{"id":701,"date":"2018-07-10T09:56:18","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T09:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueprinttheme.com\/blueprint\/?page_id=701"},"modified":"2022-09-04T21:31:33","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T21:31:33","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gabrielvasconcellos.com\/?page_id=701","title":{"rendered":"About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"701\" class=\"elementor elementor-701\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c2cbd4b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c2cbd4b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11c20315\" data-id=\"11c20315\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47b43d64 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"47b43d64\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <strong>My relationship with journalism began early in my life<\/strong> growing up in Montgomery County, MD. I was the technology writer for my middle school newspaper, and for the first time I felt the excitement of seeing my own words published in paper. Back then, I was a daily reader of gaming news sites for the latest announcements and reviews. Video game reviews were the culprit that sparked my passion for journalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 In 2020, the news was enamored with the Covid pandemic and the U.S. presidential elections. <strong>That year also marked the beginning of college for me.<\/strong> I commuted to the NYU Washington DC building- parking under the Washington Post headquarters and walking through its lobby each day. The January 6<sup>th<\/sup> attack followed by President Biden\u2019s inauguration touched me in a way I did not anticipate: these historical events happened so close to my home. Afterwards, <strong>I felt the urge to tell stories wherever I was\u2026<\/strong> whether in DC, Rio, New York, or London.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 As a first generation American of Brazilian and Portuguese immigrants, my exposure to Brazil\u2019s economic inequalities and crises, and my connection to DC, <strong>made me attracted to political journalism.<\/strong> Some of the political issues, ranging from local to global, of particular interest to me are: DC statehood, labor unionization, climate change, and international relations (especially US-Brazil and EU-US relations).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I am a curious person by nature, always trying to find out new ways of doing things. <strong>This led me to begin exploring the relationship between journalism and data science.<\/strong> Data analysis can help create compelling stories, targeting different audiences, and highlighting patterns that may be easily overlooked. If we can use data and technology for that\u2026 why not? I am eager to learn more about data journalism as this field evolves.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I appreciate your interest in browsing my website. My stories have a taste of my personality. I try to add to the pieces the creativity of my Latin influence, the persistence of my American identity, and the wisdom of the old European in me. I hope to show a bit of my journalism journey through this website. <strong>Please feel free to comment on it and share your ideas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Best,<\/p>\n<p><em>Gabriel Vasconcellos<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 My relationship with journalism began early in my life growing up in Montgomery&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-meet-team.php","meta":{"csco_singular_sidebar":"right","csco_page_header_type":"default","csco_page_load_nextpost":"default","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-701","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"cs-entry","6":"cs-video-wrap"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gabrielvasconcellos.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gabrielvasconcellos.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gabrielvasconcellos.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gabrielvasconcellos.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gabrielvasconcellos.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=701"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/gabrielvasconcellos.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4828,"href":"https:\/\/gabrielvasconcellos.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/701\/revisions\/4828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gabrielvasconcellos.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}