Alice Corona

Producer of data narratives • Data activistLecturer and Trainer in critical data practices.

I am partner and data journalist at the design studio Sheldon.studio, a data design studio specializing in information experiences and projects with a strong social justice component. As a data activist, I am member of the Board of Inside Airbnb and part of OCIO Venezia, both projects focused on the right to housing. I am adjunct professor at the University of Bologna and facilitate trainings and workshops on topics related to critical data practices.

Alice Corona

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I work with design studios, newsrooms, startups, and activists to provide support on all-things data: from setting up data collection strategies to investigating data for insights and crafting the narrative & visualizations.

Blocked at every turn: Why migrants in Italy face one of Europe’s worst brain waste gaps logo

Blocked at every turn: Why migrants in Italy face one of Europe’s worst brain waste gaps

Data visualization
Batjo: Bits, Atoms and Journalism logo

Batjo: Bits, Atoms and Journalism

Project leader, research & development, data journalism.
Monthly bulletin on overtourism in Venice  logo

Monthly bulletin on overtourism in Venice

Data scraping, data analysis, and dataviz design & development.
Matera ECC 2019 Open Data Portal logo

Matera ECC 2019 Open Data Portal

Data storytelling, data analysis, and dataviz support.

I teach at public universities, design courses on online learning platforms, and lead hands-on workshop sessions.

Gathering data to dismantle gender-based hate speech logo

Gathering data to dismantle gender-based hate speech

Workshop Lead
2024
Palermo, Italy
Communication of Statistics and Data Business Analytics logo

Communication of Statistics and Data Business Analytics

Contract Professor
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2021 Fellowship Program, Marimekko Cohort

Cohort Tech Support
Data Feminism Workshop on critical data practices logo

Data Feminism Workshop on critical data practices

Workshop Lead
2021
Palermo, Italy

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I speak about my work at events, both local and international, and I offer mentorship during hackathons.

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In principio era l'algoritmo

Radio Guest to discuss about the project Mapping Diversity and gender diversity in street names
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Design Talk

Speaker with the talk 'Critical Approaches to data visualization'
Airbnb and the Digital Services Act logo

Airbnb and the Digital Services Act

Speaker with the talk 'The Impact of short-term letting. Stories of resistance from Venice, Italy'.
Panel How Charts Lie. Author’s Chat with Alberto Cairo logo

Panel How Charts Lie. Author’s Chat with Alberto Cairo

Panelist, in conversation with Alberto Cairo on How Charts lie.

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I write about data to foster data literacy and spread critical knowledge around key debates in the domain.

Let’s get physical: how to represent data through touch logo

Let’s get physical: how to represent data through touch

A tutorial in data physicalization for journalists.
Beyond Open-washing: Are Narratives the Future of Open Data Portals? logo

Beyond Open-washing: Are Narratives the Future of Open Data Portals?

Piece co-authored with Matteo Moretti of Sheldon Studio
Cosa vuol dire occuparsi di dati con un approccio femminista logo

Cosa vuol dire occuparsi di dati con un approccio femminista

A piece on how to work with data integrating a data feminism perspective.
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Come raccontare le elezioni con grafici e mappe

A piece on the nuances of communicating election data through maps.