Ainslie Johnstone

Ainslie Johnstone is a data journalist and science correspondent at The Economist in London. She has previously edited the magazine’s Graphic Detail and Daily Chart sections. She writes data-driven articles on topics ranging from war and politics to science and health. These projects involve using a wide variety of different data sources, from satellite images to large text corpuses, as well as traditional reporting.  Before joining The Economist Ainslie was a researcher at the UCL Department of Neurology and has a DPhil (PhD) in Clinical Neuroscience from the University of Oxford.