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146 sessions | Updated March 21 | Download list as JSON
Beginner track: New to data journalism? Start here | 9 a.m.
Joel Jacobs, ProPublica; Anu Narayanswamy, The Washington Post; Janelle O'Dea, Illinois Answers Project; MaryJo Webster, Minnesota Star Tribune
Big Local News tools, wares and resources | 9 a.m.
Gerald Rich & Eric Sagara & Serdar Tumgoren, Big Local News
Coaching ChatGPT to help with coding and data tasks | 9 a.m.
Charles Minshew, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Critical datasets to know when covering K-12 | 9 a.m.
Becky Dernbach, Sahan Journal; Sharon Lurye, The Associated Press; Nadia Tamez-Robledo, EdSurge; Ann Thomas, retired analytics advisor
Everything everywhere all at once: Data from around the world to report on global issues | 9 a.m.
Helena Bengtsson, Gota Media; Irene Casado Sanchez, Big Local News; Eva Constantaras, Lighthouse Reports; Andy Lehren, The Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism | CUNY JSchool; Bianca Muniz, Agência Pública de Jornalismo Investigativo
First SvelteKit data app | 9 a.m.
Tyler Machado, Independent journalist
Python for data analysis | 9 a.m.
Sandra Fish, Independent journalist
Reporting in underserved communities with hard-to-get data | 9 a.m.
Chelsea Curtis, Arizona Luminaria; Pam Dempsey, Data-Driven Reporting Project; Ayuka Kawakami, Independent journalist; Mauricio Peña, Borderless Magazine
Analyze large datasets in Google Sheets via Google Cloud | 10:15 a.m.
Tiff Fehr, The New York Times
Beginner track: How to find data | 10:15 a.m.
Greta Kaul, Minnesota Star Tribune; Stephanie Lamm, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Introduction to the command line (Macs) | 10:15 a.m.
Geoffrey Hing, The Marshall Project
Practical, ethical use of AI in the newsroom: Translation, audio processing and chatbots | 10:15 a.m.
Eric Nicholas Barrett, OCCRP; Tazbia Fatima, Hearst; Matt Zdun, Houston Chronicle
Technical tech regulators: The data we use to regulate the most powerful companies in the world | 10:15 a.m.
Erie Meyer, Recent Federal Worker; Mike Tigas, Bad Idea Factory
The wonders of CDC WONDER: Analyzing birth and death data | 10:15 a.m.
Paul Overberg, The Wall Street Journal
Using Python to scrape websites | 10:15 a.m.
Allan James Vestal, Independent journalist
Watching the weather with Github Actions | 10:15 a.m.
John Keefe, The New York Times
When databases don’t exist | 10:15 a.m.
Charles Boutaud, Lighthouse Reports; Alyson Clary, APM Research Lab ; Caitlin McGlade, Arizona Republic
Bringing data journalism to the sports section | 11:30 a.m.
Matt Waite, University of Nebraska; MaryJo Webster, Minnesota Star Tribune; Derek Willis, University of Maryland
Datawrapper hacks | 11:30 a.m.
Taylor Johnston, CBS News; Grace Manthey, CBS News & Stations
Get AI to read all that stuff with semantic search | 11:30 a.m.
Dana Chiueh, Minnesota Star Tribune; Dylan Freedman, The New York Times; Jeremy Merrill & Steven Rich, The Washington Post
Google Trends for journalism | 11:30 a.m.
Sam Larson-Rodriguez, Google Trends
How to start investigating your college or university with data and records | 11:30 a.m.
Mark Greenblatt, Arizona State University/Howard Center for Investigative Reporting; Deborah Nelson, University of Maryland; Jennifer Peebles, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Turning police disciplinary files into data and stories | 11:30 a.m.
Dillon Bergin, MuckRock; Elizabeth Santos, UC Berkeley; Sammy Sussman, The New York Times (Local Investigations Fellowship); Emily Zentner, The California Newsroom
Using Python to analyze map data | 11:30 a.m.
Cody Winchester, IRE & NICAR
50 free government data sets in 50 minutes | 2:15 p.m.
