Our latest Conversations with Data podcast features investigative data journalist Matthew Kauffman from the Solutions Journalism Network. He talks to us about how data journalists can apply a solutions-oriented mindset to their reporting to show a path forward to society's most pressing problems. Matthew also explains how data and solutions reporting are the perfect partners for doing better journalism.

Episode 24: Conversation with Matthew Kauffman (Solutions Journalism Network)

Our latest Conversations with Data podcast features Jan Diehm from The Pudding. As a senior journalist engineer, she explains her creative process for generating visual story ideas and what coding languages she uses to design visual essays.

Episode 28: Conversation with Jan Diehm (The Pudding)

In this episode, data journalist Marie Segger talks to us about launching The Economist's "Off the Charts" data newsletter. We also hear about her career path into data journalism and her advice for generating data story ideas.

Episode 33: Conversation with Marie Segger (The Economist)

This episode features data journalists Miriam Quick and Duncan Geere, the co-hosts of "Loud Numbers", the new data sonification podcast. The pair speak to us about what sonification means for data storytelling and what stories work best for this medium.

Episode 34: Conversation with Miriam Quick and Duncan Geere (Loud Numbers)

This episode features Code For Africa's Jacopo Ottaviani & Tricia Govindasamy. The pair speak to us about the state of data journalism in Africa citing data-led journalism projects and initiatives, including WanaData, InfoNile and Mapping Makoko.

Episode 37: Conversation with Jacopo Ottaviani & Tricia Govindasamy (Code For Africa)

This episode features ICIJ's Pierre Romera, who takes us behind the scenes of the Pandora Papers, the largest cross-border investigation of its kind. He explains how the ICIJ's infrastructure and bespoke tools helped hundreds of journalists dig through 12 million leaked files that reveal hidden wealth, tax avoidance and, in some cases, money laundering by some of the world's rich and powerful.

Episode 38: Conversation with Pierre Romera (ICIJ)

In this episode, data journalist and social entrepreneur Natalia Mazotte talks to us about the media landscape in Brazil, along with organising the CODA Festival, Latin America's biggest data journalism conference. She also opens up to us about her chapter in the second Data Journalism Handbook and its release in Portuguese.

Episode 39: Conversation with Natalia Mazotte

This episode features data journalist Eva Constantaras and data scientist Htet Aung from the investigative outlet Lighthouse Reports. The pair talk to us about leading a cross-border investigation examining the policies of vaccinating Europe's undocumented people. We also hear about the data gathering, documentation and methodology process for this open-source investigation.

Episode 40: Conversation with Eva Constantaras & Htet Aung (Lighthouse Reports)

In this episode, Bloomberg's Sinduja Rangarajan talks to us about using data to find and tell stories examining systemic inequality. She opens up about the power of community when covering critical issues like immigration. We also hear some helpful career advice for journalists new to data storytelling.

Episode 41: Conversation with Sinduja Rangarajan (Bloomberg)

In our latest conversation, veteran journalists Brant Houston and Stephen Doig talk to us about the evolution of data journalism from the 1950s to the present day. The pair identify the leading pioneers and data stories that defined the field. Finally, we hear some interesting future predictions about what new innovation we can expect in 2022.

Episode 42: Conversation with Brant Houston & Stephen Doig

In our latest conversation, Mollie Pettit from Data Visualization Society talks to us about using human-centred design for her data visualisation work. Drawing on her circuitous career path, she speaks to us about her favourite projects and provides learning resources for those new to the field. Finally, she gives us the inside take on this week's Outlier Conference happening February 4-5, 2022.

Episode 43: Conversation with Mollie Pettit (Data Visualization Society)

This episode features a conversation with Paul Bradshaw from Birmingham City University, Michelle McGhee from The Pudding and Carmen Aguilar-Garcia from Sky News. The trio speaks to us about breaking into data journalism and the numerous educational paths one can pursue. Drawing on the panel's mixed experience, we also hear advice on transitioning from a technical or general news role into data storytelling.

Episode 44: Conversation with Paul Bradshaw, Michelle McGhee & Carmen Aguilar-Garcia

This episode features a conversation with Adolfo Arranz from Reuters Graphics and Pei Ying Loh from The Kontinentalist. The pair speak to us about the rise of data journalism in Asia and how accessible open data is throughout the region. We also hear about the importance of working with local organisations on data storytelling to unearth untold stories.

Episode 45: Conversation with Adolfo Arranz & Pei Ying Loh (Reuters Graphics, The Kontinentalist)

This Conversations with Data episode explores how journalists from The New York Times, Bellingcat and AFP are covering the Russia-Ukraine War with open source investigation techniques and tools.

Episode 46: Conversation with Eoghan MacGuire, Hayley Willis & François D’Astier

This Conversations with Data episode explores how journalists from CNN and the Financial Times are covering the Russia-Ukraine War. We examine how innovation can help cure war fatigue among audiences and how journalists can leverage this moment to create new forms of data storytelling.

Episode 47: Conversation with Sam Joiner & Gianluca Mezzofiore (FT, CNN)

This Conversations with Data episode explores how journalists from Texty.ua, The Insider and OCCRP cover the Russia-Ukraine War with data. We also examine how data collection processes work for the humanitarian sector with ACAPS.org and what this means for reporting on the conflict.

