Workshops, Presentations & Panels
Workshops
How to cover trans communities sensitively and accurately
Internal training
For the Trans Journalists Association > AudioChuck in 2024
First Python notebook: Data analysis on a deadline
NICAR 2024
For Investigative Reporters & Editors in 2024
How to cover trans issues well in an election year
Public training
For Reynolds Journalism Institute in 2024
How to use bad and limited LGBTQ+ data responsibly
SRCCON 2023
For OpenNews in 2023
How to clean messy data
Internal training
For Civic News Company in 2023
Intermediate/Advanced Excel and Intro to SQL
Diving Into Data Workshop 2023
For Education Writers' Association in 2023
Developed and co-taught a weekend course in Excel and SQL.
How to scrape websites with Google Sheets
Internal training
For Investigative Reporters & Editors > The Mountain State Times in 2022
First Python Notebook
NICAR 2022
For Investigative Reporters & Editors in 2022
Wrote what was then Chapter 12 and taught 1/3 of day-long course.
Investigating Housing
Report for America In-Depth Beat Training
For The Groundtruth Project in 2020
Developed three-hour training and follow-up tipsheets for journalists starting out on the housing beat.
Excel Tricks You've Never Used - Teaching Assistant
2019 IRE Conference, internal newsroom training
For Investigative Reporters & Editors, St. Louis Public Radio in 2019
Presentations
Community call on trans data and mentorship programs for trans journalists
OpenNews Community Call, April
For OpenNews in 2024
Intro to Data Journalism: How To Tell Stories With Data
Class Visits, #Press4Education
For Columbia University, Society of Professional Journalists in 2024, 2020
Reporting With Flawed Data
Report for America Skills Training, Diving Into Data Workshop 2023
For The Groundtruth Project, Education Writers' Association in 2023
Extracting Data from PDFs
Diving Into Data Workshop 2023, internal newsroom trainings
For Education Writers' Association, St. Louis Public Radio in 2023, 2018
Covering trans stories with cultural awareness, evidence, and data
SRCCON 2022
For OpenNews in 2022
Google Forms for Data Entry
Internal training
For St. Louis Public Radio in 2020
The Swiss Army Reporter: Multimedia tools and how to use them
National Student Electronic Media Convention 2019
For College Broadcasters, Inc. in 2019
Illustrating stories with data visuals
STLSPJ Student Boot Camp
For St. Louis Society of Professional Journalists in 2018
Freelancing for Fun and for Profit
STLSPJ Student Boot Camp
For St. Louis Society of Professional Journalists in 2017
Panels
The power of knowing your (data's) weaknesses
NICAR 2024
For Investigative Reporters & Editors in 2024
Trans data: How we can do better
NICAR 2024
For Investigative Reporters & Editors in 2024
Beyond "the medical debate": Envisioning high-impact/autonomy-centered coverage of anti-trans legislation
AccessFest 2023
For Investigative Reporters & Editors in 2023
Transgender and gender non-conforming data sources
AccessFest 2023
For Investigative Reporters & Editors in 2023
Framing and Facts: Getting Trans Coverage Right
NLGJA National Convention 2023
For NLGJA: The Association for LGBTQ+ Journalists in 2023
Shop Talk: Visual Storytelling
76th EWA National Seminar
For Education Writers Association in 2023
How to Cover Trans Issues Well
Region 10 SPJ Conference 2023
For Society of Professional Journalists in 2023
Editors' Roundtable
Higher Ed Media Fellowship CTE Symposium
For Institute for Citizens & Scholars in 2022
Investigating LGBTQ+ Issues with Public Records
FOIAFest
For Chicago Headline Club in 2022
Best practices to get and use data on the LGBTQ community
NICAR 2022
For Investigative Reporters & Editors in 2022
What LGBTQ+ journalists think you should know
The Investigative Reporters & Editors Journal
For Investigative Reporters & Editors in 2021
Spoke with a roundtable of LGBTQ+ journalists about industry issues.
Diverse newsrooms can produce better journalism: Let's make it happen
NICAR 2020
For Investigative Reporters & Editors in 2020
Investigative Journalism, Photojournalism
Mini J School
For St. Louis Public Radio in 2019
Built the Mini J School curriculum with a panel of other journalists and development staff, then lead and participated in several sessions.