Leon Yin is an award-winning journalist at Bloomberg News. He builds datasets and develops methods to investigate technology's impact on society. He teaches data journalism workshops and writes a practical guide called Inspect Element. His work has been cited by legislators, the academy, and popular media. In 2023, the series "Still Loading" received a Philip Meyer Award recognizing the best uses of social science methods in journalism. Leon got his start in news at The Markup, and his start in research writing Fortran scripts at NASA.
Speaking at 2 sessions
Pre-Conference: The Investigative Agenda for Technology Journalism (by invitation only)
Speaker
Pre-Conference Day
8:30am - 4:00pm on Thursday, November 20
KLCC Level 4 - Room 408
Techniques to Investigate Misinformation and Social Media