Luiz Fernando Toledo Email and Phone Number
Brazilian data/investigative journalist and researcher with a proven track record in conceptualizing, producing and managing projects for major news organizations, independent outlets, and non-profits. Currently based in London and Cambridge, after working from São Paulo, New York and Washington DC.My work has contributed to saving public funds, shedding light on critical public policy issues, and holding wrongdoers accountable, including:- Exposed a network of child pornography sites, resulting in the arrest of one of the website owners (https://www.estadao.com.br/brasil/sites-pornograficos-lucram-ao-expor-imagens-roubadas-de-menores-de-idade/);- Revealed specific failures in environmental inspections, leading to new investigations against offenders and resulting in fines totaling US$ 300,000 (https://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/desmatamento-amazonia-embargos-icmbio/);- Uncovered how Brazilian timber, Ipê, was smuggled to the US, leading to the arrest of seven people (https://piaui.folha.uol.com.br/materia/a-conexao-2/);- Disclosed, for the first time, the invoice details for presidential corporate card expenses in Brazil (https://ijnet.org/pt-br/story/como-foram-revelados-os-gastos-do-ex-presidente-do-brasil%C2%A0);- Unveiled a fraudulent bid in São Paulo, prompting the government to conduct a new bid and save R$ 15 million (https://www.estadao.com.br/educacao/denuncia-do-estado-faz-prefeitura-abrir-nova-licitacao-e-economizar-r-15-2-mi/);- Exposed illegal benefits paid to high-level officials in a public university, leading to an investigation (https://noticias.uol.com.br/ultimas-noticias/agencia-estado/2018/04/17/mp-pede-que-reitores-e-cupula-da-unesp-e-usp-devolvam-diarias.htm);- Revealed illegal charter activities, leading to the revocation of a company’s license and the seizure of several aircraft (https://www.cnnbrasil.com.br/nacional/piratas-do-ar-a-farra-do-taxi-aereo-clandestino-no-brasil/).My journalistic work and research have received financial support from organizations such as The Brown Institute for Media Innovation (Columbia and Stanford universities), National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Google News Initiative, Muckrock Foundation, Gabo Foundation, Earth Journalism Network, International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (University of Oxford), Ling Foundation, and others.Portfolio: https://luizftoledo.github.io
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ReporterBbc News Sep 2024 - PresentLondres E Região, Reino UnidoBBC News Brasil reporter based in London. Investigations, data journalism, breaking news. -
ResearcherUniversity Of Cambridge Department Of Politics And International Studies (Polis) Jul 2024 - PresentCambridge, Inglaterra, Reino UnidoResearch assistant supporting a 3-year project with desk-based research, FOIA requests and data analysis at the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS). -
Member Of The Management BoardJeduca: Associação De Jornalistas De Educação Jun 2024 - PresentBoard member 2024-2026. Volunteer work. -
FounderData Fixers Aug 2022 - PresentLondon, England, United KingdomAn award-winning consulting project specialized in gathering data and public records to produce investigative stories. Created at the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, at Columbia and Stanford Universities. Awarded as the best open data project in 2023 in Brazil (Open Knowledge Foundation / Escola de Dados). -
Consultant (2024) / Member Of The Management Board (2020-2023)Abraji - Associação Brasileira De Jornalismo Investigativo Jan 2020 - PresentSão Paulo E Região, BrasilI’m currently supporting Abraji’s platform Cruzagrafos, a data-driven product enabling journalists and researchers to investigate connections between companies, politicians, and, more recently, environmental crimes in Brazil.Before this project, I served as a volunteer board member (director) at Abraji from 2020 to 2023. During that time, I created several workshops that helped over 1,000 journalists use public records and data more effectively in their reporting. I also wrote and… Show more I’m currently supporting Abraji’s platform Cruzagrafos, a data-driven product enabling journalists and researchers to investigate connections between companies, politicians, and, more recently, environmental crimes in Brazil.Before this project, I served as a volunteer board member (director) at Abraji from 2020 to 2023. During that time, I created several workshops that helped over 1,000 journalists use public records and data more effectively in their reporting. I also wrote and coordinated reports on the state of public transparency in Brazil and its use by reporters. Additionally, I represented the organization in several interviews and panels both in Brazil and abroad. Abraji is one of the most relevant journalistic associations in Latin America and led the fight for the Freedom of Information Act in Brazil. Show less -
Reporter/ProducerUol - Universo Online Jan 2023 - Aug 2024Londres, Inglaterra, Reino UnidoAs part of Datafixers.org project, I reported and researched documents and open records for several data and investigative stories on digital and audio (podcast) - TAB UOL, UOL Prime, A Hora Podcast. -
Data And Open Records ConsultantRevista Piauí 2021 - Aug 2024Londres, Inglaterra, Reino UnidoReporting and researching documents and open records for several data and investigative stories. -
Public Records ConsultantCenter For Climate Crime Analysis Dec 2023 - Jun 2024London Area, United KingdomAs part of Datafixers.org project, I reported and researched documents and open records for several projects. -
Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow (Visiting-Researcher)National Endowment For Democracy Oct 2023 - Feb 2024Washington Dc-Baltimore E RegiãoSelected from a global pool of candidates. Developed a project to support journalists' access and understanding of public records using AI. -
Public Records ConsultantGlobal Witness Sep 2022 - Jan 2024Londres E Região, Reino UnidoAs part of Datafixers.org project, this organization hired me to research transparency policies in the environmental sector, focusing on the so-called Animal Transit Guide (Guia de Trânsito Animal, or GTA). My work resulted in an analytical article published in both Portuguese and English, and a data analysis that was published by Mongabay. -
Professor - Introduction To Data Journalism And Public RecordsInsper Jul 2022 - Sep 2023I teach about public records and spreadsheets in a data journalism master's program. https://www.insper.edu.br/pos-graduacao/master-em-jornalismo-de-dados-automacao-e-data-storytelling/ -
Senior FellowBrown Institute For Media Innovation Aug 2022 - Jul 2023Nova York, Estados UnidosI was awarded US$ 100,000 by The Brown Institute for Media Innovation. With those funds, I created datafixers.org, a data and investigative journalism project about land grabbing and illegal deforestation in Brazil. This was the first Brazilian project to receive this grant. Since then I have been coordinating this project by working on cross-border investigative stories, organizing and releasing public data and partnering with media outlets like BBC, The Washington Post, OCCRP, ICIJ… Show more I was awarded US$ 100,000 by The Brown Institute for Media Innovation. With those funds, I created datafixers.org, a data and investigative journalism project about land grabbing and illegal deforestation in Brazil. This was the first Brazilian project to receive this grant. Since then I have been coordinating this project by working on cross-border investigative stories, organizing and releasing public data and partnering with media outlets like BBC, The Washington Post, OCCRP, ICIJ, Infoamazonia, Revista Piauí and others to help write their investigations. More than 100 stories have been published/republished based on DataFixers.org findings, in Brazil and abroad. Details: https://datafixers.org/ and https://brown.columbia.edu/22-23-magic/ Show less -
Data JournalistInfoamazonia Oct 2022 - Jun 2023São Paulo, BrasilAs part of the Datafixers.org project, I was hired to support Amazon Underworld, an investigative project -https://amazonunderworld.org/ -
CofounderFiquem Sabendo Sep 2018 - 2023Fiquem Sabendo is a data agency that focuses on promoting and upholding the Access to Information Act in Brazil, by revealing documents and data that are of public interest. I am one the cofounders of this organization and, for five years, coordinated all their journalism content, supporting over 4,000 local, national, and international journalistic pieces with data and public records. Those efforts have been recognized and rewarded in various ways; we received the 1st Data Journalism Award in… Show more Fiquem Sabendo is a data agency that focuses on promoting and upholding the Access to Information Act in Brazil, by revealing documents and data that are of public interest. I am one the cofounders of this organization and, for five years, coordinated all their journalism content, supporting over 4,000 local, national, and international journalistic pieces with data and public records. Those efforts have been recognized and rewarded in various ways; we received the 1st Data Journalism Award in Brazil, the Claudio Weber Abramo (Open Knowledge Brasil) award, in 2019 and 2023, and have been nominated as finalists (in 2021, 2022 and 2024) for the Sigma Awards. Additionally, we received the Congress Transparency Award in 2022. This project received funding from the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge (GNI), International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), US and Canadian Embassies and others. Through our advocacy work, we have helped shape many improvements in transparency policies both in local and national governments by promoting access to public data. Show less -
Brazil EditorThe Organized Crime And Corruption Reporting Project Dec 2020 - Sep 2021SaravejoI was their first Brazilian editor and worked with journalists from over 40 countries on long-term reporting projects, publishing stories about Brazil and Brazilians involved in crime and corruption worldwide. I helped the organization establish relationships with Brazilian journalists by connecting their data platform to Latin American datasets and documents, through a partnership with the Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (Abraji). OCCRP is an investigative reporting platform… Show more I was their first Brazilian editor and worked with journalists from over 40 countries on long-term reporting projects, publishing stories about Brazil and Brazilians involved in crime and corruption worldwide. I helped the organization establish relationships with Brazilian journalists by connecting their data platform to Latin American datasets and documents, through a partnership with the Brazilian Association for Investigative Journalism (Abraji). OCCRP is an investigative reporting platform for a global network of independent media centers and journalists. Show less -
Journalist FellowReuters Institute For The Study Of Journalism Jan 2021 - Jul 2021Oxford, Inglaterra, Reino UnidoNews Trust Fellowship: six-month in-depth research at the University of Oxford on how to improve the use of freedom of information laws by journalists and enhance transparency and trust in media. My final project became a public records training that is now being used by thousands of journalists and students in Brazil. -
