Ben Welsh 🌴

Ben Welsh is the editor of the Los Angeles Times Data Desk, a team of reporters and computer programmers that works to collect, organize, analyze and present large amounts of information.

Ben is also a cofounder of the California Civic Data Coalition, a network of developers working to open up public data, and the organizer of PastPages, an open-source effort to archive digital news.

Projects that Ben has contributed to have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Library of Congress’ Innovation Award and numerous other prizes for investigative reporting, digital design and online journalism.