Aidan Hughes

athughes@umd.edu · (908) 759-1067 · aidanhughes.com

Howard Center for Investigative Journalism · Aug. 2023 to Present

Led a reporting team investigating the tactics used by a powerful lobbying group to dominate debate on a policy issue in Congress, which was published in partnership with Politico
Cultivated sources including members of Congress, underrepresented voices, municipal leaders and nationally recognized policy experts to build upon stories originally identified through data analysis
Helped lead a team of data journalists to build, clean and analyze a database of public records for an investigative series on privately funded trips for members of Congress
Currently developing a Python-based data pipeline that uses a large language model (LLM) to accurately extract information from tens of thousands of foreign agent registration documents

University of Maryland · Expected May 2025

Published in-depth pieces on Maryland state policies and congressional elections
Completed coursework in public affairs reporting, data journalism, open source intelligence data and investigative reporting with AI
Worked as a teaching assistant for the Dow Jones News Fund’s data internship program

Symphony Health Solutions · Mar. 2021 to May 2023

Assisted the Privacy Risk Review team in analyzing proposals for analytics, machine learning projects, and workflows to ensure compliance with HIPAA regulations for de-identification

Queen's University Belfast · Sept. 2017 to Sept. 2018

Used open source information from video sharing platforms, internet forums and news reports to analyze the political behaviors and strategies of extremist groups

Virginia Tech · Aug. 2013 to May 2017