Juhani Saarinen
Data & AI Editor
Helsinki, Finland
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Top SchoolJuhani Saarinen is a Data & AI editor at Helsingin Sanomat with nine years leading multidisciplinary teams at the intersection of journalism, data visualization and digital product development. He has guided award-winning editorial teams through automation and early generative AI adoption, scaling storytelling innovations into newsroom tooling and customer-centric workflows. A former staff writer with deep experience in domestic, business and regional reporting, he combines rapid news judgment with a strong grasp of markets and strategy. His background in building in-depth visuals and data-driven products gives him rare fluency across editorial, design and engineering disciplines. Based in Helsinki, he’s known for translating complex topics into concise, high-impact journalism while pioneering practical AI applications in newsrooms.
9 years of coding experience
Master of Social Sciences, Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Master of Social Sciences, Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs at Tampereen yliopisto / University of Tampere
Spanish, Swedish, EnglishProgramming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
HS-Datadesk/koronavirus-avoindata
Mar 2020 - Jan 2021
HS julkaisee Suomen koronavirustartunnat avoimena datana.
Contributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 10 months
HS-Datadesk/avoindata
Jul 2017 - Jul 2017
Contributions:2 commits, 2 pushes in 1 day
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