I’m a bilingual journalist from Argentina. I write about AI, trust in science, biodiversity, and economic development, among other topics. My stories have appeared in Science, Rest of World, Columbia Journalism Review, La Nación and more.

Bio

I started my career in Buenos Aires, where I worked in magazines and newspapers for over a decade. I was an intern at Clarín, a staff writer at Para Ti, and a regular contributor and columnist at La Nación. I wrote on topics such as the differences between AI and human intelligence, the logistics of transporting an elephant from Buenos Aires to Mato Grosso, the crisis of trust in science, and a genetic discovery to combat drought. In 2023, I moved to New York to pursue a Master of Arts in Science Journalism at Columbia University. I am currently based between Canada and Argentina, working as a freelance journalist.

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Awards and recognitions

2024 - Pulitzer Center Reporting Fellowship

2023 - Scrippts Award Full Scholarship - Columbia Journalism School.

2023 - Foreign Press Correspondents Scholarship Award

2022 - JournalismAI Program Fellowship - London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Education

Columbia University - M.A. in Science Journalism - 2024

Universidad de Palermo - Bachelor's Degree in Business, Design, and Communication - 2022

TEA - Buenos Aires Journalism Degree - 2010

Latest work

  • Columbia Journalism Review - October 2024

    Late last month, at a rally in a public park in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s libertarian president, Javier Milei, made his views on journalists explicit. “Corrupt journalists, bribed journalists,” he shouted. He pointed at the crowd, who were waving flags and cheering, and continued: “They are the ones showing the reality that you [journalists] never let be seen because you had a monopoly on the microphones.” (Keep reading…)

  • Science - July 2024

    Repurposing old bottles. Borrowing supplies and equipment instead of buying them. Analyzing old data instead of collecting new. Those are just some of the strategies scientists in Argentina are using to keep working in the face of one of the most severe funding crises they’ve ever experienced. (Keep reading...)

  • Rest of World - July 2024

    On June 2, María Luque noticed several of her contacts on Instagram posting about a form she had never heard of.

    The form, Luque found out, had been sent to users in the European Union and the U.K. It gave them the option to opt out of Meta’s plans to use public posts on Instagram and Facebook to train its artificial intelligence model. As an illustrator based in Argentina, Luque considered social media platforms vital for promoting her colorful, hand-painted vignettes of everyday life. But she couldn’t find the form anywhere on her accounts. (Keep reading...)