David Cuillier & Sydney Sims, Brechner FOI Project
Advanced Python mapping techniques | 2:15 p.m.
Ari Sen, CBS News
Go big with GitHub Actions: Scale up your newsroom’s data pipelines *pre-registered attendees only | 2:15 p.m.
Dana Chiueh, Minnesota Star Tribune; Iris Lee & Ben Welsh, Reuters
Have some fun with Spotify data | 2:15 p.m.
Leila Darwiche, San Antonio Express-News
How to run visual investigations | 2:15 p.m.
Joyce Lee, The Washington Post; Maureen Linke & John West, The Wall Street Journal; Ryan McNeill, Reuters
Learning a new beat in data | 2:15 p.m.
Pooja Dantewadia, Realtor.com; Rosmery Izaguirre & Paroma Soni, Politico
Passive scraping for social media | 2:15 p.m.
Jonathan Soma, Columbia University
Spatial analysis in R: 101 | 2:15 p.m.
Ryan Little, The Baltimore Banner; Shreya Vuttaluru, Tampa Bay Times
Spreading data wisdom through mentoring | 2:15 p.m.
Sandra Fish, Independent journalist; Adrian Garcia, Financial Times Specialist; John Harden, The Washington Post; Caitlin Ostroff, The Wall Street Journal
Extracting data from documents with AI | 3:30 p.m.
Rosmery Izaguirre & Sean McMinn, Politico; Jonathan Soma, Columbia University
Follow the money: How to use campaign finance data in your reporting | 3:30 p.m.
Kelly Waldron, Mission Local
Going deeper with Census microdata: IPUMS is your friend | 3:30 p.m.
Sandhya Kambhampati, Los Angeles Times; Paul Overberg, The Wall Street Journal; David Van Riper, IPUMS; MaryJo Webster, Minnesota Star Tribune
PDF next steps: Extracting data using command-line and other tools | 3:30 p.m.
Chad Day, The Associated Press
Spatial analysis in R: 201 | 3:30 p.m.
Ryan Little, The Baltimore Banner; Shreya Vuttaluru, Tampa Bay Times
Using open-source intelligence (OSINT) in investigations | 3:30 p.m.
Tristan Lee & Logan Williams, Bellingcat
Which coding language to use and why | 3:30 p.m.
Carla Astudillo, The Texas Tribune; Tazbia Fatima, Hearst; Nael Shiab, CBC News; Kai Teoh, The Dallas Morning News
Beginner track: How to request data and documents: FOI | 4:45 p.m.
Kate Martin, APM Reports; Andrew Pantazi, Freelance Editor; Tisha Thompson, ESPN
Building a culture of accessibility and why it matters | 4:45 p.m.
Karen K. Ho, ARTnews; Joanna Kao, Pulitzer Center; Stacy Kess, Equal Access Public Media; Joe Murphy, NBC News
Data stories that don't look or sound like data stories | 4:45 p.m.
Carrie Cochran, Independent journalist; Jodie Fleischer, Cox Media Group; Tom Scheck, APM Reports
Developing an ethical AI policy for your newsroom | 4:45 p.m.
Darla Cameron, The Texas Tribune; Silvia Dal Ben Furtado, University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism and Media; Andrew Ford, USA Today / Gannett; Josh Hinkle, KXAN; Cynthia Tu, Sahan Journal
Extracting data from complex PDFs using pdfplumber | 4:45 p.m.
Jeremy Singer-Vine, The New York Times
Finding the story: Using DNS search for investigative journalism | 4:45 p.m.
Kelly Molloy, Domain Tools; Daniel Schwalbe, DomainTools
Making publishable graphics in R Studio | 4:45 p.m.
Maureen Linke & Stephanie Stamm, The Wall Street Journal
Spatial analysis in R: 301 | 4:45 p.m.
Ryan Little, The Baltimore Banner; Shreya Vuttaluru, Tampa Bay Times
Beginner track: Feed the beast: Integrating data nuggets on deadline | 9 a.m.
