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Tell stories with data.

Free practical resources on data journalism, sourcing, spreadsheets and responsible AI, plus bespoke training for newsrooms, NGOs and journalism schools.

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What I teach

Data analysis
Visualisation
AI workflows
Storytelling

Since 2021 I have taught data journalism to postgraduate students at City, University of London and run newsroom workshops at conferences including Climate Arena and Dataharvest.

Library

Resources

Data Sources

A starting point for finding useful public, official, and international datasets for journalism.

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Academic Data Sources

A practical guide to finding papers, replication data, and alerts for academic research relevant to journalism.

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Data Calendar

Release calendars and publication schedules that help reporters plan stories around upcoming datasets.

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Data Toolbox

A practical toolbox of scraping, wrangling, analysis and visualisation resources for data journalism.

Lessons

Introduction to Data Journalism

A concise introduction to what data journalism is, why it matters, and how it changes newsroom work.

Lessons

AI for Journalists

A practical introduction to what large language models are good at, what they get wrong, and how to think about them as a reporter.

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AI in Google Sheets

How to use language models inside Google Sheets, where the risks show up, and how to validate outputs before trusting them.

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Data Journalism Awards

A short list of awards relevant to data journalism and investigative reporting.

Get in touch

Whether you have a massive dataset or just the seed of an idea, let's talk about it.

Direct email mail@samizdata.co

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Location

London, UK