Hey 👋 I'm Xavi.

I'm a Toronto-based investigative data journalist. I specialize in computer-assisted reporting, using things like web scraping, natural language processing and FOI-acquired data to investigate governments and corporations.

Formerly of the Investigative Journalism Foundation, I reported on the state of policing in Canada, including complaints against the Toronto police, warrants for Google data, and firearms seizures. I co-led a three-part investigative series into lobbying by oil & gas companies in collaboration with Canada’s National Observer. My work has also appeared in Wired, TVO Today, The Breach, The West End Phoenix and other Canadian publications.

I’m available for commissions about the police, courts, lobbying, environmental justice and more. I’m also available for coding commissions, where I can help build you a dataset for an investigation.

Check out my links, send me an email anytime!