I’m an experienced reporter with a proven record of producing and managing projects related to Brazil, my home country.
Stories I wrote exposed a former president's misuse of funds, unveiled a bid fraud, saving a city's public funds and facilitated the shutdown of companies involved in illegal activities.
Attended a fellowship at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and created a popular journalism course that has been used by several news organizations.
Raised US$ 200,000 to create data journalism projects, including DataFixers.org and Fiquem Sabendo, both used as source by The Washington Post, BBC, Al Jazeera, OCCRP, ICIJ and others.
Masters degrees in Data Journalism (Columbia) and Public Administration (FGV-EAESP). My research was used by the government to improve transparency policies.
I have developed interactive dashboards and chatbots to support journalists during my fellowship at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
This journalistic investigation utilized spatial data to find several individuals involved in deforestation in the Amazon region, previously unknown to the Brazilian authorities. Our project made the government fine the people involved in R$ 1.5 million (around US$ 300,000)
Portuguese versionIn the Distrito Federal, Brazil, a significant issue of land grabbing in conservation areas is emerging, intensified by political support. These activities are particularly rampant in the Colônia Agrícola 26 de Setembro, a settlement approximately 26 km from the Palácio do Planalto, housing around 35,000 residents. This area, characterized by its lack of urban infrastructure and public services, was largely built on public lands designated for conservation.
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This investigation, written in Portuguese, uncovers a scheme in the Amazon region called "agropó" that combines land grabbing, illegal mining, and international cocaine trafficking. The investigation reveals that wealthy landowners, such as Janio Oliveira, have been involved in this lucrative criminal network.
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A 1-year cross-border series of articles that mapped the presence of organized crime groups in the Amazon region and reported on the field about the impacts of their actions. I coordinated the data analysis and obtained the documents needed for the stories.
English version Portuguese versionBrazilwood is being driven to extinction by an industry not often associated with organized crime: classical music. Tests on a sample of the confiscated wood show it was logged in a protected forest.
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An investigation about how environmental fines "disappeared" from Brazil's environmental agency office, Ibama, helping several environmental offenders save money and continue deforestation in the Amazon.
Portuguese version English versionA 2-month cross-border investigation in the US, UK, and Brazil about a group of bowmakers suspicious of trafficking an endangered Brazilian wood to make violin and cello bows. I have coordinated this project.
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Internal documents show that Brazil is not only not punishing deforestation but, according to the interviewees, companies feel that fines are not a deterrent to criminal behavior as they often expire without enforcement.
Read in PortugueseA long journalistic investigation reveals how gang members in Brazil have managed to illegally extract and export yellow ipe wood to the USA in a highly profitable fraud scheme.
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Coordinated by OCCRP, Le Monde, and 15 other media partners around the world, this project has revealed how secret companies have been used for crime and corruption. The data was obtained by scraping Luxembourg's business register website.
English version Portuguese versionA cross-border investigation on the world's largest tobacco company and how it is flooding countries with cigarettes and working with smuggling networks. We found, in Brazil, that farmers are living in debt and even commiting suicide.
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Land grabs and deforestation have devastated Brazil’s northern Pará state. But slaughterhouses, including some owned by top meat processors JBS and Marfrig, still buy from suppliers who source from ranches on stolen land. This story was made in partnership with Fiquem Sabendo, the non-profit data agency that I co-founded.
English version Portuguese versionAdobe Illustrator, Plotnine (ggplot for Python), Datawrapper, Flourish, d3/JavaScript.
Python, Excel, Google Spreadsheet, PostgreSQL, Google Big Query
Webscraping (BeautifulSoup, Selenium). Check more at Github.
My presentation about investigating with public records at the Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC), in Gothenburg/Sweden. Held in English.
I was interviewed by SBT news after presenting a panel about transparency at the Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism conference, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
I was interviewed by TV Globo host Natuza Nery in one of Brazil's most popular podcasts, O Assunto, to explain how I obtained former presidents corporate expenses, including Bolsonaro, and how to read the data. Held in Portuguese.
I was invited by the Filecoin Foundation and Muckrock to present my data journalism project, DataFixers.org, in a conference in Portugal. (Held in English)
I was interviewed by CNN TV host Monalise Perrone to explain how I did an investigative project about illegal air charter services in Sao Paulo. Held in Portuguese.
I was interviewed by Jornal da Cultura, a traditional TV show in Brazil, to explain how Brazil can improve transparency policies in 2023. Held in Portuguese.
