CONTACT - a_cairo2002@yahoo.es
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
August 2005 - Assistant
Professor at the School of
Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
September 2000-May 2005 Director of the Online
Graphics Department at elmundo.es (El Mundo).
2002-Present
Freelance Designer. Book design for Bibliopolis
Publishing House.
April-September 2000
Infographics Designer at elmundo.es (El Mundo).
February 1998-March 2004
Freelance Designer at DPI Comunicación.
February 1998-March 2000
Infographics Designer and Artist at Diario 16.
October 1997-January 1998
Infographics Designer at La Voz de Galicia.
EXPERIENCE
IN EDUCATION
January 2004-June 2005
Professor of Visual Communication at Carlos III University.
2003-2005 Professor
at the Master of Journalism of El Mundo.
Lecturer at other several Courses
and Workshops, including the World Association of Newspapers
Conference (2005-Corea), the Online Journalism Symposium (University
of Texas-Austin) the Malofiej Infographics Summit (Pamplona),
the Multimedia Bootcamp (University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill) Congreso Internacional de Periodismo Digital (Huesca),
Congreso Iberoamericano de Periodismo Digital (Santiago de
Compostela).
AWARDS
SND.ies (Society for
News Design)
2006 - Gold Medal for Chasing Crusoe (student multimedia documentary project, UNC-Chapel Hill).
2005 - 1
gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze.
2004 -1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze and 2 Awards
of Excelence (elmundo.es).
First gold medal ever given for breaking design and infographics.
Most awarded online newspaper (elmundo.es).
2003 - 2 bronze
awards and 4 Awards of Excellence. Judges´ special recognition
"for their commitment to a depth of reporting for breaking
(design and infographics)".
2002 - 4 bronze
awards and 6 Awards of Excellence. Judges´ special recognition
"for their outstanding body of work. They commend this
organization for consistency in design, attention to detail
and a strong commitment to online infographics". The
judges consider elmundo.es "leaders" in the field
of online journalism design.
Malofiej (International
Infographics Awards)
2007 - Bronze for Atacama Stories and Chasing Crusoe (student multimedia documentary projects, UNC-Chapel Hill).
2006 - Silver
award: The Ancient
Way (student multimedia documentary project,UNC-Chapel Hill).
2005 - 4 gold,
4 silver and 6 bronze awards (elmundo.es).
2004 - 4 gold,
4 silver and 5 bronze awards (elmundo.es).
2003 - 3 gold,
3 silver and 6 bronze awards (elmundo.es).
2002 - 1 silver
and 4 bronze awards (elmundo.es).
ÑH Design Awards
2005 - 2 gold,
2 silver, 4 awards of excelence
2004 - Award
of Excelence Innovation in Infographics
Others
Net Media 2002 Gold
Award for a collection of Health graphics.
(Note:
only the most important awards are listed beside each of the
infographics)
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