Zoraida Portillo

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News

Robot hikes the Andes to cross Peru’s digital divide

11/08/20

News

Venezuela: science ‘brain drain’ threatens future of research

12/03/19

Data visualisation

The hidden digital divide

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News

Peru: Olmos irrigation project sparks development debate

11/12/14

News

Climate mitigation mechanism ‘lacks human rights safeguards’

10/12/14

SciDev.Net at large

Two dimensions of knowledge mingle at COP 20

05/12/14

News

Peruvian scientists disgruntled with ‘brain gain’ scheme

09/10/14

News

Money fails to flow into seed treaty’s benefits fund

18/07/14

News

‘Open-source’ seed released to nurture patent-free food

25/06/14

Feature

Q&A: Peru’s environment minister on COP20 climate summit

26/05/14

Multimedia

Assessing stressed crops from the sky

15/05/14

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Climate-hit fisheries ‘can still meet demand in 2050’

31/03/14

Zoraida Portillo

Profile

Zoraida Portillo is a Peruvian journalist specialized in science communication based on Lima, with substantial experience covering environment, gender and population issues.

Fellow at the Science Journalism Program at the Institute of the Americas at the University of California San Diego and post graduated in Editing at Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

She has worked at local newspapers and magazines, international press agencies and international cooperation agencies. For 15 years, she was Writer/Editor and Press Coordinator for International Potato Center (CIP in Spanish). Zoraida began in SciDev.Net as a freelancer in 2004 and currently is the Deputy Editor for Latin America and the Caribbean.

She also works in project design of science communications for developing countries, and giving lectures and leads workshops on science journalism for various public and private organizations.

Contact Details: [email protected]; @zorportillo; www.linkedin.com/in/zoraida-portillo

Location: Lima (Peru).

Languages Spoken: Spanish, English.

Areas of Interests: Environment, agriculture, gender, indigenous peoples, intellectual property rights, health, science communication.

Local/Demographic Interests: Latin America and the Caribbean, Andean and Amazon regions.

Professional Memberships: Member of the College of Journalists of Peru.