Hassel Fallas Email & Phone Number

San José, Cr

Colombia

As a Research Data Analyst at the independent and intercultural media outlet Agenda Propia (https://agendapropia.co), I oversee the cleaning, organization, and structuring of databases. Additionally, I specialize in creating statistical models and extracting relevant information for in-depth analysis. I also conduct rigorous data curation, ensuring the quality and accuracy of both acquired and generated data sets. My role extends to generating graphs and visualizations to bolster the journalistic team's efforts. Furthermore, I actively participate in editorial committees and maintain close collaboration with legal and investigative teams.

Montevideo, Uruguay

Main coordinator of the project "Making visible violence due to sexual orientation and gender identity in Central America”. This project is partnering with five Central American-based lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans -led community-based organizations (CBOs) to strengthen standardized data collection on LGBTQ+ discrimination and hate crimes in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras , and Guatemala. The CBOs will use the data to raise awareness of the situation of LGBTQ+ people and inform future public policies supporting the human rights of the LGBTQ+ population. The CBOs will co-design the data collection methodology with ILDA. This process will include: 1) collection of baseline data relating to LGBTQ+ discrimination and hate crimes. 2) development of draft methodology for data collection on LGBTQ+ discrimination across the CBOs, 3) validation of the methodology and data standardization.

Uruguay

Coordinator and data researcher in the following projects: • Standardization of data on femicides in Latin America and the Caribbean from the Inter-American Development Bank. In charge of developing a diagnosis on the quality and integrity of statistics on the violent gender-related deaths of women in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama and Paraguay. Coordinator of the design and implementation of a regional standard model to systematize and codify variables on femicides.• Data on LGBTIQ+ violence in Central America from Hivos. Responsible for mapping the availability of data and its quality gaps in State institutions, Civil Society and Academic organizations.

Guadalajara Area, Mexico

Creator and director of the data journalism platform: "Climate Change: Data, Facts and Effects in your Life". Responsible for compiling, analyzing and visualizing open databases that allow explaining the impact of climate change in Central America and Mexico and their global interrelation.

Latinamerica, Usa, Europe, Africa

• Mentoring independent media outlets in data journalism. Currently responsible for coordinating activities with journalists, including explaining concepts, resolving doubts, and assisting them in the development of databases. The work is with the Institute for War and Peace• Databases and data visualization specialist. Consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank, in Washington D.C. Supporting the publication processes of data generated by IDB researchers. Developing solutions and maintaining services that improve the management, analysis, and visualization of that information. • Radio Ambulante, New York. Analysis of databases for an investigation about deaths during hurricane Maria. • Data Journalist in a Data4Change multidisciplinary team project to support The Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), in Amman, Jordan• Trainer in data analysis and storytelling with R in the DataCamp, organized by the Electronic Government Agency and the Information Society of Uruguay • Infovis (International Congress of Visual Communication), Mexico. Trainer in data visualization and storytelling in Tableau• Trainer in prototyping and designing visual information and app solutions at Media Lab Prado, • Data Journalist consultant at the Office of Strategic Planning and Development Effectiveness (SPD), Interamerican Development Bank (IDB)•Teacher for the Master’s Degree in Investigative Reporting, Data Journalism and Visualization from daily El Mundo and the University Rey Juan Carlos.• Trainer in data journalism and data storytelling in daily La Prensa and El Confidencial (Nicaragua) with support of International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), Washington, DC. • Trainer and advisor in data project management at Code4SA´s academy of data journalism, South Africa.• Lecturer and trainer in data storytelling techniques at the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB), October 2017-february 2018, Washington D.C.

Jalisco

Lecturer of the database analysis and information visualization workshop for journalists. During the course, students learn the fundamental techniques of these disciplines: how to collect data, how to clean messy data, how analyze it with statistical and journalistic accuracy and the essentials to visualize information. By the end of the process, participants develop a journalistic research project.

Guadalajara Area, Mexico

Leading journalism workshops based on data analysis and storytelling with datafrom the Digital Journalism Training Center of the University of Guadalajara, Mexico. Teaching Ibero-American journalists-with basic or none experience- in extraction techniques, analysis, visualization and report writing based on databases.

United States

Leading data analysis and visualization projects on global investigations with CCIJ’s multidisciplinary core team and an international group of journalists from Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and North America .

San José, Costa Rica

Manager of investigative projects based on analysis of large data sets. Leader of a multidisciplinary team of journalists, engineers, web developers and interactive designers in the production of multimedia reports on corruption, drug trafficking, politics, economy and health, among others. Notable projects:• The hidden costs of gasoline in Costa Rica: The investigation, based on the creation of a database, brought to light the existence of a mathematical maneuver to hide a subsidy in the price formula of fuels, in order to cheapen gas and asphalt and to increase the price of diesel and gasoline, the most used ones in Costa Rica. The Public Services Regulatory Body created the subsidy in November 2008, in benefit of businesses and damage of consumers.• Stolen Memory: is a multimedia, data investigation about the cultural heritage trafficking in Latin America. It was the first transnational project that used databases to picture and reveal this organized crime. In Costa Rica, we revealed how a network of local art dealers sold precious historical pieces in exchange of thousands of dollars.• Narco-seizures: is an investigation that reveals which is the final destination of the drug shipments that pass through Costa Rica and leave to other places by sea, land or air. In addition, it describes the mechanisms used by drug dealers to smuggle the drug and the effects this illicit business has for different sectors in the country and Costa Rica’s international image. Mastery of the following: R- R Studio, advanced Excel, Access, Pyhon (basics), Google spreadsheets, SPSS, Tabula, Public Refine, Trifacta, Tableau, Photoshop, HTML and CSS (basics). Wordpress content management system.

Costa Rica

External Communications Manager. Responsible for defining and implementing strategies and programs for the Silicon Valley Microprocessor´s company in Costa Rica and Latin America. Specific duties included development of press conferences, communication, marketing plans, financial planning of advertising budgets and collateral materials.

Business Intelligence Specialization, Business Intelligence, Specialization

The ability to make accurate and fast decisions business, has become one of the keys for a business comes to success. Thus Business.

Statistical Specialist Program, Statistics

Today it is recognized the importance of statistics in the development business. Companies require statistical methods for the collection.

Certification, User Experience & Design Thinking, Certification

Digital User Experience Design. User-centered design. Design thinking methodology The basics of the experience design process and its.

Master In Digital Journalism, Digital Communication And Media/Multimedia, Master

Digital Marketing Certificate Program, Digital Marketing

Strategies , channels and technologies of electronic marketing. Knowledge of online campaigns , analytical , reporting and marketing.

Data & Investigative Journalism

• The Elements of Investigative Journalism| November 2012 • Data-Driven webinar| December 2012

Multimedia Journalism Specialization

• Multimedia tools for Digital Communications| March 2011 • How to Write for the Web?| August 2011 • Community Manager and social.

Entrepreneurship Training Program, Business Development

Economy For Journalists Program, Economy And Journalism

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