WORK EXPERIENCE
2018 - present (Venice, Italy)
- Freelance consultant in the field of data storytelling and data literacy trainings.
- Co-founder and project leader of Batjo, a Google-funded project investigating and democratizinng the use of data physicalization.
- Instructor e and educational manager for Dataninja School.
- Data journalist for Sheldon Studio.
- Data activist for Inside Airbnb and OCIO.
- Other clients like CNN Hong Kong, TalentData and ECIPA
2014 - 2016 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Lead Data Journalist and Trainer with the Dutch startup Silk.co, operating in the field of semantic web for database publication and data visualization.
2013-2014 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
- Research Assistant at DataJLab, Tilburg University
- Freelance journalist for Datajournalism.it and Wired Italia
- Data Journalism trainee with the Dutch newspaper NRC Next
EDUCATION
- Communication and Information Sciences (MA) · 2012-2013
University of Tilburg (The Netherlands)
Specialization: Data Journalism
Thesis: 'Social meets civic: Civic social media and open government data: An inquiry on collaborative fact-checking for citizens’ empowerment'
Graduation grade: with distinction
- Storia, Tradizione e Innovazione (BA) · 2008 - 2012
Università degli studi di Siena (Italy)
Specialization: Contemporary History
Thesis: La guerra in Libia del 2011 e la stampa italiana: Rappresentazione mediatica di un teatro bellico
Graduation grade: 110 cum laude
Life-long learning
- Infografica e Infoestetica by ISIA Firenze · Florence, Italy · 2018
- Shift, Shape, Mobilize Workshop by Sourcefabric and n-ost · Odessa, Ukraine · 2016
- Summer School for Journalists & Media Practitioners by European University Institute · Fiesole, Italy · 2016
- Data4Change by SmallMedia and VisualizingImpact · Beirut, Lebanon · 2015
- Young European Journalist WKSP 'Data Journalism: big stories & dirty surveillance' by M100
- Sanssouci Colloquium · Potsdam, Germany · 2014
- School of Data Journalism by School of Data · Perugia, Italy · 2013
