Michael Pereira

Data journalist
and developer

[email protected] | @__m_pereira | 204 887 6859

Skills & Experience



Awards and Recognition

Employment History

Research Consultant

Waapihk Research ::: June 2022 - Present
Notable projects
  • Research and costing for a medical transportation hub in Northern Manitoba
  • Research and writing interim reports for a community health profile

Associate Editor & Web Developer

Investigative Journalism Foundation ::: October 2021 - Present
Notable projects
  • Design and initial build of publishing platform, data repository, and workflows
  • Managing the ongoing development of core scrapers and data collection tools.

Multimedia Editor

Winnipeg Free Press ::: October 2019 - October 2021
Notable projects
  • Research, analysis, graphics and writing throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Research and production of daily news graphics

Interactive Editor

The Globe and Mail ::: April 2015 - July 2019
Notable projects
  • Unfounded: Will the police believe you? (three part series)
  • Cut off: How Veterans Affairs’ clawback on medical marijuana threw a community off-kilter
  • A Killer High: Fentanyl’s deadly path

News Developer

CBC ::: January 2011 - April 2015
Notable projects
  • Canadian pipeline incidents
  • Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
  • the fifth estate's Rate My Hospital project
  • Multiple municipal, provincial, and federal elections
  • Summer and winter Olympics

Web Developer and Associate Communications Editor

Greenpeace Canada ::: 2007 - March 2009

Information Architect

Canadian Mental Health Association, Knowledge Centre ::: 2006 - August 2007

Developer

McGill University ::: 2000 - March 2006