Derek Willis

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

All Foreign Gifts Around Us

Whenever American federal officials - from the President to members of Congress and executive branch employees - meet with foreign government representatives, they often are…

Why I Mostly Don’t Use AI for Campaign Finance … Yet

If there’s anything that I’ve developed an expertise in in the past 25 years, it’s campaign finance data. And if there’s anything I’ve been really into during the past year…

Lessons from Teaching a Journalism Class on AI

I called it my “running with scissors” class, because after I offered to teach a course on using artificial intelligence for journalism, the thought dawned on me that I had…