Maggie Green, ABC7 Chicago, WLS; Daniela Ibarra, KSAT; John Kelly, CBS News; Stephen Stock, Gray Media InvestigateTV - WVUE Fox 8
How economic development incentives impact public budgets | 9 a.m.
Arlene Martinez & Jeremy Thompson, Good Jobs First
How to use CensusDis, the friendliest Python API for U.S. Census data | 9 a.m.
Scott Pham, CBS News
QGIS 1: Spatial analysis for beginners | 9 a.m.
Daniel Wainwright & John Walton, BBC News
R 1: Intro to R and RStudio | 9 a.m.
Olga Pierce, The Trace
Reporting on America's prison and jail death crisis | 9 a.m.
Ethan Corey, The Appeal; A.J. Lagoe, KARE-TV
Scraping without programming | 9 a.m.
Samantha Sunne, Independent journalist
Tidycensus will convince you to learn R | 9 a.m.
Andrew Ba Tran, The Washington Post
Using AI tools in the newsroom *pre-registered attendees only | 9 a.m.
Jonathan Soma, Columbia University
What's involved in data editing? | 9 a.m.
Yoohyun Jung, Boston Globe; Allie Kanik, Houston Chronicle / San Antonio Express-News; Dan Kopf, San Francisco Chronicle; Kai Teoh, The Dallas Morning News; MaryJo Webster, Minnesota Star Tribune
What's new in the world of LLMs | 9 a.m.
Simon Willison, Datasette
CAR (data journalism) through the decades | 10:15 a.m.
Neena Hagen, The Boston Globe; Mark Horvit, University of Missouri; Brant Houston, University of Illinois; Laura Kurtzberg, IRE & NICAR; Shawn McIntosh, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Custom dataviz with JavaScript 101 | 10:15 a.m.
Jovi Dai, San Jose Mercury News & East Bay Times
Digging deep: Scraping government websites | 10:15 a.m.
Jennifer Burns, (Bright Data) Data for Bright Journalists; Michael Newton, Bright Data
Extracting data from the worst PDFs on the planet | 10:15 a.m.
Derek Willis, University of Maryland
How to crowdsource data for your next big story | 10:15 a.m.
Asia Fields, ProPublica; Jeremy Merrill, The Washington Post; Leon Yin, Bloomberg News
Public records for social justice: Uncovering inequity in your community through FOI | 10:15 a.m.
José Ignacio Castañeda, Spotlight Delaware; David Cuillier & Sydney Sims, Brechner FOI Project; Gunita Singh, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
QGIS 2: Analyzing geographic data | 10:15 a.m.
Daniel Wainwright & John Walton, BBC News
R 2: Data analysis and plotting | 10:15 a.m.
Sarah Ryley, Columbia University
The chaos in college sports: What all students should know | 10:15 a.m.
Peyton Barish, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics; Josh Fine & Jodi Upton, Syracuse University; Paula Lavigne, ESPN
The data you need to report on DOGE | 10:15 a.m.
Jessie Blaeser, Politico
AI starter pack: Python | 11:30 a.m.
Brandon Roberts, ProPublica
Building the bridge to advanced data journalism | 11:30 a.m.
Liz Lucas, University of Missouri School of Journalism; Dhrumil Mehta, Columbia University; Alex Richards, Syracuse University; Derek Willis, University of Maryland
Data reporting for smaller newsrooms | 11:30 a.m.
Cody Lillich, KTVK/KPHO-TV; Kate Martin, APM Reports; Justin Myers, Chicago Public Media; Junyao Yang, Mission Local
Investigating who's behind that website | 11:30 a.m.
Pri Bengani, Bloomberg; Jon Keegan, Sherwood News
R 3: Gathering and cleaning data | 11:30 a.m.
Jasmine Han, Informa TechTarget (Industry Dive)
dRy - don’t repeat yourself, in R | 11:30 a.m.
Ella Barnes & Karina Kumar & Christian McDonald, University of Texas at Austin
15 health datasets in 60 minutes | 2:15 p.m.
