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<h1>Thanasis Troboukis</h1>
<p>Journalist</p>
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<h2>About Me</h2>
<p>I have served as a reporter and editor-in-chief for some of the largest media organizations in Greece, with experience across <strong>broadcast news</strong>, <strong>investigative reporting</strong>, <strong>documentary production</strong>, and <strong>data journalism</strong>. I was the <strong>Content Director for VICE Media in Greece</strong>, and for the last six years, I worked with a non-profit journalism organization <strong>iMEdD</strong>, where my roles included organizing the annual <strong>International Journalism Forum in Athens</strong>.</p>
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<p>I am currently a <strong>3rd-year Computer Science student</strong> at the <strong>Hellenic Open University</strong>, focused on <strong>algorithms, AI, and software development</strong>. I primarily write code in <strong>Python</strong> 🐍 and I am actively expanding my proficiency in <strong>C</strong> 🇨 and <strong>Java</strong> ☕.</p>
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<h2>Technical & Leadership Projects</h2>
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<h3><a href="https://www.fire-watch-app.gr/" target="_blank">FireWatch — Fire Protection Observatory</a></h3>
<p>I researched and built this independent journalistic platform from scratch to promote accountability in public spending on fire prevention. It tracks government contracts related to wildfire protection and maps fire incidents across Greece, enabling journalists and citizens to cross-reference where money is spent and where fires burn. Data is updated automatically from <strong>KIMDIS</strong>, <strong>Diavgeia</strong>, and <strong>Copernicus EFFIS</strong>, with an AI-powered pipeline for document analysis and geocoding.</p>
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Analyzing Political Speech During the Greek National Elections (2023)
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I led a multidisciplinary team of journalists, data scientists, a political scientist, and a web developer in analyzing pre-election campaign speeches by Greece’s main political leaders, examining agenda-setting, sentiment, and the presence of polarization and populist rhetoric in public discourse.
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<p>This project resulted in two papers:</p>
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<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.13400" target="_blank">
Towards Hybrid Intelligence in Journalism: Findings and Lessons Learnt from a Collaborative Analysis of Greek Political Rhetoric by ChatGPT and Humans (Lead Author)
</a> — To appear in the Springer volume <em>Computational Methods for the Digital Humanities</em>
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<a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.06265" target="_blank">
AgoraSpeech: A Multi-Annotated Comprehensive Dataset of Political Discourse Through the Lens of Humans and AI
</a> — Accepted for publication in the <em>Journal of Computational Social Science</em>
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<h3><a href="python-for-all/index.html" target="_blank">Python for All — Interactive Python Course</a></h3>
<p>A beginner-friendly, hands-on Python course where you learn step by step by running real code in your browser. The course spans multiple books covering Python basics through advanced topics, with an interactive terminal playground built directly into each chapter. Available in both English and Greek.</p>
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<h3><a href="prices/prices.html" target="_blank">Prices in Greece — Supermarket Price Tracker</a></h3>
<p>A personal data analysis project tracking weekly supermarket prices across Greece. Based on data collected for more than two years from <a href="https://e-katanalotis.gov.gr" target="_blank">e-Katanalotis</a>, the government's price observatory platform that monitors prices across major supermarket chains nationwide. The analysis includes heatmaps, trend detection with linear regression, and interactive time-series charts, all built with D3.js.</p>
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<h3>Managing Editor - ONE Channel (Alter Ego Media)</h3>
<p>Hired in 2018 as a key member of the team mandated to create the <strong>ONE Channel</strong> news network from scratch. My responsibilities included designing operational workflows, developing components of the programming schedule, and active participation in the strategic planning required for every functional and technical need of the new channel.</p>
<p>Company: <strong>Alter Ego Media</strong> | Year: 2018 - 2019</p>
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<h3><a href="https://lab.imedd.org/covid19/?lang=en" target="_blank">COVID-19 Tracker Web Application</a></h3>
<p>Part of the team that created a web application that tracked the virus spread in Greece, providing daily updates and informing hundreds of thousands of people.</p>
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<h3><a href="https://crowd-counter.lab.imedd.org/" target="_blank">Crowd Counter Tool</a></h3>
<p>As a <strong>Project Manager</strong>, I worked with the Athens-based Cooperative <a href="https://sociality.gr/" target="_blank">Sociality</a> to develop a crowd counter tool. This tool helps journalists and the public estimate the attendance of events like protests or rallies, addressing a frequent point of public debate.</p>
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<h2>Investigative Portfolio</h2>
