Jean Van Kasteel
Chef D'édition - Responsable Du Pôle Charleroi DH L'Avenir at Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles
Charleroi Metropolitan Area Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolJean Van Kasteel is an experienced journalist and editorial leader with 12 years shaping regional news coverage in the Charleroi area, now heading the Pôle Charleroi for DH/L'Avenir at IPM Group. He combines precise editorial judgment with a passion for storytelling and a hands-on approach to coordinating multidisciplinary teams across print, web and radio. Equally comfortable on the beat and behind a desk, he ensures regional pages and digital channels stay relevant and engaged with the community. By night he codes — contributing full‑stack improvements to open-source projects like Popcorn Time, blending UI, torrent integration and subtitle provider work into a media-savvy developer profile. His background in classical humanities and French literature informs a rigorous, curious reporting style and a knack for clear, compelling communication. He also brings media-education experience in classrooms, translating journalism practice into public outreach and training.
12 years of coding experience
Langues & littératures françaises et romanes, Langues & littératures françaises et romanes at Université de NamurAGRO, Humanités classiques Latin & Grec, AGRO, Humanités classiques Latin & Grec at Schola NovaBachelier en Communication, Communication (spécialisation Journalisme), Grande distinction, Bachelier en Communication, Communication (spécialisation Journalisme), Grande distinction at Haute Ecole Provinciale de Hainaut - Condorcet
French, English, Dutch, Latin, grec, ancien (jusqu'en 1453)
Github Skills (7)
javascript10
nwjs10
bittorrent10
streaming10
front-end-development9
back-end-development9
user-interface9
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
popcorntime/popcorntime
Dec 2018 - Dec 2018
Popcorn Time™ puts everything in one place. Your favorite platforms, your shows, your movies-ready when you are.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 comments in 1 day
Contributions summary:Jean primarily focused on enhancing the Popcorn Time desktop application by implementing features related to subtitle providers, torrent handling, and user interface improvements. They made significant changes to the opensubtitles-api integration, the torrent collection functionality, and the stream initialization process. They also worked on UI elements and settings within the application.
bittorrentnwjsmulti-platformbittorrent-clientplayer
vankasteelj/library-parser
Jan 2016 - Dec 2018
Contributions:12 commits, 9 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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