Donata Columbro is a journalist, science communicator, and writer. For her accessible and inclusive way of popularizing data culture, she has been described as a “data humanizer.” She contributes to several outlets, including SkyTG24 and Internazionale. She is an adjunct professor at IULM University in Milan and at the Università della Svizzera italiana in Lugano. She teaches data journalism in the Master’s program in Journalism at LUISS and runs a Data Storytelling course at Scuola Holden. Every Wednesday, she publishes a newsletter on data, algorithms, and technology (tispiegoildato.it). Her latest book is Why Counting Femicides Is a Political Act (Feltrinelli, 2025).