I am a freelance consultant specialized in data communication and visualization — and in teaching these topics.
I am a freelance consultant specialized in data communication and visualization — and in teaching these topics.
Current work experience
2017 - NOW
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Remote
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Fixed collaboration with Sheldon Studio as data journalist (since 2020).
Other occasional clients, for example CNN Hong Kong, TalentData, and Carbon Tracker Initiative.
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Remote
Fixed collaboration with Dataninja School to oversee learning programs, teach, and mentor (since 2018).
Contract professor at the University of Bologna (since 2018).
Other occasional clients like Data4Change, University of Rome, Ecipa NordEst, and Maghweb.
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Venice, Italy
Volunteer "data person" at OCIO Venezia, a local housing rights collective in Venice (since 2018).
Former collaborator of Inside Airbnb (2017-2018).
Publishing of data viz, research and analysis on the impact of short-term rentals and Airbnbs in Venice.
Advocating for the regulation of Airbnb and short-term rentals, to preserve the right to affordable housing for residents.
Batjo: Bits, Atoms and Journalism
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Remote
Funded by the Google DNI Fund in 2017.
Developed a cookbook with three reproducible open-source data physicalization projects. Files available on GitHub: The Data Walk, The 3D Data Map, The Light Data Bars.
Past work experience
2013 - 2016
Silk
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2014 - 2016
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Worked on data and data journalism projects daily for in-house and clients' projects.
Trainer at local and international events.
DataJLab · Virtual lab at Tilburg University on data journalism trends and techniques
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2013
Tilburg, The Netherlands
Member of the 'Climate Finance Lab' team, investigating financial data stories behind climate policies.
Presented, together with Dr. Stefania Milan, research on news & algorithms at the 'Rethinking Journalism' conference
Freelance
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2013
Tilburg, The Netherlands
Published data journalism pieces on Datajournalism.it and Wired Italy.
NRC.next
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2013
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Newsroom training + authored a data-driven investigation into Interpol.
Study experience
2008 - 2013
Tilburg University
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2012 - 2013
Tilburg, The Netherlands
Courses on Statistics, Journalism, and Python.
Graduated with distinction.
Thesis 'Social meets civic: Civics social media and open government data: An inquiry on collaborative fact-checking for citizens’ empowerment' (available here).
Università degli Studi di Siena
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2008 - 2012
Siena, Italy
Specialized in the period from the 1789 French Revolution to the current days.
Elective courses in Philosophy, Human Rights, Economic History, and Globalization
Graduated cum laude.
Thesis analyzing media discourse in Italian newspapers during the 2011 war in Libya and NATO’s intervention (available here).