Meet the #CIJSummer 2023 Data Team
Data journalism plays a key role in all our training. It was at the very early Summer Conferences (then called Summer Schools) that data journalism, known as Computer Assisted Reporting (CAR) was first introduced to the UK.
Back then we could hardly get anyone to attend – now it is a must-have skill for any journalist.
In 2023 we will have a fantastic data team, a mix of our long-term trainers and even our alumni, who are now working data journalists and trainers themselves!
We will be offering a mix of hands-on training: from spreadsheets to R programming language, from the web basics to data case studies. There will be something for every level.
Carmen Aguilar García
Carmen Aguilar García is an award-winning journalist, currently part of The Guardian Data Project team. Before joining the Guardian, she was the first data journalist at Sky News, working on a wide range of topics to find data stories, and covering the Covid pandemic.
Helena Bengtsson
Helena Bengtsson is the data journalism editor at Gota Media, a regional publishing company in the south of Sweden with 13 local titles. She previously worked as the data journalism editor at Sveriges Television, Sweden’s national television broadcaster, for 27 years and has also served as Editor, Data Projects of the Guardian UK between 2014-2017.
Jonathan Stoneman
Jonathan Stoneman is a freelance trainer specialising in data journalism. He has been working with data since 2010. Before that he worked at the BBC – as a reporter, producer, editor of output in Macedonian and Croatian, and finally as head of training at BBC World Service.
Karrie Kehoe
Karrie Kehoe is a data journalist and researcher on the Data and Research team at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Karrie has worked on award-winning global investigations like the FinCEN Files, Pandora Papers, Uber Files, Implant Files and more recently Deforestation Inc.
Louis Goddard
Louis Goddard is co-founder of Data Desk, an investigative consultancy focused on climate and the commodities industry. He previously worked for The Times and Global Witness, where he produced data-driven investigations, including as part of a high-impact campaign against Russian fossil fuel exports.
Luuk Sengers
Luuk Sengers is an experienced teacher and investigative journalist. He lectures at universities and in newsrooms and writes data-driven stories for the leading Dutch magazine De Groene Amsterdammer. He is also the co-developer of Story-Based Inquiry.
Max Harlow
Max Harlow works on the visual and data journalism team at the Financial Times, focusing on investigations. He also runs Journocoders, a group for journalists to develop technical skills for use in their reporting.
Sam Leon
Sam Leon is co-founder of Data Desk, an investigative consultancy focused on climate and the commodities industry. He previously worked at Global Witness where he ran their digital investigations unit.
Published: 10 Mar 2023