Gustavo Faleiros

Director of Environmental Investigations at Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting

Gustavo Faleiros

Gustavo Faleiros is the Director of Environmental Investigations at the Pulitzer Center, where he coordinates the Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN).1 4 He is an environmental journalist and media trainer specializing in data-driven journalism.1 2

In 2012, Faleiros launched InfoAmazonia, a digital platform that uses satellite imagery and other publicly available data to report on the nine Amazon rainforest countries.1 2 He has contributed to several publications such as Nature, Scientific American, The Guardian-UK, Revista Piauí and Folha de São Paulo.1 2

Faleiros began his career as a reporter for Valor Econômico, Brazil's leading financial newspaper, covering infrastructure and sanitation.1 He was twice selected as a Knight International Journalism Fellow at the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) for his work to promote data literacy and geojournalism.1

Between 2014 and 2017, he worked with the Earth Journalism Network (EJN), where he led the Council of the Partners, the climate mentorship program, and activities in Africa and Latin America.1

Faleiros earned a master's degree in Environment, Politics and Globalization from King's College London and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP).1 2 He has also taught at Emerson College in Boston and at the Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá.2

His LinkedIn username is gustavofaleiros.3