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Mona Chalabi is a British data journalist and writer of Iraqi descent, known for her publications with
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and ''
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''. She was nominated for a
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in the category ''New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle & Culture'' in 2017 and received the 2020
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in the category ''Best Journalist in Social Media''.


Early life

Chalabi was born to Iraqi
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in East London and grew up in London. She studied at the
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University of Edinburgh and earned a master's degree in International Security from the
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in Paris, France.


Career

After working for FiveThirtyEight, the Bank of England, the
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and the
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, she works for ''
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US''. She advocates the importance of data journalism in working to prevent politicians from making false claims. Her written work covers many diverse interests, from racial dating preferences to research on Wikipedia. In an article for the ''
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'' she has argued for a more empirical approach to economics. On 23 October 2015 she announced on her "Dear Mona" column that she was leaving FiveThirtyEight. In 2015, Chalabi presented a television documentary on
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for the
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. For
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she produces the Number of the Week. Chalabi has made several appearances on
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's '' StarTalk''. In 2016 Chalabi, with
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, created the four-part documentary series ''Vagina Dispatches'' about physical, social, and political aspects around women's bodies. The video series was nominated for a 38th Annual
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in the category ''New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle & Culture'' in 2017. In 2017, she joined
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as a data presenter for ''
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's Alternative
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Night'', and was interviewed on ''
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''. She also began hosting ''
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'', a finance talk show on
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. Chalabi presented her TED talk ''3 ways to spot a bad statistic'' in early 2017. In 2018, Chalabi launched the podcast series ''Strange Bird''. She is a former regular guest on ''
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'' and has appeared as a guest panellist on BBC TV's satirical show '' Have I Got News For You''. In 2018, now based in New York, Chalabi joined American comedy panel show '' The Fix'' as a data expert. In 2020, Chalabi received the
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in the category Best Journalist in Social Media. Chalabi was also recognized among Fortune's
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in Media and Entertainment in 2020. Chalabi's piece "100 New Yorkers" is displayed at the
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in October and November 2020.


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chalabi, Mona Living people British women journalists Data journalists The Guardian journalists British people of Iraqi descent Shorty Award winners Year of birth missing (living people)