The journalismSTL executive board is pleased to announce that Chris Canipe is the keynote speaker for the 2018 fall conference.

Chris Canipe is a senior visual journalist at Axios, a startup news organization based in Washington, D.C., which means he tells stories with charts and data. He spent 6 years on the graphics team at The Wall Street Journal (where he his work earned him a Pulitzer Prize) and has taught data visualization at Columbia University and the Missouri School of Journalism (his alma mater). He works remotely from his home in Kansas City.

The conference is Tuesday, Oct. 23 at Saint Louis University. Watch journalismSTL.com for registration information.