Rebecca Pazos
Current Title: Visualisation Editor
Organization: The Strait Times
Country: Singapore
SND Vision
Long story short, SND has given so much to me over the years that it seems an obvious choice to want to give a little something back. I hope that through my connections with the local viz and storytelling communities in Asia, my main value-add to SND will be to bridge this gap across regions. I see a keen interest from the SND community to raise up different voices and storytelling approaches. I saw and experienced this first-hand while attending this year’s annual creative competition in New York – this time in my role as volunteer and conference attendee. The fantastic choice to continue the SND annual awards during the pandemic, despite the logistical challenges, is so representative of the wonderful community and creative energy that SND members have. Having a team from Asia judging, one I was part of for two years running, really brought new ideas and opinions to the way we judge the best in visual storytelling. My hope is that my joining the SND board will only help further advance this positive trend, and also help raise up the diverse stories of Asia and beyond.
Bio
Rebecca is a proud mum of one and is dedicated to telling compassionate, human-centered data stories. She currently works at The Straits Times as Data Visualisation Editor. She has worked with a team of developers, designers and reporters in Singapore for over eight years. She has a Bachelors in Communication (Journalism) from Griffith University, Australia and a Masters in visual storytelling from the University of Girona, Spain. Her team’s work has received multiple awards at SND’s best in digital design competition including 1 Gold, and multiple Silvers. Her individual portfolio has been awarded a Silver in 2020 and Bronze in 2023. She was awarded the inaugural Singapore Press Club’s Young Rising Star Digital Journalist of the Year award in 2022. She was also shortlisted in 2021 for the Sigma Data Journalism Awards. She cares deeply about upskilling people from all walks of life to become digital creators and has grassroot connections to community organisations such as Hacks/Hackers Singapore, Data Viz Sg, and Data Viz Society and beyond.