Data has power but also serves power, which means it can be profoundly hard to navigate and understand.

At the same time, the difference between a good investigation and an exceptional one is bound up in data. So how can you use data to transform your reporting, deepen your narrative, and offer creative & entirely unexpected ways of storytelling. How can you use data as power?

At the 2019 Third Coast Conference, veteran data journalist David Eads ( The Chicago Reporter ) presented a session breaking open the uses and limits of data, illustrated with practical examples.

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The 2019 Third Coast Pocket Conference season was co-produced by Neroli Price and Isabel Vázquez.

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