Madi Alexander, Politico
AI starter pack: JavaScript | 2:15 p.m.
Alex Garcia, Self-employed
Analyzing images and videos with AI | 2:15 p.m.
Jonathan Soma, Columbia University
Beginner track: Making your data story ironclad | 2:15 p.m.
Sandhya Kambhampati, Los Angeles Times; Liz Lucas, University of Missouri School of Journalism; Teghan Simonton, Tampa Bay Times
De-mystifying cryptocurrency data: How to find stories on ransoms, scams and betting markets | 2:15 p.m.
Jeremy Merrill, The Washington Post; Caitlin Ostroff, The Wall Street Journal
Do you really need a map? How to make the most of your data viz | 2:15 p.m.
Emily Hopkins, Mirror Indy; Emilia Ruzicka, University of Virginia; Jake Steinberg, Minnesota Star Tribune
Don't let go!: The challenges and benefits of continuing your data coverage | 2:15 p.m.
Rosie Cima, Big Local News; Amy Fan, Independent journalist; Weihua Li, Bloomberg News; Tom McGinty, Wall Street Journal
Finding the story: Wildfire data | 2:15 p.m.
Taylor Johnston, CBS News; Grace Manthey, CBS News & Stations
First Athena Query: How to analyze hundreds of millions of records in seconds with Amazon Web Services and SQL | 2:15 p.m.
Katlyn Alo, The Washington Post; Ben Welsh, Reuters
Using data and docs to fact-check immigration rhetoric | 2:15 p.m.
Diana Fuentes, IRE & NICAR; Renee Griffin, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Zach Mider, Bloomberg News; Wendy Wei, Investigative Project on Race and Equity
Web scraping with Python *pre-registered attendees only | 2:15 p.m.
Cody Winchester, IRE & NICAR
AI starter pack: R | 3:30 p.m.
Matt Waite, University of Nebraska
Beginner track: Creating meatier stories: Sourcing, documents and other tools to start investigative reporting | 3:30 p.m.
Cindy Galli, ABC News; Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune ; Paula Lavigne, ESPN; Aaron Mendelson, The Trace
Finding needles in haystacks with fuzzy matching | 3:30 p.m.
Max Harlow, Bloomberg News
How to approach an investigative data question: How many rats are in the Rainforest Cafe? | 3:30 p.m.
Adiel Kaplan, Columbia Journalism School; Veronica Penney, Science; Emily Zentner, The California Newsroom
The 411 on 311: How to use calls-for-service data in your daily reporting | 3:30 p.m.
Janelle O'Dea & Casey Toner, Illinois Answers Project
The internet was never written in ink | 3:30 p.m.
Chris Amico, MuckRock; Mark Horvit, University of Missouri; Cheryl Phillips, Stanford University; Cam Rodriguez, The New York Times
Unlocking interactive maps for newsrooms | 3:30 p.m.
Brandon Liu, Protomaps
Lightning Talks ⚡️ | 5 p.m.
Rashika Jaipuriar, IRE & NICAR
2024 Philip Meyer Awards presentation | 6:15 p.m.
Beginner track: Tools to save you time | 9 a.m.
Pooja Dantewadia, Realtor.com; Tyler Dukes, McClatchy Media; Cynthia Tu, Sahan Journal
Building your own Chatbot to find public records | 9 a.m.
Charles Minshew, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Debunking sports myths with data | 9 a.m.
Norm Lewis, University of Florida
Evolving threats to journalists' safety – digital, physical and legal | 9 a.m.
Ben Camacho, The Southlander; Olivia Martin, Freedom of the Press Foundation; Stephanie Sugars, U.S. Press Freedom Tracker; Leita Walker, Ballard Spahr LLP
Finding narratives in a pile of documents | 9 a.m.
Rob Wells, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
Fun with shapes: Scripted mapping in R or Python *pre-registered attendees only | 9 a.m.
Allie Kanik, Houston Chronicle / San Antonio Express-News; Ryan Little, The Baltimore Banner; Cam Rodriguez, The New York Times
How to investigate special-interest influence on your Congressional delegation | 9 a.m.
