I am a London-based digital journalist who is always looking for new ways to tell stories.
I am particularly interested in the intersection of technology and journalism: data analysis and visualisation, graphic design, video and photography are central to my reporting.
I am a stong coder, using Python and Javascript in particular, mainly for data analysis and visualisation. I can also code in HTML, CSS and R, and produce videos and podcasts - all of which I learnt during my one-year MSc in Digital Journalism at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Between 2018-2019, I was Commissioning Editor at Culture Trip, and I have a proven track record of strong feature writing and editing. I have worked as an in-house editor at several print and digital publications, researching, editing, writing and commissioning stories.
I have a First Class BA in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Warwick, with an intercalated year abroad at the Sorbonne University in Paris.
Born in Madrid to a British-Argentine family, I speak native English and Spanish and have worked across publications in both languages. I also speak fluent French.
Work history
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Data JournalistTortoise Media
London, United KingdomFull Time
Tortoise Media is a news organisation launched by James Harding, former Director of BBC News and Katie Vanneck-Smith, former President of the Wall Street Journal. My time is split between working on data-driven articles and investigations for the newsroom and working with Tortoise Intelligence to produce and maintain indices tracking important social, economic, technological and financial trends. My responsibilities include:
• Reporting: Researching and writing articles and investigations for the website. I also contribute to the Sensemaker, our daily newsletter, and the AI Sensemaker, a bi-monthly newsletter focused on artificial intelligence.
• Project management: Introducing and maintaining processes for editorial projects.
• Data extraction: Using Python to scrape data for stories, accessing APIs, and researching other sources.
• Data analysis: Using Excel, Python and sometimes R to analyse complex datasets. Coming up with considered methodologies for combining and weighting data from disparate sources.
• Data viz: Creating charts and visualisations. Writing clear, accurate and concise copy for data visualisations.
• Investigation: Working on long-term investigative projects, for example a story on hidden domestic abuse homicides.
• FOIs: Sending freedom of information requests and processing any data retrieved.
• Events: Representing Tortoise at our ThinkIn events, presenting slides and hosting debates.
Commissioning EditorCulture Trip
- London, United KingdomFull Time
Culture Trip is a digital publication with over 20 million MUVs, covering global travel, culture and the arts. I was promoted from Junior Commissioning Editor in February 2019
Achievements/tasks:
Project management: Overseeing Culture Trip's Middle East, Africa and Madrid sections
Commissioning: Writing briefs for multimedia stories and commissioning them to freelancers
People management: Recruiting and managing a large team of remote freelance writers
Digital: Strategically gearing content towards SEO and SMO. Building articles using a CMS
Editing: Ensuring all content met in-house style and image guidelines
Writing: Producing both listicles and features
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Skills
- Editing
- Feature Writing
- Newswriting
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Video Production
- Python
- Javascript
- Advanced Excel
- Html CSS
Education
MSc Digital JournalismGoldsmiths, University of London
London, United Kingdom
- Writing, photography, video and social media
- Media law & ethics
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Python for journalists
(eg. building web pages, obtaining data and producing data visualisations)
- Adobe Suite (Premiere Pro, Photoshop and InDesign for video, photography and editorial)
- Obtaining data and analysing it using Excel, Python and R
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ErasmusUniversité Paris-Sorbonne
- Paris, France
French comparative literature
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