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Global Comm Talk Series: Big Data and Journalism by Dan Costa

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Global Comm Talk Series: Big Data and Journalism by Dan Costa

Date:

17 Oct 2017

Time:

13:00-14:00

Venue:

NAH313 (C-Centre)

Speaker(s):

Dan Costa

Biography of Speaker:

Dan Costa is editor in chief of PCMag.com, SVP of Content for Ziff Davis, and the host of Fast Forward, a podcast about living in the future.

He oversees editorial operations for PCMag.com, Geek.com, ExtremeTech.com, and ComputerShopper.com which serve more than 21 million readers a month. He appears regularly on CNN, NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, ABC, BBC America, and FOX to talk about the latest technology news. He is also a renowned public speaker on the impact of technology on society and business.

Enquiries:

Ms. Ivy Chow
Tel: 39433241
Email: ivychow@cuhk.edu.hk

Event Details:

Dan Costa will discuss how journalists can embrace big data tools to determine what to cover, how to cover it, write better stories and get people to read them. Also, he is deeply engaging and up-to-date on the cutting edge tech trends such as artificial intelligence, smart cities, etc. Students and colleagues can explore more with the speaker in the Q&A session.