ABOUT ME
Hi there! I’m an Oslo-based editor, journalist and photographer with over a decade of experience in science communication and environmental reporting. I’m also an ambassador to the German organisation Hostwriter.org (working to spread the word about cross-border journalism methodologies) and a founding member of the Brazilian Network of Science Journalists (trying to improve the quality of science communication in Brazil and Latin America).
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Frontliner | Greenpeace | Norway
- Science and environment reporter | Freelancer | Science & Development Network | SciDev.Net | UK
- Science reporter | Freelancer | Physics World | UK
- Science and environment reporter | Freelancer | Folha de São Paulo | Brazil
- Journalist | Centro Paranaense de Referência em Agroecologia | Brazil
- Science and environment reporter | Instituto Ciência Hoje | Revista Ciência Hoje | Brazil
- Book editor | Observatório Nacional | National Observatory | Brazil
- Journalist | Stringer | Monday Production | Sweden
- Journalist | Travel writer | Editora Trilhos & Montanhas | Guia O Viajante: América do Sul | Brazil
VOLUNTEERING
- Ambassador | Hostwriter.org | Germany
- Photographer | VårtOslo | Norway
- Director of International Relations | Brazilian Network of Science Journalists and Communicators | Brazil
- Marketing & Design Committee | Bergen International Student Conference | University of Bergen | Norway
- Editor | SciArt | Science & Art Media | Hungary
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
- 2019 | Fellowship: Journalism in a transdisciplinary world: how can we burst the science ‘bubble’? | World Conference of Science Journalists, WCSJ | Nucleus Project, European Commission | Lausanne, Switzerland
- 2018 | Fellowship: Science Writers 2018 | Washington DC, USA
- 2018 | Fellowship: Hostwriter Ambassador Summit 2018 | Warsaw, Poland
- 2015 | Award: Chevening Award | Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the United Kingdom
- 2015 | Fellowship: World Conference of Science Journalists, WCSJ | Seoul, South Korea
- 2014 | Fellowship: Thomson Reuters Foundation | Writing and Reporting News | London, UK
- 2013 | Award: Prêmio Imprensa Embratel | Categoria: Reportagem socioambiental
- 2013 | Award: Prêmio Jornalista&Cia HSBC de Imprensa e Sustentabilidade
- 2013 | Prêmio Allianz de Jornalismo | Categoria: Webjornalismo
- 2013 | Fellowship: European Youth Press | O Eco | Nigerian Association of Science Journalists | FlagIt: Environmental reporting through digital tools | Lagos, Nigeria
- 2012 | Award: Prêmio HSBC de Imprensa e Sustentabilidade | Rio+20 | Finalist
- 2011 | Fellowship: Society of Environmental Journalists | 21st SEJ Annual Conference | Miami, USA
- 2011 | Fellowship: National Institute for Space Research, INPE | Astronomy & Astrophysics | São José dos Campos, Brazil
- 2011 | 1º Place: Provincial Journalism Award | Sindicato dos Jornalistas do Paraná
- 2010 | 1º Place: Academic Research | 18º Evinci, Universidade Federal do Paraná
- 2010 | 3º Place: Provincial Journalism Award | Sindicato dos Jornalistas do Paraná
- 2009 | Fellowship: University of Cambridge | Faraday Institute | Summer course: Science and Religion | Cambridge, UK
- 2009 | 2º Place: Provincial Journalism Award | Sindicato dos Jornalistas do Paraná
- 2009 | 1º Place: Provincial Journalism Award | Sindicato dos Jornalistas do Paraná
INTERESTS
- Science journalism
- Environmental journalism
- Communication
- Photography
- 合気道
EDUCATION
- University of Edinburgh | School of Geosciences | MSc Environment & Development (UK)
- Universidade Federal do Paraná | Geography & Environmental Analysis (Brazil)
- Universidade Federal do Paraná | Journalism (Brazil)
- Cornerstone Academic College | ESL Program (Canada)
- Ganid Photography | Digital Photography (Thailand)
- Folha de S.Paulo | Programa de Treinamento em Agroindústria e Sustentabilidade (Brazil)
- Editora Trilhos & Montanhas | Travel Writer Course (Brazil)
