Andrew Pantazi

Professional Experience

Edit Axios AM, the company’s flagship daily newsletter, helping set the national news agenda each morning and translating complex developments into clear, high-impact journalism using Axios’ Smart Brevity framework.
Edit high-stakes breaking and enterprise stories from pitch to publication, balancing speed, accuracy, fairness and clear reader framing.
Serve as a trusted deadline editor for senior reporters across desks, especially on live stories that demand fast judgment and careful sourcing.
Help lead coverage of redistricting, courts and data-heavy political stories through source work, docket monitoring, original analysis and rigorous fact-checking.

Launched and ran a nonprofit investigative newsroom that delivered results: a sheriff’s resignation, a $98-million contract canceled and a federal court order striking down the city’s redistricting map.
Edited Led data-driven investigations into jailhouse deaths, redistricting abuses and public corruption, building datasets from scratch and uncovering connections—like shell companies, shady contracts and ethical red flags.
Investigated and uncovered the Jacksonville sheriff's illegal residency, leading to his resignation.
Exposed local racial gerrymandering that led to a federal court order.

Conducted in-depth investigations into systemic criminal justice failures, including negligent jail policies and racial disparities in prosecution.
Created a database tracking 30+ variables in drug convictions to expose inequities and profiled key figures behind disparities.
Covered diverse beats, including statehouse, city hall, education and courts.
Spearheaded projects in data analysis and visualization.

Data Analysis & Visualization: R, Tableau, Flourish, PSPP
Web & App Development: JavaScript, GitHub, Google Scripts, APIs, HTML/CSS
Data Journalism & Mapping: Mapbox, GIS, Dave’s Redistricting App
Project & Investigative Management: Large-scale research, FOIA requests, data and investigative editing