Helsingin Sanomat
Mikko Paakkanen is a data journalist currently at Helsingin Sanomat since January 2024, following an extensive tenure at the same publication from September 2005 to September 2021, where notable roles included acting News Editor and journalist. Prior experience includes serving as an Asia Correspondent in Beijing and a correspondent in Stockholm for Suomen Tietotoimisto STT, as well as working as a journalist at Helsingin Sanomat from June 2000 to December 2002. Mikko Paakkanen holds a Master of Social Sciences in Social Psychology from the University of Helsinki and is pursuing a Bachelor of Business Administration in Data Processing at Häme University of Applied Sciences, expected to complete in 2024, along with further education at the European University at St. Petersburg from 2019 to 2020.