Los Angeles

Using Data, New Tools and Social Media to Hack the Upcoming Elections - Knight Foundation [Sponsored Session]

Winners of the most recent Knight News Challenge on Elections will share best practices on how to use technology, data and new engagement methods during the upcoming campaign. They will also offer tips on how journalists can prepare winning applications for the current News Challenge on Data, which is open for applications from September 8-25. [soundcloud url="https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/227702009" params="color=ff9900&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false" width="100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]

— This session will have recorded audio

Speakers

John Clark - Executive Director, Reese News Lab @ UNC School of Media and Journalism
johnclark | http://reesenewslab.org

Jennifer LaFleur - Senior Editor, Data, The Center for Investigative Reporting
j_la28 | https://www.revealnews.org

Robert Maguire - Political Nonprofit Investigator, Center for Responsive Politics
RobertMaguire_ | http://www.opensecrets.org

Amalie Nash - Executive Editor and Vice President for News and Engagement, The Des Moines Register
AmalieNash | http://www.desmoinesregister.com

Moderators

Shazna Nessa - Director / Journalism, Knight Foundation
shazna | http://knightfoundation.org/staff/shazna-nessa/

Jennifer Preston - Vice President, Journalism, Knight Foundation
jenniferpreston | http://knightfoundation.org