Jose is a freelance journalist based in Berlin since January 2020, and a project pirector at Arena, where he's been managing the Arena Housing Project, an open collaborative network for housing reporters and researchers. He launched and was the coordinator of Cities for Rent, a cross-border investigation into corporate landlords, which is currently nominated to the European Press Prize, was recognised with an honourable mention at the IJ4EU Impact Award 2022 and was nominated to the Sigma Awards for Data Journalism.
 
Before moving to Berlin, Jose was successively based in Nairobi, Istanbul and Barcelona. He has reported from more than 20 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East; and his writing has appeared in Foreign Policy magazine, Al Jazeera, New Statesman and El País, among other media outlets. He's interested in collaborative journalism and has also worked with organisations like AlgorithmWatch, Tactical Tech and Eticas Foundation.