Maria Kazakova

Job: data journalist. I have been responsible for analytical news in the press office of the Moscow Traffic Control Center since 2021.

Responsibilities:

• Analytical news and creative projects in Telegram channels of the Moscow Transport («Дептранс Москвы» and «Дептранс.Оперативно»).
• Long-form articles in the data blog Flyover.
• Geospatial analysis and cartographic design, for instance, for the cycling route Green Ring.
• Review of scientific articles, theories, and cases in a B2B Telegram channel for the employees of the Moscow Traffic Control Center — "Urban analytics".
• Development of concepts for outdoor advertising and collaborations with other media.
• Public lectures on data journalism and the projects of the Moscow Traffic Control Center at the forum-festival "Territory of the Future. Moscow 2030", Open Data Day Moscow, A.A. Vysokovsky Forum "Evidence-Based Urbanism: New Challenges", Summer School of the media "System Block" in Dubna, the conference "Greece and Cyprus: Language, Culture, Countries, People" at MGIMO and the lectureship of the Greek Club MGIMO, the program "Personnel of the Future" at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (Polytech).

Other professional interests:

• translator of fiction and scientific articles («Крылатые сандалии» ("Shoes with Wings"), «Золотые вёсла» ("The Golden Oars"), «Рождение сенсорной власти» ("The Birth of Sensory Power"), «Но ведь данные уже публичны») ("But the Data is Already Public");
• author in the German magazine for young adults WarumDarum.

Bachelor's degree: International Journalism, MGIMO, 2015–2019.
Master's degree: Data Journalism, HSE, 2019–2021.