Sharon Machlis was a longtime writer and editor at Computerworld and later the Director of Editorial Data & Analytics at parent company Foundry. She is also the author of Practical R for Mass Communications and Journalism.
Sharon's Do more with R video tutorials won a Jesse H. Neal award for Best Instructional Content.
Recently retired, Sharon is still passionate about R and generative AI, and also blogs about the retirement life. You can find her on Bluesky at @smachlis.bsky.social, Mastodon at @smach@masto.machlis.com, and LinkedIn.
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