# Adrián Maqueda

**Data journalist** · 28 years old · Madrid

Journalist turned programmer. I analyze and visualize data to make journalistic investigations easier to understand and lighter to read, even when they are built on thousands (millions!) of data points. In my spare time I build this site and tinker with things I find interesting. You can explore a collection of [work](https://adrimaqueda.com/en/work) and [visualizations](https://adrimaqueda.com/en/visualizations) that I've enjoyed making.

## Awards & recognition

- **European Press Prize** (Winners, 2026): [Mole or cancer? The algorithm that gets one in three melanomas wrong and erases patients with dark skin](https://www.europeanpressprize.com/article/mole-or-cancer-the-algorithm-that-gets-one-in-three-melanomas-wrong-and-erases-patients-with-dark-skin/)
- **Gabo Award** (Finalist, 2026): [Healthcare, police, prisons: the investigation that opened up the Spanish state's algorithms](https://premioggm.org/trabajo/edicion/2026/cobertura/sanidad-policia-prisiones-la-investigacion-que-abrio-los-algoritmos-del-estado-espanol/)
- **Sigma Awards** (Finalist, 2026): [Best portfolio (Civio investigations on algorithms)](https://www.sigmaawards.org/remarkable-diversity-confronting-some-of-the-most-urgent-issues-of-our-time-announcing-the-2026-sigma-awards-shortlist/#portfolio-category-five-finalists)
- **Information is Beautiful Awards** (Shortlisted, 2025): [One small step for a few, one giant leap for the rest: how to become a European citizen](https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/7192-one-small-step-for-a-few-one-giant-leap-for-the-rest-how-to-become-a-european-citizen)
- **European Press Prize** (Nominee, 2024): [18 Days Spent Phoning Every Half an Hour in the Hope That Someone Would Answer the Minimum Living Wage Helpline](https://www.europeanpressprize.com/article/18-days-spent-phoning-every-half-an-hour-in-the-hope-that-someone-would-answer-the-minimum-living-wage-helpline/)
- **Sigma Awards** (Shortlisted, 2024): [Invisible queues at Social Security: not even a robot can find an appointment](https://www.sigmaawards.org/shortlist-2024/#invisible-queues-at-social-security-not-even-a-robot-can-find-an-appointment)

## Workshops & talks

- [Public data visualization in action](https://civio.app.box.com/file/2266035095031?s=7qzigbo6v69zwxdcop8hkgoq0mkupcmu) · Commit Conf (2026)
- Show and tell: Algorithms x human creativity · European Press Prize (2026)
- Investigating algorithms by land, sea and air · Dataharvest (2026)
- Tracking fire in a hotter Europe: Methods for long-term wildfire data · Dataharvest (2026)
- Introduction to Svelte 5 · DVS Madrid (2025)
- Together at last: R and Python united in the Positron IDE · Dataharvest (2025)
- Scraping with R and automation with GitHub · 2nd R Conference in Spain (2023)
- [Beyond bars and pie charts: creative and interactive data storytelling](https://civio.box.com/s/rbk3iard0pmntcfghkxo5mj718ooxy5k) · Dataharvest (2025)
- Climate data analysis · Climate Arena Conference (2024)

## Where I've worked

- Data analysis, visualization and front-end · Civio (2023 - pres.)
- Data journalism lecturer · Newtral Master's program (2022, 2023)
- Data journalist · Newtral (2021-2023)
- Fact-checker · Newtral (2020-2021)

## Education

- Preparatory course for admission to the Master's in Data Science · UOC (Open University of Catalonia) (2025-2026)
- Analyzing data, visualizing information, telling stories: introduction to data analysis and visualization with R · Complutense University of Madrid Winter School (2022)
- Bachelor's degree in Journalism, specializing in Multimedia Journalism · Francisco de Vitoria University (Madrid) (2015-2019)
- Master's in Investigative Journalism, Data and Visualization · Unidad Editorial School of Journalism and Rey Juan Carlos University (2019-2020)

## Contact

You can message me in Spanish or English on any of these profiles to talk about data journalism or data visualization, invite me to give a talk or workshop, or tell me something about this site:

- [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/adrimaqueda.com)
- [X / Twitter](https://x.com/adrimaqueda)
- [Civio](https://civio.es/equipo/adrian-maqueda/)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adrimaqueda)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/adrimaqueda)