A list of talks on journalism, often delivered to classes or at conferences, given in the past few years.
- Bias Behind Bars for Carleton University: A talk on an investigation into systemic bias in Canada's federal prison risk assessments, given to a Digital Criminology class at Carleton Univeristy on September 28, 2022.
- Working at the intersection of journalism and data science: On data-driven journalism. Talk originally given at the University of Toronto’s Data Sciences Institute, as part of the Summer Undergraduate Data Science Research Program on June 10, 2022.
- Introduction to data-driven investigations: On conducting data-driven investigations. Talk originally given virtually to an Advanced Data Journalism and Investigative Research class at Wilfrid Laurier University on November 2, 2021.
- Introduction to enterprise journalism: An introduction to investigative and enterprise journalism. This talk was originally given virtually for Shared Bylines on October 13, 2021.
- Bias Behind Bars for 2021 Computation + Journalism conference: A short talk on investigating systemic bias in Canada’s federal prison risk assessments, given at the virtual Computation + Journalism 2021 conference on February 19, 2021.
- Bias Behind Bars for 2021 Data Driven conference: A short talk on investigating systemic bias in Canada's federal prison risk assessments, given at the virtual Data Driven 2021 conference on January 29, 2021.
- Using freedom of information requests for data journalism: On marrying freedom of information requests and data journalism to report on criminal justice in Canada. This talk was originally given at the University of Winnipeg's Centre for Access to Information and Justice on February 26, 2020.
- Freedom of information basics: A short presentation for journalism students on the basics of filing freedom of information requests in Canada, given on October 17, 2019.
- Introduction to scraping: Resources for a one-day class on the basics of web scraping, taught at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario on July 20, 2018.