About Us

Meet the team behind Trapped in Poverty

We are three Computational and Data Journalism students at Cardiff University.

Aleks

Originally hailing from Tottenham in North London, Aleks considers himself an adopted son of Wales. Initially a philosopher and writer, Aleks decided that at some point he'd have to learn a professionally applicable skill and so join an burgeoning industry - Journalism. Areas of interest include Politics, Economics, Technology, and the limitations of trying to fully comprehend reality. Cannot eat pizza without pineapple.

Giovanna

Giovanna comes from Sardinia, Italy, but she's always on the move. Her first love is political science, but she moved to Wales to become a journalist and find out why people eat pineapple on their pizza. She spends time drinking espressos at her favourite café, planning her next trip and buying books she will never have time to read.

Hee-eun

Hee-eun comes from Seoul, South Korea, escaping from greedy investors, so called ‘target audiences of economic newspapers’. She has a passion for travel, spicy food, beer, and people. She sometimes thinks that a journalist is the best occupation if they could not need to write articles on a daily basis.

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