Summary
Nicolas Kayser-bril is an experienced data-driven reporter and entrepreneur based in Berlin, with 13 years building and scaling investigative journalism projects that blend journalism, data and product. Since 2019 he investigates algorithmic systems at AlgorithmWatch while also running nkb.fr to train and produce data journalism; earlier he co-founded and led Journalism++ and created the data journalism team at Owni, delivering high-impact, revenue-generating applications and notable analyses like the Wikileaks warlogs projects. His background in economics and media economics informs a rigorous, impact-focused approach to storytelling with data and civic-tech product design. Comfortable bridging editorial, technical and institutional stakeholders, he combines newsroom instincts with startup operational experience and a track record of turning complex datasets into actionable public insights.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Economics and Finance, MA, Economics and Finance at Sciences Po Lille
MA, Media Economics, MA, Media Economics at University of East Anglia
French, English, German