physics. If you can map the human genome, maybe you can even fix journalism.

Why The New York Times Hired A Biology Researcher As Its Chief Data Scientist

Impact

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Creativity

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Work Life

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Go ahead and tell your most embarrassing story. It will boost your creativity