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2016 Election Coverage, from Mayors to Governors to Presidents

  • April Bethea
  • Meghan McCarty
  • Amalie Nash

The U.S. elections in 2016 won’t just usher in a new President; we’ll also see incoming mayors and governors across the country. This session is a behind-the-scenes look at...

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A Hollywood ‘Spotlight’ On Award-Winning Boston Globe Investigation

  • Matt Carroll
  • Sacha Pfeiffer
  • Michael Rezendes
  • Walter V. Robinson
  • Moderated by Josh Singer

The award-winning team behind the Boston Globe’s intensive investigation into Catholic church abuses will reunite for this special keynote conversation. The Spotlight team will...

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Blood on the Screen: Dealing with Vicarious Trauma Via UGC

  • Kim Bui
  • Hannah Cushman
  • Gavin Rees
  • Moderated by Fergus Bell

Social newsgatherers watch the unwatchable — the sort of graphic visuals that, a generation ago, would have required a visit to a crime scene or battlefield. The worst that...

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Breaking News in 2015 is Reshaping Social Newsgathering

  • Andy Carvin

From Charlie Hebdo to the Baltimore protests to the Nepal earthquake, news in 2015 has largely unfolded on social media. Newsrooms of all sizes have been working through the...

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Constructing a Dark Money Narrative for 2016 Elections

  • Robert Maguire
  • Rachel Baye

There is no single tool or data source for tracking the activities of nonprofit political groups increasing their efforts to influence the outcomes of elections around the United...

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Data for Dark Money in the 2016 Elections

  • Russ Choma
  • Anu Narayanswamy

Money is awash in politics these days, and the internet is a useful tool for making sense of the dark trail. Find out how reporters and developers can work together to create...

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Don’t Be The Leak: Protecting Our Sources and Ourselves

  • Nico Sell
  • Moderated by Cory Doctorow

Nico Sell — hacker, founder of Wickr and privacy advocate — discusses how privacy will become an increasingly valued and sought-after status. Privacy concerns extend far...

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From Scheherazade to Snapchat: Ancient Storytelling Practices that Win the Internet for Good

  • Amy O'Leary

In an age where algorithms are determining much of what we see, there’s a scramble to “reinvent” storytelling for a digital age. But taking the long view (and we mean a...

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Journalism Fact-Checking 101 for the 2016 Elections

  • D'Angelo Gore
  • Lisa Halverstadt
  • Linda Qiu
  • Moderated by Jane Elizabeth

What? You’re not fact-checking the 2016 elections in your area? We’ll help you jump into an important form of accountability journalism — for politics and any beat...