Demystifying: How not to run with scissors: knowing and checking your data

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Jennifer LaFleur, Investigative Reporting Workshop
Thursday, May 9, 4:00 p.m., Diamond Lake Room 119 EMU

Jennifer LaFleur is data editor for The Investigative Reporting Workshop. She also and teaches data journalism at American University.

Previously, LaFleur was a senior editor at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, managing data journalists, investigative reporters and fellows. She also contributed to or edited dozens of major projects while at Reveal, one of which was a 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist.

She is the former director of computer-assisted reporting at ProPublica and has held similar roles at The Dallas Morning News, the San Jose Mercury News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She is a former training director for Investigative Reporters and Editors and currently serves on the IRE Board of Directors.

She has won for her coverage of disability, legal and open government issues. She has trained thousands of journalists around the world in data journalism and investigative reporting.