Job: Data visualization specialist. I make the charts, graphs and maps that go along with stories. As my coworkers have heard me say every time I introduce myself, I make numbers look pretty.
Years at the Register : Seven.
I grew up in: Olathe, Kansas, outside of Kansas City.
I live in: Des Moines’ East Village.
I graduated from: Drake University.
Family: Single.
Email: twebber@registermedia.com
Why journalism? An inexorable pull toward journalism that began when I wrote my first one-page “newspaper” for family as a kid and has not relented since, plus a reluctant acceptance of being OK at math.
I like my beat because: I get to work with every corner of the newsroom, and every day is different.
Some of the major stories I’ve covered recently: A look at immigration