Derek Willis

Hi, I’m Derek. I love using data to find and tell stories. And asking questions.

Faith in Journalism

As the students drifted away from the Zoom call one-by-one, one young woman stuck around. This was during the pandemic, and who wanted to be on Zoom more than they already…

Vibe Coding for Domain Experts

The first thing you should know about me is that I’ve been programming computers for at least two decades. The second (and more important) thing you should know is that I’m…

My LLM Extraction Challenge Leaderboard Is Better Now

I had been staring at my Political Email Extraction Leaderboard since I first published it, and was disappointed by some of the performances I found in extracting committee…