About

We help people and organizations explore the digital world with awareness

Dataninja is a company born from a data team, based in Italy and active in Europe since 2012. Today we offer data and media literacy training for different targets and data storytelling content

Dataninja is a company specializing in the development of training and communication projects aimed at promoting digital skills. Dataninja’s goal is to help bridge the digital skills gap and enable everyone to turn learning into opportunities for growth and participation.

We do this through collaborative projects, innovative educational technologies, and community building. Through partnerships with a network of public, private, and nonprofit organizations, we work in educational, journalistic, and professional contexts to promote digital skills using a creative approach.

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Team

Nicola Bruno

Fondatore di Dataninja e Direttore di Open The Box

Founder of Dataninja, professional journalist, and PhD in Learning Sciences. He created Open the Box, a media, data, and AI literacy project that won the 2023 European Digital Skills Award. He teaches Visual Storytelling at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He was a Journalist Fellow at the University of Oxford.

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Benedetta Tonnini

Project Manager & Grant Officer

As a child, she wanted to open a hardware store, then she changed her mind. She studied international relations and turned to data in an effort to understand the world. Since the world remains incomprehensible, she is now pursuing a master’s degree in gender studies. At Dataninja, she conceives, creates, and manages projects.

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Giulia Gelmetti

Programme Manager - Open The Box

Thought experiments, paradoxes, and dilemmas are her favorite tools of the trade. She applies her background in philosophy to the analysis of digital environments for the development of innovative educational projects. She divides her time between Milan and Rome because she isn’t afraid of a debate.

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Matteo Scannavini

Project Manager & Trainer

He works on data and media literacy projects, developing educational resources based on gamification and innovative formats. He is a freelance journalist specializing in data and investigative journalism. He wants to leave the infosphere a little better than he found it.

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Alessandra Carboni

Administrative Manager

An accountant who has made a career in journalism. She has always combined her work as an administrative manager with her passion for writing. She organizes the FisMat conferences on the physics of matter and collaborates with Dataninja, supporting the team with administrative matters.

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Eleonora Rossi

Education Specialist

After a bachelor degree in Mathematics, she ventured into the world of data science: now she can’t even do integrals anymore. At Dataninja, she works as an educational specialist, handling educational projects, from content creation to actual training sessions.

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Alessia Melchiorre

Media & Data Literacy Educator

An educator specializing in media literacy, with a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Groningen and extensive experience in the media, particularly on the international stage. She focuses on social investigations, fact-checking, and European project development in the Mediterranean region.

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Francesca Mangino

Communication Specialist

Passionate about problem-solving, she combines research, strategy, and creativity to shape content and projects. She has worked in multidisciplinary settings spanning design, communication, and innovation, building connections between people, ideas, and opportunities.

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Marco Alfieri

He has been working for some time in the field of strategic communication, professional writing, and digital advertising. For Dataninja, he offers strategic and editorial support for the organization’s communication and its projects. He collaborates with the Turin-based agency Zandegù.

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Awards