Photojournalist & journalist in Oslo and Brussels

Teheran, Iran 2017
Golestan palace, Teheran ( Iran, 2016)

Ciao, Hello, Salut, Hej, Hei,

Daniela is a freelance journalist, photojournalist and investigative researcher, mainly working in Italian, English, Norwegian, French and Danish. 

She lives in Oslo, Norway,  where she focuses on environment and EU policy reporting in the fields of agriculture, environment and energy for ENDS Europe. She freelanced before for different media including Al Jazeera, Deutsche Welle, WIRED, and VICE writing about cities, criminal organisations, social issues and food culture.

She has been on staff at Politico,  De Smog and Tortoise Media where she worked on reporting on agri businesses and agrifood policies at the EU level and in the UK. 

Her photo portfolio can be found here, while a full portfolio can be found on MuckRack.

In 2021 and 2022 she was a grant receiver from the organisation Journalism Fund to work on 3 investigative researches and a photojournalistic project.

She's an alumni of the Erasmus Mundus Master Journalism, Media and Globalisation  carried in Denmark and The Netherlands (2014).

Latest Work

Forbes •

How Denmark Made The Plant-Based Action Plan Possible

The Danish government published in October the first ever national plant-based action plan with its strategy on how the Nordic country can transition towards a richer plant-based food diet and boost plant-protein production in the next years.

Between 2017 and 2022, Denmark witnessed a twofold increase in protein-rich plant crop production, generating an economic value of $1,2 billion, but compared to animal-based production the country has still a long way to go.

Around 98% of Denmark is cover
Forbes •

Meet The First Chickpeas Farmer Of Belgium

As Europe experiences its worst-ever heatwave, the warm temperatures are having collateral beneficial effects in the Belgian farm Peas & Beans, where chickpeas - a Mediterranean-weather crop- are grown.

This pulse is not adapted to cold and wet weather, but the trend of more sunny periods are facilitating the growth of crops which before were unthinkable to harvest in the North or Central Europe. Thomas Truyen, a hobby farmer, who primarily works as a marketer in the seed business industry, pla
DeSmog •

Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Invited to the event was a small group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).

The MEPs invited were spoiled for choice, as BASF generously delivered six small bottles of fine wines for their enjoyment. Like many corporations, the global COVID-19 pandemic and lack of usual in-pers
Vice News •

MDMA Gangs Are Literally Polluting Europe

Barrels of chemical waste from the production of synthetic drugs dumped in a stream near Venlo in the Netherlands. Photo: Marcel van Hoorn/AFP via Getty Images

The noxious dump in Brabantse Wal is one of many new ways drug gangs in the Netherlands and Belgium are disposing of the toxic waste created in one of the world’s largest MDMA and amphetamine producing regions. While drug users may be aware of the price of an ecstasy pill and its psychoactive effects, the collateral damage on the environ
City Monitor •

Cities embrace smoke-free public spaces

Tobacco kills over eight million people each year and accounts for 25% of all cancer deaths globally. In a post-pandemic world, the effect of tobacco on health has proved to be even more dangerous: a World Health Organisation (WHO) report from May 2020 revealed that the severity of Covid-19 infection is higher among smokers.

As with anti-smoking efforts, influencing behaviour has emerged as a key challenge for policymakers and public health professionals in the fight against Covid-19. Many init
Al Jazeera •

Belgium’s Congolese mark 60 years since DRC’s independence

The Belgo-Congolese are still marked by their past with Belgium as well as the present’s systematic discrimination.

Brussels, Belgium – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its independence, gained after 70 years of bloody Belgian colonisation.

Each year, June 30 is celebrated across the world by the Congolese diaspora, with one of the biggest communities located in Belgium’s capital, Brussels.

The Belgo-Congolese are still marked by their past wit
Deutsche Welle •

Italy: Camorra mafia clan attempts comeback amid coronavirus

With Italy still in recovery mode, criminal organizations across the country are trying to use that to their advantage to regain control over the territory lost in the past years.

"Now, more than ever, popular support comes at a discount," says Luigi Cuomo, president of SOS Imprese, the national anti-racketeering organization protecting small and medium-sized enterprises.

In the south-western region of Campania, Camorra is currently infiltrating the social fabric by competing against civil soc