Haiyi Bi & Maggie Mulvihill & Phil Randazzo, Boston University; Derek Willis, University of Maryland
Quantifying history | 9 a.m.
Michael Corey, Mapping Prejudice, University of Minnesota Libraries; Alexia Fernandez Campbell, Bloomberg Industry Group; Jennifer LaFleur, UC Berkeley; Joyce Lee & Andrew Ba Tran, The Washington Post; Pratheek Rebala, ProPublica
Behind the story: 2024 Philip Meyer winners | 10:15 a.m.
Eric Fan, Bloomberg News; Alexia Fernandez Campbell, Bloomberg Industry Group; Brant Houston, University of Illinois; Pratheek Rebala, ProPublica
Climate change has changed natural disasters; we must change how we prepare | 10:15 a.m.
Adiel Kaplan, Columbia Journalism School; Chris Keller, The Associated Press; Teghan Simonton, Tampa Bay Times; M.K. Wildeman, Associated Press
Customizing ggplot for yourself or your organization | 10:15 a.m.
Athena Chapekis & Kaitlyn Radde, Pew Research Center
Everything you need to know about political dark money | 10:15 a.m.
Michael Beckel, Issue One; Robert Maguire, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW); Shanna Ports, Campaign Legal Center; Albert Serna, LACIJ/Investigate LA
How to adjust for inflation | 10:15 a.m.
Paul Overberg, The Wall Street Journal
Workshop your public records request | 10:15 a.m.
Dillon Bergin & Kelly Kauffman, MuckRock; Gunita Singh, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Matt Topic, Loevy + Loevy
Beginner track: Writing with numbers | 11:30 a.m.
Jaimi Dowdell, Reuters; Jennifer LaFleur, UC Berkeley
Covering transportation with data and docs | 11:30 a.m.
Paul Overberg, The Wall Street Journal; Wesley Ratko, San Antonio Express-News
Cutting-edge web scraping techniques | 11:30 a.m.
Simon Willison, Datasette
From code to charts: Create DataWrapper graphics straight from R | 11:30 a.m.
Adam Marton, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, University of Maryland
Lessons learned from inclusive collaborations to inform Global Majority-led cross-border investigations | 11:30 a.m.
Eva Constantaras & Jack Sapoch, Lighthouse Reports; Mónica Cordero Sancho, Investigate Midwest ; William Lager, The Marshall Project; Bianca Muniz, Agência Pública de Jornalismo Investigativo
Spatial analysis using geographical Census data | 11:30 a.m.
Michael Corey, Mapping Prejudice, University of Minnesota Libraries; Sandhya Kambhampati, Los Angeles Times
Yes, you still need to calculate an accuracy rate for your AI workflow | 11:30 a.m.
Caitlin Gilbert & Jeremy Merrill & Ence Morse, The Washington Post
AI tools for your newsroom | 2:15 p.m.
Mike Reilley, University of Illinois Chicago & Journalist's Toolbox
Beginner track: Easy visualizations for your first data stories | 2:15 p.m.
Adriana Aguilar, ABC OTV Data Team; Brent Jones, NPR; Grace Manthey, CBS News & Stations; CJ Sinner, The Minnesota Star Tribune
Covering agriculture & our food supply with data | 2:15 p.m.
Mónica Cordero Sancho, Investigate Midwest ; Leah Douglas, Reuters; John McCracken, Investigate Midwest; Gavin Off, The Charlotte Observer
First LLM Classifier: Practical AI in the newsroom *pre-registered attendees only | 2:15 p.m.
Ben Welsh, Reuters; Derek Willis, University of Maryland
Introduction to R *pre-registered attendees only | 2:15 p.m.
Liz Lucas, University of Missouri School of Journalism
Policing the police with data | 2:15 p.m.
Lakeidra Chavis, The Marshall Project; Jeff Hargarten, Star Tribune; Matt Kiefer, Medill | Northwestern; Jennifer Lu, APM Reports
Tips for successful public records requests | 2:15 p.m.
