Philip Di Salvo

Philip Di Salvo is a post-doctoral researcher and lecturer at Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano, Switzerland. His research interestes include investigative reporting, whistleblowing, surveillance and the relationships between journalism and hacking. His latest book, “Digital Whistleblowing Platforms in Journalism. Encrypting Leaks” was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020.

Data journalism as tested by the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Italy

The pandemic is without doubt the most data-driven event that has ever occurred

By Philip Di Salvo

/ 2 Apr 2021

Data journalism as tested by the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons from Italy

Four invisible enemies in the first pandemic of a “datafied society”

COVID-19 lays bare the nuances of a society undergoing digital data transformation in nearly every field of human activity, from its most beneficial to its most disturbing aspects

By Stefania Milan and Philip Di Salvo

/ 8 Jun 2020

Four invisible enemies in the first pandemic of a “datafied society”