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Federico Acosta Rainis

@facostarainis.bsky.social

Data Specialist at Pulitzer Center • Chevening alumni at BCU • Former La Nacion, The Guardian GNI fellow • El universo en cada historia

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As we wrap up 2024, we are proud and excited to share a hand-picked selection of Pulitzer Center-supported stories that shaped our year.

Explore our 2024 Year in Stories 👉 bit.ly/2024YISpc

#PulitzerStaffPicks

06.12.2024 17:46 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2
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Mining’s Footprint in Latin American Forests Mining is an important driver of deforestation, disproportionately affecting critical rainforests and protected areas. A recent WRI analysis using University of Maryland’s tree cover loss data from 20...

🗓️ When: 12/05, 9:00 AM ET.
🌐 Where: Online, in Spanish (with simultaneous English translation).

💡 Register here: www.wri.org/events/2024/...

Don’t miss it! 🙌
#GoldMining #Amazon #EnvironmentalJournalism #AI

04.12.2024 20:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hear from:

🌍 Organizations, Indigenous communities, and authorities on the impact of gold mining in the Amazon.

🛰️ Examples of how tools like Amazon Mining Watch by @pulitzercenter.bsky.social and @earthgenome.org guide investigative journalism on this environmental impact

04.12.2024 20:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

✨ Unregulated gold mining has devastating environmental impacts: deforestation, water and land contamination, and harm to local communities. 🌳💧

🗓️ Join us tomorrow for the webinar "Mining's Footprint in Latin American Forests" by @worldresources.bsky.social

📍 More details in the thread 👇

04.12.2024 20:01 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 2
How to Make Ocean Stories Thrive in Your Newsroom

How to Make Ocean Stories Thrive in Your Newsroom

🚨 Happening tomorrow!

We are partnering with @vox.com to discuss how journalists, editors, and newsrooms can enhance their ocean storytelling and engage audiences.

🗓️ Dec. 3
⏰ 4:00 pm GMT

Still time to register 👉 bit.ly/4hZOzVp

02.12.2024 19:19 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Opening the AI 'Black Box': How We Investigated Grab’s Fare System Users of Grab, the Philippines' most popular ride-hailing app, are at the mercy of an opaque algorithm that calculates service prices. When they book a ride, the amount to be paid for the distance...

🔍 In the age of IA, how can we audit algorithms?

In this piece by @pulitzercenter.bsky.social we show how we did with Karol Ilagan to analyze the pricing system of Grab, the Philippines' most popular ride haling app 🚗

Spoiler: creativity & team work are key!

pulitzercenter.org/opening-ai-b...

26.11.2024 20:28 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Pulitzer Center is also here :)

22.11.2024 20:57 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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