Episode 48: Conversation with Peter Bodnar, Dada Lyndell, Karina Shedrofsky, Claudia Manili

This episode explores how to approach data journalism in a closed-information society like Iran. We spoke to Tehran Bureau's Marketa Hulpachova, director of investigations and research at the independent media outlet. She explains the economic challenges for everyday people inside the sanctioned country and how these protests differ from previous ones. We also learn how her corruption investigations use publicly available information to explore the business ties and growing wealth of leading figures in the Iranian regime.

Episode 50: Conversation with Marketa Hulpachova (Tehran Bureau)

In our latest episode, we sat down with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists to discuss the Uber Files. The investigation, first leaked to The Guardian, reveals how Uber flouted laws, duped police, exploited violence against drivers, and secretly lobbied governments during its global expansion. Data journalist Karrie Kehoe and data & research editor Emilia Díaz-Struck talk to us about what was involved in investigating and building a narrative around this massive data leak of 124,000 files.

Episode 51: Conversation with Karrie Kehoe & Emilia Diaz-Struck (ICIJ)

In our latest episode, we spoke about the importance of archiving data journalism. Bahareh Heravi from The University of Surrey and Simon Rogers from Google discuss the challenges and the solutions to address this growing problem of lost content.

Episode 52: Conversation with Simon Rogers & Bahareh Heravi (Google, University of Surrey)

In our latest episode, we spoke about the importance of using collaboration to tell better data stories. Muckrock's Betsy Ladyzhets and Dillon Bergin talk about the power of working with local journalists and scientific experts to find hidden stories. The pair also give us an overview of Muckrock's tools that can help journalists hold governments to account.

Episode 53: Conversation with Betsy Ladyzhets & Dillon Bergin (Muckrock)

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. So what can data journalists do to help audiences understand this complex issue and help evade audience apathy? Powering your climate stories with visualisation is one way to awaken emotion and inspire change. To delve further into this, we caught up with information designer Duncan Geere, data journalist Pei Ying Loh from The Kontinentalist, and visual journalist Rodolfo Almeida from Nucleo. They talk us through their climate stories and share their best practices for visualising climate solutions journalism.

Episode 54: Conversation with Duncan Geere, Pei Ying Loh and Rodolfo Almeida

For decades journalists have examined the global ramifications of climate change on the international stage. But as local communities become more impacted by extreme weather, journalists need to deliver reporting on climate justice through a local and solutions lens. In this episode, we spoke with Alex Harris from The Miami Herald and Tahmid Zami from Thomson Reuters Foundation. The pair draw on their reporting and data skills sharing their experiences of covering climate change from the United States to Bangladesh.

Episode 55: Conversation with Alex Harris & Tahmid Zami

The intersection between race and environmental justice has never been more apparent. As more vulnerable communities bear the brunt of climate change, how can climate journalism reflect their experiences? In this episode, we spoke with Dana Amihere, founder of AfroLA News, and Melba Newsome, a freelance journalist focused on environmental justice issues. The duo take us behind the scenes by sharing how they cover these issues. We also hear what data sources help them to find stories and inform their climate reporting.

Episode 56: Conversation with Dana Amihere & Melba Newsome

Our latest podcast discusses how open source intelligence can power your environmental investigations. Sam Leon from DataDesk and Ben Heubl from Süddeutsche Zeitung talk us through their investigative pieces using OSINT to uncover hidden stories of environmental wrongdoing. We also hear the tools and data skills used to find and tell such stories.

Episode 57: Conversation with Sam Leon & Ben Heubl

Joining us for our first-ever Conversations with Data podcast is Craig Silverman, Buzzfeed's media editor and one of the world's leading experts on online misinformation and content verification. He talks to us about verifying the numbers along with his experience of working with Buzzfeed's data team.

Episode 1: Conversation with Craig Silverman (Buzzfeed)

We've all heard about the gender pay gap, but what about the gender data gap? To mark International Women's Day, we spoke with Data2X's executive director Emily Courey Pryor about how missing or incomplete data on girls and women stop journalists from telling the full story.

Episode 2: Conversation with Emily Courey Pryor (Data2X)

Simon Rogers is a leading voice in the world of data journalism. As the data editor at Google News Lab, we spoke with him about the 2020 Sigma Awards, machine learning in the newsroom, and why collaboration is the future of data journalism.

Episode 3: Conversation with Simon Rogers (Google)

In this week's Conversations with Data podcast, we spoke with data visualisation expert Amanda Makulec about how data journalists can create understandable charts, graphs, and maps that better explain complexity in these uncertain times. With a background in public health, she explains how to effectively approach visualising COVID-19 data for your stories.

Episode 4: Conversation With Amanda Makulec (Excella & Data Visualization Society)

This week's podcast features a conversation with Leonardo Milano who heads up the predictive analytics team at the United Nations OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data. He discusses how the humanitarian community is using predictive modelling and projections to anticipate, respond and prepare for emergencies around the world.

Episode 9: Conversation With Leonardo Milano (UN OCHA Centre For Humanitarian Data)

This week's podcast features a conversation with Professor Nicholas Diakopoulos who heads up the computational journalism lab at Northwestern University. He explains how A.I. can assist journalists in discovering, composing and distributing stories and discusses his new book, Automating the News: How Algorithms are Rewriting the Media.

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