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How to tell good LGBTQ+ stories with bad data
By Jasmine Mithani and Kae Petrin
Posted onConcepts and methods to help you do rigorous journalism even when the data is tricky, Part 1.
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7 tips for data-driven journalism about LGBTQ+ communities
By Jasmine Mithani and Kae Petrin
Posted onConcepts and methods to help you do rigorous journalism even when the data is tricky, Part 2.
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How we used an FOI project to show the public the power they can wield
By Tom Cardoso
Posted onSecret Canada is an investigation and a public-service teaching tool. Advice about record requests can inspire your readers, too.
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Advice for sharing security advice
By Martin Shelton
Posted onHow to tailor guidance for your audience, and come up with a plan for keeping it up-to-date.
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A lean newsroom’s blueprint for gathering secure tips
By Halle Stockton
Posted onHow we wired together Signal, Twilio, and a spare cell phone to create a newsroom number for sources who need privacy.
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Magic spreadsheets to help you investigate neighborhood inequities
By Leon Yin
Posted onHere’s how to use these tools and techniques to bring “receipts from streets” with little-to-no code.
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How to tell the story of your work (or, one journalist’s process for career success)
By Michelle Faust Raghavan
Posted onFrom goal-setting and short reflections to perfecting your personal narrative, here’s a five-step process that keeps you ready for opportunities.
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Choose Your Own Mad Libs (or, how you can plug data into automated stories and free up lots of reporting time)
By Mike Stucka
Posted onFrom housing prices to weather to employment, templates can generate hundreds of stories at once about numbers that people care about.
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Sincerely, Leaders of Color: You need to be a different kind of leader in the bad times
By P. Kim Bui
Posted onOur eyes are open to the constant uphill battles our news organizations are facing. Here are some tips to help you navigate as a leader.
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Story recipe: U.S. schools restrain and seclude students thousands of times per school day—how often where you live?
By Emilie Munson, Ying Zhao, and Matt Rocheleau
Posted onWhere to find the data, how to explore it, and questions to ask to report the story for your community.
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Sincerely, Leaders of Color: Keep DEI a priority, even when the economy says otherwise
By Joanne Griffith
Posted onWhen news organizations say they support diversity efforts but their actions say otherwise, teams and communities lose faith.
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Sincerely, Leaders of Color: Three things that could be hindering your newsroom’s DEI progress
By Amanda Zamora
Posted onTo get beyond short-lived gains, it’s time to commit to vision-driven goals that lead to real results.
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Sincerely, Leaders of Color: How to lead in a Kobayashi Maru scenario
By Paul Cheung
Posted onLeaders of color are used to a no-win situation. What doesn’t break us only makes us stronger!
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Small teams & solo work: Using a QA process to build confidence in your data stories
By Kae Petrin
Posted onFour steps you can take to catch errors earlier and bulletproof your work, even if you don’t have a colleague to help out.
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Sincerely, Leaders of Color: You can’t hire your way out of a diversity problem
By Marla Jones Newman
Posted onWhat to do before you hire your BIPOC candidates.
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Sincerely, Leaders of Color: It’s time to talk about the way we treat freelancers
By Emma Carew Grovum
Posted onLeaders in news organizations have a chance to change the way we treat independent journalists.
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Running scrapers on GitHub to simplify your workflow
By Iris Lee
Posted onHow the LAT Data and Graphics team uses GitHub Actions to keep code and data in one place, and track scraper history for free.
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Sincerely, Leaders of Color: With love from a lonely place
By Emma Carew Grovum
Posted onNow’s the time to check in with leaders of color.
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Sincerely, Leaders of Color: How to survive and thrive at ONA
By P. Kim Bui
Posted onTaking care of yourself and making room for others can help you find the conversations that change your career.
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Sincerely, Leaders of Color: We’d love to hear from you
By P. Kim Bui and Emma Carew Grovum
Posted onWe’re so proud of what we’ve shared so far. We want to know what’s helped you the most and what you need next.
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