About me

12 years of experience in the press and digital media industry. Worked a journalist for major media outlets in Greece and contributed to national-level digital projects. Holds a Master's degree in Digital Media from University of Athens, Greece. Graduated from the Lede Program for Data Journalism at Columbia Journalism School in New York in 2018. Currently working as a Senior Social Data Analyst, while freelancing as a journalist. Interested to work on data-driven journalism projects and to develop data and coding skills further.

Data Projects

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Local gov't elections in Greece: What is the candidates' digital footprint?

Let's zoom-in on the Web and Social Media publicity for candidates in the Athens mayoral race and Attica regional race.

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Change in Greek voting over time

Elections data from 1978 onwards represent the ongoing political change. What is the footprint of the financial crisis on the Greeks' vote?

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Proportional Representation Simplified

Greece would need coalition governments from 1985 onwards. But how the current Greek Parliament could be?

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Greeks love to hate smoking ban

A project aiming at analyzing online discussion about Greeks' attitude towards smoke-free laws. Code and further description inside.

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Death Penalty in the US

Let's go back to '70s and display capital punishment in numbers through time.

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Film Shots in NYC

More than 8K film permits are provided on annual average. What are the filmmakers' favorite backdrops? What their shots are about?

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Tobacco Exports Worldwide

Germany is the leader; 20 countries shape the global market, as their shipments amount to 89% of worldwide exported cigarettes.

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Broadway Box Office

Average ticket to Springsteen's one man show hit 509$, according to seasonal analysis taking into account data from November 2017 to June 2018.

Tools used

Python/Pandas, Matplotlib and Seaborn for data visualization, Selenium and Beautiful Soup for web scraping, QJIS mapping software, Adode Illustrator, HTML + CSS

CODE AVAILABLE HERE