Expana Markets – Editor. London, UK.
October 2024 – Current position
Thess leads a squad of market reporters, steering both daily news reporting and in-depth feature writing across various markets.
Her role involves editing, refining, and proofreading content to uphold accuracy, clarity, and alignment with editorial guidelines. She advises reporters on narrative tone and article structure, and collaborates with pricing and data teams to translate market information into compelling and accessible stories. She also plays a key role in mentoring team members and providing constructive editorial feedback to elevate content standards across the board.
In addition to producing original insights through interviews with industry contacts, she contributes to digital content initiatives, company podcasts, and platform enhancements.
Argus Media – Market/Price Reporter. London, UK.
September 2023 – October 2024
Thess covered the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian power markets, providing market analysis, daily price assessments, and news reporting on market trends, projects, and national and EU policy. Occasionally, she covered other European markets, too, such as Germany, the Nordics, and the Balkans.
Freelance Journalist and editor. Europe.
June 2022 – September 2023
As a European-based freelancer, Thess wrote for publications such as Are We Europe, The Local, and the AIPS. She traveled to countries such as the UK, Austria, and Spain for her reporting.
As a freelance editor, she managed 20+ reporters, honed the team’s skills, secured EU funding, and managed budgets. She took a paper-focused media firm to a fully digital multimedia identity.
Newtral. Fact-checking Reporter – UK Correspondent. London, UK.
May 2021 – June 2022
She pioneered the only correspondent position at Newtral, reporting from the UK to EU audiences.
She reported on European constitutional law matters, AI ethics, the environment, finance, immigration, and legislation. She was also involved in several projects, such as adapting a Poynter Media Wise fact-checking course for Spanish audiences.
The New York Times. COVID-19 team -freelancer. Berkeley, California.
U.S. March 2020 – June 2020.
She covered the COVID-19 pandemic in the Bay Area, California, for the New York Times and the Investigative Reporting Program. She reported on the efforts of multiple agencies to provide COVID-19 testing and care, and the xenophobia against Asians and Asian Americans in California.
The Copenhagen Post. News reporter – Aarhus Correspondent, Denmark.
Denmark. September 2019 – March 2020.
Thess pioneered and pitched the creation of the Aarhus correspondent role to expand coverage beyond Copenhagen, becoming the paper’s only Jutland-based staff writer.
She reported and wrote daily news stories for English-speaking audiences in Denmark, coordinating closely with the Copenhagen editorial team, and provided unique regional insights as the only non-Copenhagen-based correspondent, broadening the paper’s national reach.
And she established a lasting position that continued even after she left the paper to attend the University of California, Berkeley School of Journalism.
The University of California. Communications Intern.
August 2017- April 2018.
Thess processed data and records for over 200 students. She focused on communication tasks, social networks, and video production. She also redesigned the safety protocol in case of terrorism or natural disasters and cut UC response time from days to minutes.
La Razón Newspaper. International Desk Intern. Madrid.
Spain. June – October 2017.
She wrote, translated, and edited stories. She interviewed analysts from all over the world, publishing over 100 pieces for the printed edition of the newspaper and participating in the 2017 Barcelona terrorist attacks investigation by building sources in Belgium.
Education:
Postgraduate Diploma in Financial Journalism
Nebrija University.
Full-ride scholarship from Madrid Associated Press, 2023.
M.A. in Journalism, Media, and Globalisation: War and Conflict
Aarhus University and the DMJX (Denmark)
Swansea University (U.K.)
U.C. Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism (U.S.)
120 ECTS. Class of 2021
M.A. in Strategic Studies and International Security.
The University of Granada. (Spain)
60 ECTS. Class of 2021. Full-ride scholarship.
Summer School on Economics, Language, and Culture
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (China).
Full-ride scholarship.
Final grade: High distinction/A+/4.00. 2018.
Year abroad at the University of Richmond (U.S.)
Spanish Government Merit Scholarship (20 grants among 24,000 students)
“Dean’s list,” and “All A’s” awards.
Bachelor’s in Bilingual Journalism with Law
Carlos III University of Madrid (Spain)
Gregal Foundation Scholar Award.
Class president.
Five Honor Awards.
Dissertation: Investigative journalism story on how the next generation of China sees the future of their country. Thess moved to Shanghai for the summer to report on it. Final grade: Outstanding.
Law grade: A.
Journalism grade: A.
High School Diploma
Monroe High School, WA, U.S.
Honor Roll
Student of the Month Award
Courses:
Stanford – Code in Place 2025. Python.
IRE Python Bootcamp. 2021.
Solutions Journalism. The Local. Oct. 2020-2021
Leading Digital Transformation. MIT Professional Education. 2020
Defence and Security for News Media Professionals. Ministry of Defense. 2019
XXVI International Course on Defense. Spanish Army. 2018.
Software:
She is currently learning Python. In the past, she has worked with the following tools: Adobe Premiere Pro, Logic Pro, Final Cut, Photoshop, Excel, Audacity, GitHub, HTML, CSS, QGIS, Datawrapper, Mapbox, and Google Earth Pro, among others.
Languages:
English: Fluent
Spanish: Fluent
German: German: B2 (in progress)
Portuguese: Reading proficiency
Italian: Reading proficiency.
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