User:Cedelweiss/Cristian Edel Weiss

Cristian Edel Weiss (Porto União, 28 de novembro de 1988) is a brazilian journalist who works for NSC Comunicação, an affiliate of Rede Globo in Santa Catarina state. Specializing in data journalism and multimedia production, he has won national and international journalism awards as a reporter and editor. Member of the Brazilian Association of Investigative Journalism (Abraji) and the Brazilian Association of Journalists in Education (Jeduca)

Cristian Weiss is editor of digital column Caixa de Dados (Data box), a data-driven journalism initiative for NSC Total web portal. He is also co-creator of Duplicoscópio app, in collaboration with developer Jonathan Kraemer for helping citizen to monitor the federal highway BR-470 during the duplication works. In 2018, he joined the Projeto Comprova, a coalition formed by 24 vehicles from Brazil to combat misinformation and fake news for elections in 2018. He is also dedicated to the Prova Real (Real Proof) project, a fact-checking and debunking initiative of NSC Comunicação and Diário Catarinense, which verified statements by candidates for the Brazilian Presidency and the government of Santa Catarina State.