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Daniel Salazar Murillo

Daniel Salazar Murillo

Data Analyst

Atlantic Institute

Technologies

My Portfolio Highlights

My New Course

Introduction to R (edX 1.1)

My New Course

Introduction to R (edX 1.1)

The world cannot be understood without numbers. But the world cannot be understood with numbers alone. Hans Rosling

My Work

Take a look at my latest work.

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Data Manipulation with dplyr

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Case Study: Analyzing Customer Churn in Tableau

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Intermediate R

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Data Manipulation with dplyr

DataCamp Course Completion

Take a look at all the courses I’ve completed on DataCamp.

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Introduction to Python
Introduction to R
Introduction to Tableau
Intermediate R

My Work Experience

Where I've interned and worked during my career.

Atlantic Institute | Sep 2022 - Present

Data Insight Lead at the Atlantic Institute, Rhodes Trust

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Data4Change | Apr 2022 - Sep 2022

Data Reseracher

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Universidad de Costa Rica | Aug 2020 - Dec 2021

Data Journalism Lecturer

• Lecturer for the course “Data journalism” for undergraduate students. • I redesigned the curricula for the course to teach modules in data literacy, ethics, collection, cleaning, analysis and visualization with R, spreadsheets, Open Refine and Tableau. • Designed and taught a course about economic and political coverage using data-driven approaches, including information from national household surveys and employment surveys, and OSINT tools for basic data journalism projects
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The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project | Mar 2020 - Sep 2021

Investigative Researcher on Corruption and Organised Crime for Latin America

Researcher for Latin America at the Investigative Dashboard, where I contributed to more than 60 journalists in investigations such as Suisse Secrets, Open Luxembourg, China Tobacco, among others from local media. During my experience, I used my data skills to help investigative projects to track companies, assets, and people involved in Organized Crime and Corruption schemes

La Voz de Guanacaste | Mar 2020 - Dec 2020

Editor

Editor of the local government data analysis project "Guanadata" at the local media outlet La Voz de Guanacaste (The Voice of Guanacaste). As a team, we built the first initiative from local media in Costa Rica to analyse data from local governments using visual dashboards and social networks analysis

Universidad de Costa Rica | Oct 2018 - Mar 2020

Co-founder of Doble Check and fact checker

In 2018 I participated in the conceptualization of Doble Check: the first fact- checking outlet against misinformation and the first media literacy initiative in Costa Rica. My work involved creating television, podcasts, radio and web articles. In 2019, the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Costa Rica awarded "Doble Check" with the National Journalism Award 2019. The jury considered our innovation "essential for journalism and a source of inspiration for today's society."

Universidad de Costa Rica | Sep 2017 - Oct 2018

Editor

Editor of "Ojo al Clima" (Climate Tracker): the first journalism initiative in Central America to cover climate change, energy, transportation and environment. As part of my word, I led the production of a monthly magazine, a radio program and a website (ojoalclima.com). We impacted with jurisprudence through the Constitutional Court to guarantee greater transparency on climate data. We revealed how 22% of the Costa Rican State's income depends on a dirty matrix based on the purchase of fuel and vehicles and we gave voice to dozens of scientific investigations related to climate change in the Central American region.

IPS Inter Press Service | Oct 2017 - Jul 2018

Corresponsal para Inter Press Service (IPS)

Inter Press Service (IPS) correspondent for Costa Rica (focused on climate change and inequalities)

Grupo Nación | Mar 2016 - Sep 2017

Financial Journalist

I investigated and covered tax, politics and finance issues for Costa Rica as a financial journalist at Grupo Nación, the biggest media company in Costa Rica. Four of the 10 most read articles during 2016 in El Financiero were written by me (including an analysis of the influence of the Donald Trump government in Costa Rica, research on private schools in Costa Rica and a benchmark about economic development policies among Central American countries).

Universidad de Costa Rica | Jun 2015 - Feb 2016

Journalist and broadcaster

Sistema Radiofónico de la Universidad de Costa Rica Periodista en el principal noticiero del Sistema Radiofónico de la Universidad de Costa Rica, transmitido en vivo en las tres frecuencias de la institución, de 6:00 am a 7:00 am. Encargado de cubrir historias, escribir notas, editar audios y dirigir el programa al aire dos veces a la semana.

Grupo Nación | Sep 2015 - Jan 2016

Data Journalist Intern

Practicante y colaborador en investigaciones.

Universidad de Costa Rica | Feb 2013 - Nov 2015

Journalist

Semanario Universidad. Periodista en uno de los principales semanarios de información nacional en Costa Rica, enfocado en temas de política, educación, asuntos sociales y economía. Colaborador en la iniciativa de cobertura de temáticas de cambio climático: OjoalClima.com. Entre el 2017 y 2020 matuve una colaboración periódica con el medio.

Ojo al Voto | Dec 2013 - Jun 2015

Journalist and researcher

Periodista e investigador de planta durante ocho meses. Colaborador ad honorem durante diez meses. Miembro del equipo fundador de la iniciativa.

My Education

Take a look at my formal education

MsC Inequalities and Social Science, Social Sciences  · (SeptemberThe London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | 2022
Bachelor in Communications and Journalism, Communication, Journalism, and Related ProgramsUniversidad de Costa Rica | 2017
Etapa Básica con Énfasis en Clarinete, MusicUniversidad de Costa Rica | 2015

About Me

Daniel Salazar Murillo

Data Researcher – Data Journalist | Specialist in communication and data analysis

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