Senior Multimedia ProducerCnn Brasil Jan 2020 - Dec 2020Responsible for writing and editing investigative stories and documentaries by analyzing public data and documents. I’ve published more than 100 articles in that job in 2020 and the most important stories were also published in the video. In November, I was invited to Colpin 2020 - Conferencia Latinoamericana de Periodismo de Investigación, one the most important investigative conferences in Latin America, to explain how my team did chloroquine’s investigative reporting. We've revealed how the… Show more Responsible for writing and editing investigative stories and documentaries by analyzing public data and documents. I’ve published more than 100 articles in that job in 2020 and the most important stories were also published in the video. In November, I was invited to Colpin 2020 - Conferencia Latinoamericana de Periodismo de Investigación, one the most important investigative conferences in Latin America, to explain how my team did chloroquine’s investigative reporting. We've revealed how the Brazilian federal government paid an overcharged price for a medication that has no medical support for Covid-19 treatment. I was responsible for sending all the freedom of information requests, finding all the documents used in the story and writing all the internet texts. Show less -
Producer (Freelancer)The Washington Post Nov 2019 - Dec 2019São Paulo, BrasilI have worked with the reporter Terrence McCoy to find data and cover different issues in Brazil. -
Data Journalist (Senior Producer)Rede Globo Jan 2019 - Nov 2019São PauloResponsible for writing and editing investigative stories for the largest TV channel in Brazil (+ than 4,5 million people a day) using public data and documents. I was responsible for data journalism stories in São Paulo and worked with a team (30 professionals) of data scientists, producers, reporters and editors. The most relevant story I produced there was an investigation proving that the city of São Paulo had contracts with NGOs who offer child protection services and that have already… Show more Responsible for writing and editing investigative stories for the largest TV channel in Brazil (+ than 4,5 million people a day) using public data and documents. I was responsible for data journalism stories in São Paulo and worked with a team (30 professionals) of data scientists, producers, reporters and editors. The most relevant story I produced there was an investigation proving that the city of São Paulo had contracts with NGOs who offer child protection services and that have already been convicted for negligence, allowing cases of rape and torture inside the places. The responsible for the contracts was fired and the government had to suspend those contracts. I was responsible for finding the documents and data and also wrote the website text. Show less -
Reporter And Data JournalistEstadão Sep 2013 - Dec 2018Responsible for writing + than 1,600 articles about public administration (education, safety, urban issues, health, and others). I’ve done many different things in this job, from fact-checking during elections to data journalism in my last year there, as an Estadão Dados’ reporter, the first team to do data journalism in Brazil. In this job, I helped to save R$ 15 million of public funds by revealing that the result of a bid was already set days before the official date, to shape federal… Show more Responsible for writing + than 1,600 articles about public administration (education, safety, urban issues, health, and others). I’ve done many different things in this job, from fact-checking during elections to data journalism in my last year there, as an Estadão Dados’ reporter, the first team to do data journalism in Brazil. In this job, I helped to save R$ 15 million of public funds by revealing that the result of a bid was already set days before the official date, to shape federal transparency and revealed how São Paulo's city hall have hidden documents from journalists to avoid negative stories. Show less -
Icfj Professional Fellow - Visiting ReporterPropublica May 2018 - Jun 2018New YorkI’ve worked for one month at ProPublica during an International Center For Journalists (ICFJ) grant/course I received about entrepreneurship in digital journalism. I helped journalists to write a story by collecting data online and investigated how their reporters use Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to find documents. -
ReporterJornal Cruzeiro Do Sul - Fundação Ubaldino Do Amaral Sep 2011 - Jul 2012Responsible for writing stories about the city of Sorocaba. My most relevant story during this internship revealed how a poor woman adopted five children after their mother was arrested. It had a huge impact in the community and she received a new house from a TV channel after my article. The article was awarded with Prêmio ASI/Schaeffler de Direitos Humanos 2011.
Luiz Fernando Toledo Skills
Luiz Fernando Toledo Education Details
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Data Journalism -
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International Center For Journalists (Icfj)Entrepreneurship And Innovation For Journalism In Latin America -
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Jornalismo
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Luiz Fernando Toledo works for Bbc News
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Luiz Fernando Toledo's current role is Journalist and researcher.
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Luiz Fernando Toledo attended Columbia University - Graduate School Of Journalism, Fundação Getulio Vargas, International Center For Journalists (Icfj), Fespsp - Fundação Escola De Sociologia E Politica De São Paulo, Universidade De Sorocaba.
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