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Nicolas Kayser-Bril

About Nicolas Kayser-Bril

Nicolas Kayser-Bril is a Franco-German freelance developer, data-driven journalist and trainer. He co-founded and managed Journalism++ from 2011 to 2017, after leading the datajournalism unit at Owni. He works at Algorithm Watch.

Undress or fail: Instagram’s algorithm strong-arms users into showing skin

By , , , |2023-07-26T11:52:54+01:00June 17th, 2020|Tags: , , , |

An exclusive investigation reveals that Instagram prioritizes photos of scantily-clad men and women, shaping the behavior of content creators and the worldview of 140 millions Europeans in what remains a blind spot of EU regulations.

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Cities slow to respond to challenges posed by climate change

By |2023-07-26T09:06:33+01:00June 21st, 2019|Tags: , , |

An update on the temperature data from 558 cities and their surroundings in Europe shows that 2018 was the warmest year since 1900 in 203 cities. Local response to the climate breakdown varies widely, according to a survey of a 61 local authorities in six countries by the European Data Journalism Network.

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Europe is getting warmer, and it’s not looking like it’s going to cool down anytime soon

By |2023-07-26T09:48:49+01:00September 24th, 2018|Tags: , , , |

An exclusive analysis of over 100 million meteorological data points shows that every major city in Europe is warmer in the 21st century than it was in the 20th. Subarctic regions, Andalusia and southern Romania are most affected.

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