Marisa Kwiatkowski, Knight Foundation; Ryan Martin, Mirror Indy; Gunita Singh, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Matt Topic, Loevy + Loevy
Auditing AI algorithms for bias | 3:30 p.m.
Varsha Bansal, Independent journalist; Tyler Dukes, McClatchy Media; Joanna Kao, Pulitzer Center; Hilke Schellmann, New York University
No comment? What to do when government agencies won't answer your questions about their data | 3:30 p.m.
Hannah Fresques, ProPublica; Jane Kirtley, University of Minnesota; Ryan Little & Greg Morton, The Baltimore Banner
Surveys 101: A journalist’s guide to writing with polling data | 3:30 p.m.
Chris Baronavski & Katherine Schaeffer, Pew Research Center
Tools, tips and tough lessons for teaching data journalism | 3:30 p.m.
Rahul Bhargava, Northeastern University; Maggie Mulvihill, Boston University; Matt Waite, University of Nebraska
How to turn your investigation or data findings into narrative audio | 4:45 p.m.
Alexia Fernandez Campbell, Bloomberg Industry Group; Curtis Gilbert, APM Reports; Kate Howard, Reveal; Emily Zentner, The California Newsroom
Practical, ethical use of AI in the newsroom: Research, reporting and fact-checking | 4:45 p.m.
Katlyn Alo, The Washington Post; Dana Chiueh, Minnesota Star Tribune; Dylan Freedman, The New York Times; Ryan Sabalow, CalMatters
Swapping LexisNexis for free tools | 4:45 p.m.
Dillon Bergin, MuckRock; Brandon Meyer, University of Florida; Diara J. Townes, Sunlight Research Center
Teaching lessons from the JedR Academy | 4:45 p.m.
Yasmin Garcia, University of Texas at Austin ; Christian McDonald & Johan Villatoro, University of Texas at Austin
The data sonification toolkit: Learn to make your data sing | 4:45 p.m.
Aura Walmer, Reynolds Journalism Institute & University of Michigan
Using data to report on the housing crisis in your community | 4:45 p.m.
Jasmine Cui, NBC News; Maya Dukmasova, Injustice Watch; Teghan Simonton, Tampa Bay Times; Camila Vallejo , Eviction Lab
Using open-source tools to investigate public transit | 4:45 p.m.
Greg Morton, The Baltimore Banner
Beginner track: Taking it all home | 9 a.m.
Greta Kaul, Minnesota Star Tribune; John Kelly, CBS News; Liz Lucas, University of Missouri School of Journalism
Election data to use after the election | 9 a.m.
Derek Willis, University of Maryland
R 1: Intro to R and RStudio | 9 a.m.
Destiny Herbers, Flatwater Free Press
Behind the story: Recovery Inc. – Using data to investigate the big business of addiction treatment | 10:15 a.m.
Kelly Dietz, KARE11; A.J. Lagoe, KARE-TV
R 2: Data analysis and plotting | 10:15 a.m.
Maia Rosenfeld, ABC
Using IF statements and VLOOKUP in Sheets | 10:15 a.m.
MaryJo Webster, Minnesota Star Tribune
When Excel doesn’t excel: Simple Python for problem spreadsheets | 10:15 a.m.
Tom Nehil, The Minnesota Star Tribune
Yes, you really CAN get high-res satellite images for free | 10:15 a.m.
Carl Churchill, The Wall Street Journal; Laura Kurtzberg, IRE & NICAR; Rowan Philp, GIJN; Daniel Wolfe, The Washington Post
Creating simple maps for publication with satellite images and other raster data sources | 11:30 a.m.
Laura Kurtzberg, IRE & NICAR
Early career journalists' roundtable | 11:30 a.m.
Diana Fuentes, IRE & NICAR; Teghan Simonton, Tampa Bay Times
Quick-hit investigations | 11:30 a.m.
Adam Rhodes & Francisco Vara-Orta, IRE & NICAR
R 3: Gathering and cleaning data | 11:30 a.m.
Amelia McNamara, University of St. Thomas
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