IJAsia16: Lightning Talks - Best Tips & Tools from...

Welcome, everyone, to Uncovering Asia: The Second Asian Investigative Journalism Conference. From September 23 to 25, we are bringing together top investigative reporters, data journalists, and media law and security experts from across Asia and around the world.

Below you will find more than 60 sessions and special events. There are panels on digging out hidden facts online, the environment, business, and how to fund your project; seminars on security and tracking dirty money; data journalism workshops by the best in the business; and much more.

You can follow us on Twitter at #IJAsia16. On behalf of your hosts — the Global Investigative Journalism Network, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, and the Centre for Investigative Journalism, Nepal, we wish you a big hello! Namaste!

Lightning Talks - Best Tips & Tools from the Trainers

Our popular Lightning Talks give instructors five minutes to offer brief summaries of favorite data tools and techniques -- many not covered during the conference's full-length sessions and workshops.

Moderators

Mark Horvit

Executive Director, Investigative Reporters & Editors

Mark Horvit is the executive director of Investigative Reporters & Editors. He oversees training, conferences and services for more than 4.300 members worldwide, and for programs including the National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR) and DocumentCloud. Horvit also... Read More →

Brant Houston

Knight Chair in Investigative Reporting, University of Illinois

Brant Houston is the Knight Chair in Investigative Reporting at the University of Illinois where he teaches and works on projects and research involving the use of data analysis in journalism. He is co-founder of the Global Investigative Journalism Network and the Institute for Nonprofit... Read More →

Speakers

Sandhya Kambhampati

Knight-Mozilla Open News Fellow, Correct!v

Sandhya Kambhampati is a 2016 Knight-Mozilla OpenNews Fellow based at Correctiv in Berlin, Germany. At Correctiv, she worked on an investigation on nursing homes and is currently working on another regarding employment in Germany. She's also working on a personal research project... Read More →

Nils Mulvad

Investigative Reporting Denmark

Nils Mulvad is a co-founder of the Global Network for Investigative Journalism and other international networks such as Farmsubsidy.org. He was CEO for the Danish International Center for Analytical Reporting 2001-2006, European journalist of the year in 2006, and he also teaches data... Read More →

Sanjit Oberai

Data Trainer, Freelance

Sanjit Oberai is working as a freelance data editor / trainer where he conducts training sessions for journalists on how to use data effectively in newsrooms. He has worked with many digital start ups like thequint, IndiaSpend, Firstpost.com, and Moneycontrol.com. He has been actively... Read More →

Jane Pong

Data Visualisation Journalist, Financial Times

Jane Pong is a data visualisation journalist at the Financial Times, where she specialises in data-related information graphics. She designs visualisation tools that help the reader in finding patterns and stories in the data. Jane has previously worked as a graphics editor at... Read More →

Qing Tian

Data Editor, Dyclub Data Media Lab

Qing Tian is a 2015 graduate of the Missouri School of Journalism. Her dream was initially to work as a war correspondent, but was later allured by numbers and data within news reporting. Previously she worked as news reporter, video editor and news designer, and now is pushing the... Read More →

Ming Zeng

Editor, Dyclub Data Media Lab

Ming Zeng is a 2015 journalism graduate of Wuhan University. After graduation, she worked as a reporter at Zhujiang Business Journal, focusing on social issues and civil news. Now she is a product manager and editor at Dy Data Media Lab at Wuhan University.

Sunday September 25, 2016 09:00 - 10:15
Dynasty Hall 2nd Floor

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