Federico Acosta Rainis

Federico Acosta Rainis is a data specialist at the Pulitzer Center. Previously an IT consultant, in 2017 he joined La Nación in Argentina, where he contributed to award-winning investigations and carried out extensive on-the-ground coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Buenos Aires. Federico received a Chevening Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in data journalism at Birmingham City University and was a Google News Initiative Fellow at The Guardian. At the Pulitzer Center, he helps fellows navigate the data side of their investigations—whether that means digging into geospatial analysis, building scrapers, working with satellite imagery, or designing creative methods to crack tough reporting challenges. He also leads training sessions and collaborates on strategies to bring data and storytelling together.