As a PhD candidate at Gothenburg University, Alla explores the concept of data journalism while focusing her research on journalistic professionalism and identity, the future of journalism, journalistic culture and new practices/dynamics of journalism production. The overall goal of her doctoral research is to explore the potential of data journalism in contributing to democratic development. For several years, Alla worked as a reporter for the Interfax news agency in Moscow, Russia. After moving to Sweden, she blogged for Örebro University and worked as a reporter for the Swedish Public Radio (Sveriges Radio). In November 2014, Alla took part in the Media Innovation Hackathon by Al Jazeera in Doha (Qatar) and in September 2016, she participated in a coding camp ‘Tjejer Kodar’ (in English: ‘Girls Code’) where she learned the basics in Arduino, electronics and C language. Currently, Alla also teaches master journalism students in the areas of investigative journalism, data journalism and visualization, data journalism research and open data.