Dataharvest 2026 - the European Investigative Journalism Conference

Paul Bradshaw runs the MA in Data Journalism at Birmingham City University and also works as a consulting data journalist with the BBC Shared Data Unit. A journalist, writer and trainer, he has worked with news organisations including The Guardian, Telegraph, Mirror, Der Tagesspiegel and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism. He publishes the Online Journalism Blog, is the co-founder of the award-winning investigative journalism network HelpMeInvestigate.com, and has been listed on both Journalism.co.uk's list of leading innovators in media, and the US Poynter Institute's list of the 35 most influential people in social media. His awards include Multimedia Publisher of the Year and the CNN MultiChoice award for an investigation into player trafficking in Nigeria.Paul's books include Finding Stories in Spreadsheets, Scraping for Journalists, The Data Journalism Heist, Mobile-First Journalism and the Online Journalism Handbook.