The Bureau of Investigative Journalism's 'Bureau Local' project was established with £500,000 from Google's Digital News Innovation Fund to support data journalism at a local and regional level. One year on, project head and former Times data journalist Megan Lucero returns to talk about the stories the project has broken, and share what they've learned so far.
As part of the BBC's Local News Partnership the BBC has established a new shared data unit to supply data and data-driven leads to the local news organisations. With over 600 print, online and broadcast titles already signed up, Pete will talk about how the unit has gone about planning data stories that can work across multiple regions and titles.
Hyperlocal, local and national outlets routinely use data as part of investigations. This panel brings together journalists from across the industry to talk about how they use data.
Coding and automation is playing a big role in data journalism. This panel looks at some code-based initiatives in 2017, and areas to watch in the coming years.