About
From 2021 to July 2026, João Tomé led storytelling and data editing at Cloudflare, contributing to product development for Cloudflare Radar — turning complex Internet trends into clear narratives and interactive experiences. He was the product manager for Radar Display, Cloudflare's globe-based visualization platform showcased at events and offices worldwide.
With more than two decades in media and technology, João hosted Cloudflare's weekly show This Week in NET from 2022 to 2026, authored over 80 Cloudflare blog posts on traffic shifts, security incidents, and AI, and developed insights covered by CNN, the New York Times, and the BBC. Before Cloudflare, he worked as a journalist, editor, and coordinator for newspapers and magazines, and was a television presenter in Portugal covering technology, cinema, and the automotive industry.
Professional Journey
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Sr. Data Editor, Writer, Storyteller
Podcaster
Website coordinator and Editor
Journalist at the TV show Volante
Freelance Journalist
Editor
AI Projects & Building
More recently, a new layer has emerged: building. Not as an engineer, but as a storyteller with access to AI coding tools. Using Claude Code, Codex, and Opencode, I design and ship real projects — data visualization dashboards, interactive sites, AI agents — that sit somewhere between journalism and product.
The workflow is intentional: I use AI assistants to turn ideas into working prototypes quickly, then refine with real audiences in mind. I'm particularly interested in how data visualization can carry a narrative — not just present numbers, but make someone understand something they didn't before.
Selected projects
Skills & Expertise
Spanning media production, data storytelling, technology, and communication.
Data Storytelling
Transforming complex data into compelling narratives that resonate with audiences
Multimedia Production
Creating engaging visual and audio content across multiple platforms
Podcasting
Hosting, producing, and editing podcast content with notable figures in technology and science
Film & Cinema Analysis
Deep understanding of cinema with experience in film criticism and interviews
Comms & Press Relations
Supporting communication strategies alongside C-level leaders during major announcements and crisis moments; media outreach, press briefings, journalist coordination
Public Speaking & Moderation
Moderated hundreds of conferences and events in Portuguese and English, across tech, mobility, and policy
Data Visualization
Building interactive dashboards and visual stories from complex datasets
Plain-language Tech Writing
Explaining complex technical concepts in accessible, human language
Figma
UI design and prototyping for web projects
SQL & Jupyter
Querying structured data and data exploration in Python environments
Adobe Premiere
Video editing for podcast episodes and multimedia content
Claude Code / Codex
Building sites, tools, and dashboards through AI-assisted development workflows
Prompt Engineering
Crafting effective prompts and workflows for LLM-based tools
Cloudflare Workers & Pages
Deploying and managing edge applications and static sites
Vite + React
Frontend development stack used across personal projects
English
Native / Bilingual
Portuguese
Native
German
Elementary
Spanish
Limited Working
Education & Training
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Master in Communication Sciences (Journalism, Cinema & Audiovisuals)
1999 – 2003
Produções Fictícias
Workshop in Screenwriting for Film and Television
2009
Universidade do Porto
Workshop in Television Editing
2013
FLAG
Workshop in Social Media
2014
Google Creative Campus
Workshop in Communication and Media
2019
Facebook & Instagram (Meta)
Workshop in Social Media and Marketing
2019
Cloudflare Internal Training
Hands-on training with Figma, GitHub, SQL, Jupyter Notebooks, and Adobe Premiere. Internal courses in Data Visualization, Privacy, Product, Cybersecurity, and Compliance.
2021 – Current
Udemy, Coursera & Professional Training
Ongoing courses in Data Visualization and digital storytelling, plus hands-on experimentation with Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, and other LLM tools.
2021 – Current
Writing & Sites
Places where my writing and experiments live, past and present.
Older blogs — pre-2012, in Portuguese
Personal Interests
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