Curriculum Vitae

Work experience

From 2010 on self-employed, at the following news organisations:

April 2013 - now February 2021 - now December 2017 - March 2018 June 2018 - July 2018 LocalFocus Visual journalist Pointer (KRO-NCRV) Development Development

Els Engel April 2015 - December 2015 September 2010 - March 2012 September 2008 - January 2009 NOS Nieuws Dagblad De Pers Graphic News (London) Els is a Dutch journalist, Visual journalist Visual journalist Visual journalist (trainee) designer and developer who expresses (data-) stories visually. Coming Other clients: from a background in News organisations Commercial journalism and design, she Algemene Rekenkamer NVM (real estate) adventures into Twentsche Courant Tubantia programming, to Belastingdienst ABN Amro (bank) investigate data and to Parool Vlaamse overheid Houthoff (legal firm) visualize. She works for a Provincie Overijssel wide range of newspapers, IHE Delft Teaching broadcasters and press ANP Bioteket (Copenhagen) Saxion, Windesheim agencies in Europe. Mediamatic and Amsterdam She is also an urban farmer Universities of and permaculture Applied Sciences designer. She is fascinated by modern ideas about sustainability, a minimalist lifestyle and the maker Education culture. 2005 - 2010 2006 - 2010 1999 - 2005 More info and portfolio: Saxion University Saxion University Agnietencollege https://www.zone5.design of Applied Sciences of Applied Sciences locatie Meander (Zwolle) Applied Arts and Technology Crossmedia Journalism Atheneum, culture and society profile (plus biology), editor school paper

Programming skills Other training Languages HTML Driver’s licence B (car) Dutch (native) CSS First Aid (Red Cross, active) English (fluent) Javascript (and d3.js) Yoga teacher French (novice) Python Permaculture designer (PDC) German (novice) Qgis (cartography) Curriculum Vitae

Zone5 is a multidisciplinary design studio, focusing on Speaking Engagements the place where nature, technology, research and April 2019 March 2019 November 2018 design meet. Communicatienetwerk Beroepsorganisatie voor SND Amsterdam Amsterdam Nederlandse Ontwerpers A number of projects are International organization for (BNO) executed by Els and Saro Local network of news media professionals together, with one of them communication professionals Img lab (network event) Topic: mobile first taking the lead. In our CV’s Topic: introduction into Topic: mobile first infographics we attribute these projects infographics infographics to the main performer October 2018 May 2016 December 2015 Infographics Congres Databorrel Yearly meeting of Dutch Evening about Dutch group of professionals in infographics infographics visual journalists Topic: “It’s in our DNA” Topic: working together Topic: my current projects

July 2014 March 2011 Hacks/Hackers Amsterdam SETUP Utrecht International group of Platform for combining journalists and technologists technology and culture Topic: learning to program Topic: hacking journalism

Awards

2020 2020 2018 European Newspaper De Tegel European Newspaper Award Het Financieele Dagblad of the Year

Els Engel Het Financieele Dagblad Award in category ‘data’ Het Financieele Dagblad and nomination in category Awarded for design, with Visual Journalist Four of my visualisations were awarded in the ‘foreign reporting’. specific mention of the Urban Farmer following categories: Both are interactive mobile first strategy - Corona infographics visual stories where I worked on I worked on the design Zone5 - Infographics general - Data journalism (two awards) +31 (0) 621 58 27 69 zone5.design [email protected]

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