UPDATE: See my 2018 conference list here

Journalism conferences are a great opportunity to network, learn new skills, and visit some interesting new places at the same time. Here’s a chronological round-up of some of the biggest media events in the UK, US, and internationally in 2017.

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🇺🇸 CUNY Investigative Reporting Bootcamp — January 20, New York City

🇬🇧 Association for Journalism Education (AJE): Future-proofing Journalism Education — January 20, London

🇬🇧 DroneHack: Journalism — January 21, Manchester

🇩🇰 Nordic Data Journalism Conference — January 27–28, Odense

🇫🇷 News Impact Summit — February 6, Paris

🇬🇧 news:rewired — February 8, London

🇵🇹 Digiday Publishing Summit Europe — February 21–23, Lisbon

🇬🇧 Digital Media Strategies — February 20–23, London

🇺🇸 Mediashift Annual Journalism School Hackathon — February 24, Reno, NV

🇸🇬 Digital Journalism World — February 27–28, Singapore

SPRING CONFERENCES

🇺🇸 Tapestry Conference — March 1, St Augustine, FL

🇺🇸 National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR) 2017 — March 2–5, Jacksonville, FL

🇺🇸 SXSW Journalism — March 11–16, Austin, TX

🇬🇧 The Guardian Changing Media Summit — March 15–16, London

🇩🇪 Digital Innovators’ Summit — March 19–21, Berlin

🇺🇸 The Power of Narrative — March 24–26, Boston, MA

🇺🇸 Journalism (Un)conference — March 31, Miami, FL

🇺🇸 BinderCon LA — April 1–2, Los Angeles, CA

🇮🇹 International Journalism Festival — April 5–9, Perugia

🇺🇸 National High School Journalism Convention — April 6–9, Seattle, WA

🇺🇸 Association of Health Care Journalists Health Journalism 2017 — April 20–23, Orlando, FL

🇺🇸 International Symposium on Online Journalism — April 21–22, Austin, TX

🇺🇸 Society of American Business Editors and Writers Annual Conference — April 27–29, Seattle, WA

🇨🇦 Canadian Association of Journalists National Conference — April 28–29, Ottawa, ON

🇺🇸 MediaXchange — April 30-May 3, New Orleans, LA

🇮🇩 UNESCO Academic Research Conference on Safety of Journalists — May 3–4, Jakarta

🇮🇪 MoJoCon — May 4–6, Galway

🇺🇸 American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) Annual Conference — May 5–6, New York City

🇺🇸 Muse and the Marketplace 2017 — May 5–7, Boston, MA

🇺🇸 North American Travel Journalist Association Conference — May 16–19, Orange County, NC

🇳🇱 Conference on Narrative Journalism — May 18–19, Amsterdam

🇧🇪 Dataharvest — May 18–21, Mechelen

SUMMER CONFERENCES

🇨🇦 Is no news bad news? Local journalism and its future — June 3–4, Toronto, ON

🇿🇦 World News Media Congress & World Editors Forum — June 7–9, Durban

🇺🇸 THREAD at Yale: Storytelling in Modern Media — June 11–14, New haven, CT

🇦🇹 Global Editors Network (GEN) Summit — June 21–23, Vienna

🇺🇸 Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) 2017 — June 22–25, Phoenix, AZ

🇺🇸 Images and Voices of Hope 2017 Summit — June 22–25, Freehold, NY

🇺🇸 Moving Forward: Where is the Journalist in Social Media? — June 23–24, Denver, CO

🇩🇰 European Conference of Science Journalists — June 26–30, Copenhagen

🇺🇸 The 2017 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference — July 21–23, Grapevine, TX

🇺🇸 Asian American Journalists Association National Convention — July 26–29, Philadelphia, PA

🇺🇸 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Conference (AEJMC) — August 9–12, Chicago, IL

🇺🇸 National Association for Black Journalists 2017 Convention — August 9–13, New Orleans, LA

FALL CONFERENCES

🇺🇸 SPJ Excellence in Journalism — September 5–7, Anaheim, CA

🇺🇸 Digital Media Strategies USA — September 6–8, New York City

🇺🇸 National Native Media Conference — September 7–8, Anaheim, CA

🇺🇸 HippoCamp Creative Nonfiction Conference — September 8–10, Lancaster, PA

🇬🇧 Future of Journalism — September 14–15, Cardiff

🇺🇸 Society for Features Journalism National Conference — September 27–30, Kansas City, MO

🇺🇸 Society of Environmental Journalists Annual Conference — October 4–8, Pittsburgh, PA

🇺🇸 Online News Association (ONA) 2017 Conference — October 5–7, Washington DC

🇸🇬 International Conference on Journalism & Mass Communications — October 9–10, Singapore

🇬🇧 FIPP World Congress — October 9–11, London

🇺🇸 Revenue Models That Work— October 12–13 — Columbia, MO

🇺🇸 World Conference of Science Journalists — October 26–30, San Francisco, CA

🇺🇸 Journalism & Women Symposium CAMP — October 27–29, Hot Springs, AR

🇺🇸 Dodging the Memory Hole 2017 — November 15–16, San Francisco, CA

🇿🇦 Global Investigative Journalism Conference — November 16–19, Johannesburg

For a searchable list of journalism conferences visit abigailedge.com.

Abigail Edge is a British freelance journalist living in Denver, Colorado. She’s interested in covering social justice, digital culture, and awe-inspiring personal stories. Find her on Twitter @abigailedge or email abigail@abigailedge.com.