Helena Bengtsson
Helena Bengtsson is the data journalism editor at Gota Media and Bonnier News Local, two regional publishing companies in Sweden with 55 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.
Past courses
Summer Conference Event
— Demo Talk
26 June 2026
AI + Data Show and Tell
AI is just now all the rage, and is used for absolutely everything. Three very experienced data journalists talk about the gains, but also pitfalls, of using AI for data journalism. Case Study 1: Hits and misses when extracting data with the help of AI Helena Bengtsson looks into ways of extracting data with the help of AI.
Summer Conference Event
— Course
25 June 2026
Data Journalism: Spreadsheets 1-2. Hands-on. [B+I]
Hands-on. Beginner-Intermediate. This two-part hands-on express data journalism course will introduce you to the basics of data analysis in Google Sheets. Suitable for beginners (part I) and intermediates (part II).
Summer Conference Event
— Course
27 June 2025
Data Journalism: Investigating Data with R 1-3. Hands-on. [B+I]
Hands-on. Beginner [B]-Intermediate [I]. Sooner or later you know you’ll come up against a dataset so big it’s going to crash Excel if you even try to open it. Maybe your questions are becoming too complex for Excel’s built-in analytics tools to handle.
Summer Conference Event
— Course
26 June 2025
Data Journalism: Spreadsheets 1-3. Hands-on. [B+I]
Hands-on. Beginner-Intermediate. This three-part hands-on express data journalism course will introduce you to the basics of data analysis in Google Sheets. Suitable for beginners (part I) and intermediates (parts II and III).