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<h3><a href="https://www.reportersunited.gr/5937/notheia-sti-dimosia-diavoyleysi/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOMRrVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFlRFRNR2p2eEh0dUhQcUttc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHpjAxxJ-XSozuij9wu8yIAEDDLoUVcoITrzbn97ihAfDvhcz5ZJgIYVZ_fJL_aem_nk7nB5TyUlSzA5oVsWwzJg" target="_blank">INVESTIGATION: Corruption in Public Consultation on Joint Custody Law</a></h3>
<p>A joint investigation with <a href="https://themanifoldfiles.org/gr/" target="_blank">The Manifold</a>. Utilizing <strong>machine learning</strong> and data analysis, we revealed that the public consultation for the contentious Greek joint custody law was compromised, as over <strong>63%</strong> (more than 7,000) of the supporting comments were mass-copied duplicates. This debunked the government's claims of record public consensus.</p>
<p>Published: <strong>Reporters United</strong> | Date: 07/2021</p>
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<h3><a href="https://www.europeandatajournalism.eu/cp_data_news/femicides-the-undeclared-war-on-women-in-europe/" target="_blank">INVESTIGATION: Femicides—The Undeclared War on Women in Europe</a></h3>
<p>I was the <strong>Data Editor</strong> of a major cross-border data investigation conducted with 18 newsrooms across Europe, exposing the staggering shortage of up-to-date, comparable data on femicides and violence against women in the EU.</p>
<p>As part of the iMEdD - MIIR - EDJNet team, we created a new database (2010–2021) to generate the most current map of gender-based violence, highlighting the intensification of this crisis during the pandemic.</p>
<p>Published: <strong>European Data Journalism Network (EDJNet) - EFSYN</strong> | Date: 02/2023</p>
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<h3><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSkhbkTYuIM" target="_blank">DOCUMENTARY: Paola Meets Dimitr@</a></h3>
<p><strong>Executive Producer.</strong> A powerful documentary (VICE Specials) presented by the iconic activist Paola Revenioti. The film chronicles the life of Dimitra in Skala Sykaminia, Lesvos, who lived as a trans person in a closed society, often feeling like a "refugee" in a village that was a symbol of the European migrant crisis.</p>
<p>Dimitra's story resonated deeply with public opinion following her tragic death in 2021.</p>
<p>Production: <strong>VICE Greece</strong> | Year: 2017</p>
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<h3><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMnOrRf0Wug" target="_blank">DOCUMENTARY: Children for sale</a></h3>
<p><strong>Presenter and Producer.</strong> An extensive investigation into a vast underground network of traffickers exploiting poor mothers in Bulgaria by convincing them to sell their infants to wealthy Greek couples.</p>
<p>Along with my colleague Kostas Koukoumakas, we took a deep dive, covering the case from the courts and slums in Bulgaria to the NGOs fighting to end the practice, highlighting the enormous toll paid by both mothers and children. <strong>This investigation was shortlisted for the Investigative Award of the European Press Prize 2017.</strong></p>
<p>Production: <strong>VICE Greece</strong> | Year: 2017</p>
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<h3><a href="https://www.news247.gr/tag/paradise-papers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">INVESTIGATION: Paradise Papers (ICIJ - Ethnos Newspaper)</a></h3>
<p>Participated in the cross-border investigation led by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Lead investigator was Harry Karanikas, renowned Greek investigative reporter. </p>
<p>Published: <strong>Ethnos Newspaper</strong> | Year: 2017</p>
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<h3>Investigative Tools</h3>
<p>Open-source research tools built to support investigative reporting on public interest topics in Greece:</p>
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<a href="alexandras/index.html" target="_blank">Alexandras Documents</a> — A searchable database of government decisions published on Diavgeia (the Greek transparency registry) related to the Prosfygika of Alexandras Avenue — the historic interwar housing blocks built for refugees from the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, today a listed monument and home to squats and social solidarity initiatives. Allows full-text search and filtering across decisions, helping reporters and citizens track official actions affecting the complex.
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<a href="elliniko/map.html" target="_blank">Elliniko Building Permits Map</a> — An interactive map visualizing building permits issued within the Elliniko Metropolitan Pole development zone. Allows journalists and citizens to spatially explore permit data, inspect individual permits, and monitor the pace and scope of construction activity in one of Europe's largest urban regeneration projects.
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<h3>Awards and Fellowships</h3>
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<li><strong>European Press Prize - Investigative Award (2017):</strong> Shortlisted along with my colleague Kostas Koukoumakas, for our in-depth investigation into child trafficking between Greece and Bulgaria.</li>
<li><strong>Data Journalism Fellowship:</strong> Received a full scholarship from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation to train in Data Journalism through the LEDE program at <strong>Columbia Journalism School</strong> in New York.</li>
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<h2>Connect</h2>
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<li><a href="mailto:troboukis@gmail.com">Email</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/troboukis" target="_blank">GitHub</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/thanasis-troboukis-9a33b031/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li>
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