Talks & Publications
Things I've said and written about the craft of data journalism, data visualization, and data storytelling.
Máquinas que fazem perguntas
Oeiras Valley Science Festival - 2025
Talk at the Oeiras Valley Science Festival about the use of AI in journalism.
Code like a journalist
Svelte Meetup Portugal - 2024
Delivered a talk at the first Svelte Meetup in Portugal, discussing the process of building PÚBLICO's internal graphics/interactive kit using Svelte.
Hack the newsroom: How data-driven journalism is changing the news
DSPT #97 - 2021
Delivered a talk on the integration of data science into journalism, exploring how data-driven journalism is transforming news production.
Data Journalism: Much More Than Using Numbers to Tell Stories
Revista Jornalismo & Jornalistas - 2021
Essay published in issue 76 of 'Jornalismo & Jornalistas,' about the state of data journalism in Portugal.
The Precise Algorithm, the Confusing Algorithm, and Media Education
Webinar GT Communication and Education, SOPCOM - 2021
Participated in a webinar discussing the role of algorithms in media education.
The Impact of Wikipedia on the World of Free Culture
Roundtable - Wiki-Lusofonia Festival - 2021
Engaged in a roundtable discussion on the influence of Wikipedia on global free culture.
Generating Story Ideas from Data - Lessons from Portugal
Dataharvest - 2020
A conversation with Dada Lyndell (Russia) and Winny de Jong (Netherlands) about the state of data journalism in their respective countries.
Lusophone Data Journalism
School of Data - 2020
Webinar featuring data journalists from Portugal, Brazil, and Mozambique, discussing the challenges faced in each country.
Behind the Scenes: Reporters Who Exposed Europe's COVID-19 Spending
International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) - 2020
Webinar about collaborating with a European consortium to investigate government spending during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unicorns and Superpowers: Lessons from Data Journalism in Portugal
European Journalism Observatory - 2019
Article written at the invitation of the European Journalism Observatory and republished by the Global Investigative Journalism Network, detailing the challenges of creating a data team in a national Portuguese media outlet.
Journalism and Open Data
Open Data Day - 2019
Presentation delivered on Open Data Day, a day dedicated to celebrating open data and its importance to society, discussing the experience of creating the first open data portal for a Portuguese media outlet.
Newsroom Hacks - How Data Journalism Was Bootstrapped at Renascença
GDG Devfest - 2019
Presented the experience and challenges of creating a data team at Rádio Renascença at an event hosted by the Google Developer Group in Portugal.