Loading…
The European Investigative Journalism and Dataharvest Conference organised by Journalismfund.eu, is the most relevant networking event for investigative and data journalists in Europe. Dataharvest EIJC17 will take place on Friday 19, Saturday 20 and Sunday morning 21 May 2017, with a pre-conference Hack Day on Thursday 18 May.
Saturday, May 20 • 16:30 - 17:30
Integrating data journalism in the newsroom

Sign up or log in to save this to your schedule, view media, leave feedback and see who's attending!

How to collaborate when no one understands what you do? Database editor at the Guardian and formerly at the Swedish broadcaster SVT, Helena Bengtson, along with datajournalist at the Guardian Caeilinn Barr will explain to journalists and editors alike why it is so difficult to integrate a data desk in the newsroom - even though everybody knows it's the right thing to do and endorses it.

Speakers
avatar for Caelainn Barr

Caelainn Barr

Data Projects Editor, The Guardian
Caelainn Barr is the data projects editor at the Guardian. When working for the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, she used data analysis to uncover the misuse of expenses by the European Commission and human rights abuses in Ethiopia. She has also worked at the Wall Street Journal... Read More →
avatar for Helena Bengtsson

Helena Bengtsson

Data Journalism Editor, Gota Media
Helena Bengtsson is Data Journalism Editor at Gota Media, a regional publishing company in the south of Sweden with 14 local titles. She previously worked as Editor for Data Journalism at Sveriges Television, Sweden’s national television broadcaster for 27 years and she also served... Read More →


Saturday May 20, 2017 16:30 - 17:30 CEST
C2.21