Rui Barros
Data Journalist
Braga, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolRui Barros is a data journalist with a decade of experience turning complex datasets into investigative stories and interactive web features for Público and previously r/com. He blends R-driven analysis with front-end web development to create visualizations and storytelling formats that drive national impact, while also integrating AI tools to accelerate research without supplanting editorial judgment. As a lecturer at Universidade Lusófona he trains future journalists in data analysis, visualization and web technologies, bringing classroom practice directly from newsroom projects. Based in Braga, Portugal, he’s known for marrying computational methods with traditional reporting discipline and is open to collaborations, conference speaking, and newsroom AI consultancy.
10 years of coding experience
Licenciatura em Ciências da Comunicação, Communication and Media Studies, 17.02, Licenciatura em Ciências da Comunicação, Communication and Media Studies, 17.02 at Universidade do Minho
Github Skills (47)
r-package7
osm-data6
chartjs-plugin6
chartjs6
vuejs25
diagram4
vue-component4
vue4
gantt-chart4
keras3
scroll3
cpp3
overpass-api3
openstreetmap3
vue-composition-api3
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
ruimgbarros/vacinacao
Feb 2021 - Mar 2022
Contributions:353 commits, 318 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
ruimgbarros/precos-api
May 2022 - Apr 2023
Contributions:142 pushes in 11 months
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