Daniele Grasso

Daniele Grasso is an Italian Data – Driven Journalist based in Madrid. He created and now coordinates the Data Journalism Unit of the Spanish leading digital newspaper, El Confidencial. He is a member of the first pan-European data-journalism projects: Generation E and The Migrants Files, this last one being awarded with the Data Journalism Award, the European Press Prize 2015 and a Gold Medal at ‘Premios ÑH’.

He took part in ICIJ cross-border investigations such as ‘Lux Leaks’, ‘Swiss Leaks’ and ‘The Panama Papers’.

Daniele Grasso won the 2015 European Press Prize Innovation Award with ‘The Migrants’ Files: Surveying ­migrants’ deaths at Europe’s door’

Alessio Cimarelli

Alessio Cimarelli is a data Scientist and professional web developer, in his spare time Alessio is an avid comics and movie fan. After graduating in physics at the Sapienza University in Rome, he earned a Master degree in Science Communication at SISSA in Trieste and landed some temporary jobs in newsrooms, press-offices and research projects. As a co-founder of Dataninja, he is in charge of data-driven innovation and machine learning – and now he writes in Javascript and Python languages more often than in English or Italian.

Alessio Cimarelli won the 2015 European Press Prize Innovation Award with ‘The Migrants’ Files: Surveying ­migrants’ deaths at Europe’s door’