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Aguilar García

Journalist

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About me

I am Spanish, based now in the United Kingdom after a Chilean experience of almost four years. I do love travelling, yes, but it's journalism that has made me switch countries and formats.

After working as a TV and a multimedia reporter, and I am now a data journalist (visualisation, coding, statistics, data analysis to find and tell better stories).

Let's talk in English, español, italiano or (basic) Deutsch!

Portfolio

Some of my projects

Dudley the lowest rate of homelessness
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Dudley, the town with the lowest rate of homelessness in England

Data Journalism

Online data story about homelessness in England and how those people are legally helped. The report also includes the last change in the law.

This story was developed for the MA Data Journalism course at Birmingham City University.

Media: Birmingham Eastside

Country: United Kingdom

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Inequality in the Andalucian health system
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Fact-check: Are there differences in the health system among provinces?

Data Journalism

Online data story that proves the difference in the resources in the primary healthcare system in Andalucía (Spain). The previous analysis can be seen here.

This story was part of the MA Data Journalism course at Birmingham City University.

Media: Freelance

Country: United Kingdom

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Video Journalism
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TV reporter

Video journalism

Live coverage and video stories about economy, politic, culture, health, environment and local issues.

Media: Telemadrid, Pulso and Canal 24 Horas

Country: Spain and Chile

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Migrants, the new children from Chile
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Migrants, the new children from Chile

Multimedia journalism

Multimedia documentary about the problems in health, education, legal terms and familial stability of the migrant children in Chile.

Media: 24horas.cl

Country: Chile

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Radiografía municipal de Chile
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Radiografía municipal de Chile

Data Journalism

App which shows the performance of the local government in Chile during the last four years. The App was launched before the local election 2016, and it was accompanied by data stories (example).

Media: 24horas.cl

Country: Chile

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Pinochet his last years
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Pinochet, his last years

Multimedia journalism

Especial coverage about the last years of Augusto Pinochet, the Chilean dictator. It includes a 360º recreation of Pinochet's arrest.

Media: 24horas.cl

Country: Chile

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Carillion-linked based in Wolverhampton
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3 out of 5 Carillion-linked companies are registered in Wolverhampton

Data Journalism

Online data story about the UK second biggest constructor and its link with Wolverhampton. I analysed the companies related to Carillion based on Wolverhampton after the firm's liquidation.

The story was published in the Birmingham Eastside as part of my MA Data Journalism at Birmingham City University.

Media: Birmingham Eastside

Country: United Kingdom

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Jackie Pablo Larraín's First Lady
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"Jackie", Pablo Larraín's First Lady

Multimedia journalism

Longform that analyses the film "Jackie", directed by the Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín and starred by Natalie Portman.

Media: 24horas.cl

Country: Chile

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Tracking the olive oil fraudsters
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"Jackie", Pablo Larraín's First Lady

Data investigation

Data investigation about the fraud in the olive oil's industry in the UK, which includes FOI requests and this web scraping cleaned in OpenRefine.

This story was developed for the MA Data Journalism course at Birmingham City University.

Media: Shorthand social

Country: United Kingdom

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Statistics for journalists
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Statistics for journalists

Data Journalism

My final project of the MA in Data Journalism was an exploration of statistical methods for journalistic stories.

Here you can read the Medium posts that I wrote about statistics in journalism and here is the Rpubs of the stories that I produced.

Media: MA project

Country: United Kingdom

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Avoidable death 32% higher in the West Midlands’ most deprived cities
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Avoidable death 32% higher in the West Midlands’ most deprived cities

Data journalism

Data story based on a correlation analysis about the deprivation index and the avoidable death rate. The story includes a funnel plot to control against the population size.

The story was part of my MA project with data shared by the BBC Data Shared Unit.

Media: Birmingham Eastside

Country: United Kingdom

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Journalistic skills

In newsrooms since 2009

TV & video

Live coverages in and out of the studio.

Production and edition of stories for current affaires programmes and online audiences.

Data

R, Excel and Python to gather and analyse data; and JS, HTML and CSS to visualise.

But, data to tell stories for and about people.

Multimedia

Crossmedia and transmedia in breaking-news and investigation.

Storytelling techniques for television, online and social platforms.


Skills

Video editionUpper intermediate
PythonIntermediate
R StudioUpper advanced
Excel Upper advanced
HTML / CSSIntermediate
JavaScript Basic

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