Hi, I’m Andrew Long. I am a geographer, journalist and historian based in Mesa, Arizona. My portfolio is here.
I graduated from Arizona State University with a focus on GIS and spatial analysis. Before that, I studied public relations and journalism at Mesa Community College, where I was editor of The Mesa Legend.
I spent a decade as a newspaper journalist with the East Valley Tribune and The Arizona Republic. At the Republic, I served as the senior news artist on the front page team, working closely with reporters and editors to create informational graphics and maps that boosted single-copy sales.
After leaving the Republic, I co-founded the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting. I also taught web and data journalism as an adjunct professor at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism, where I served as the interactive editor for the award-winning Carnegie-Knight News21.
In 2017, I founded the Arizona Game Fair, which grew into the state’s largest tabletop gaming convention. I returned to journalism in 2020, joining MJBizDaily to analyze business trends in the cannabis industry and create industry-leading data visualizations for the MJBiz Factbook.
As of 2026, I’m exploring the history of my birthplace, Leadville, Colorado, through photographs, maps and stories on Historic Leadville. I suspect a book may be in the works.
SKILLS
Journalism
Cartography, GIS, spatial analysis
Research
Information design
Data analysis
Social storytelling
Event planning
TECHNOLOGIES
Python, Pandas, Jupyter Notebook
QGIS, ESRI products
Databases
HTML, CSS, WordPress
Adobe (Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign)
Microsoft (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
Google tools