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The Pond

Data journalism tips, useful links, and upcoming online sessions.

A community for and by nerds in the newsroom.

Upcoming events

Community hangouts and Pondcast training sessions. Come learn, ask questions, and find stories in data with us.

What's in the Pond?

Discord community

Peer feedback, questions, and connection with fellow data journalists — plus community events a couple of times a month.

Newsletter

Tips, new tutorials, and what's happening in the data journalism world — delivered straight to your inbox.

Resources & trainings

Curated tutorials, practical guides, and monthly online sessions — from spreadsheets to Python to data viz.

Past events

Missed one? Most of our training sessions become a Pondcast episode — catch up below.

Newsletter editions

Catch up on past editions of The Pond.

The Pond #13: Ski resorts, murder mysteries and Frisket
Newsletter Oct 29, 2026

🎿 The Pond #13: Ski resorts, murder mysteries and Frisket

Also: how much Big Tech can you ditch? 🦵

The Pond #12: Taming robots
Newsletter Oct 2, 2026

🧽 The Pond #12: Taming robots

Also: come learn about digital independence 🐸

The Pond #11: Cleaning up
Newsletter Sep 3, 2026

🪷 The Pond #11: Cleaning up

Let's dig into the dirt 🐸🧹

The Pond #10: Dataharvest and vibes
Newsletter Jun 2, 2026

🪷 The Pond #10: Dataharvest and vibes

Also: come learn about maps! Now for real.

The Pond #9: Embeddings, eggs and statistics
Newsletter May 6, 2026

🪷 The Pond #9: Embeddings, eggs and statistics

Also: come learn about maps!

The Pond #8: Don't make unit mistakes!
Newsletter Apr 8, 2026

🪷 The Pond #8: Don't make unit mistakes!

Also: come learn about embeddings and how to find even more stories in data!

The Pond #7: beware of percentages!
Newsletter Feb 26, 2026

🪷 The Pond #7: beware of percentages!

Also: come find stories with us and learn how to calculate CO2 emissions!

The Pond #6: Nurseries, VPNs and color palettes
Newsletter Jan 21, 2026

🪷 The Pond #6: Nurseries, VPNs and color palettes

Also: Hang out with us on Mondays!

The Pond #5: Take the leap!
Newsletter Nov 17, 2025

🪷 The Pond #5: Take the leap!

Hello my dear frosches! 🐸 WebSummit stories, a Color Analyzer tool, a newsletter robot, plus tutorials and databases.

The Pond #4: On the road again
Newsletter Oct 15, 2025

🪷 The Pond #4: On the road again

Hello my lovely frosches! Travel, mentoring and community news from The Pond.

The Pond #3: Mentorships open!
Newsletter Sep 16, 2025

🪷 The Pond #3: Mentorships open!

Come learn with me!

The Pond #2: Be unfrogettable
Newsletter Jun 17, 2025

🪷 The Pond #2: Be unfrogettable

Getting ready for summer

The Pond #1 : Making the right choices
Newsletter May 28, 2025

🪷 The Pond #1: Making the right choices

Your first dip and an upcoming free course.