Your next encounter with a San Diego police officer may be recorded. Please join local community leaders, including San Diego Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman, on Tuesday, Oct. 14 to discuss this major shift in law enforcement policy.

The San Diego Police Department is one of many agencies nationwide now equipping officers with body cameras, a crime deterrent that’s sparked debate amid accusations of excessive police force in Ferguson, Mo., and elsewhere.

The Society of Professional Journalists, SDPD and panelists with varying views on police cameras will discuss the benefits and controversies of the new technology. When are police required to record? Can the public and the media see the recordings? Do they actually deter crime? Come get these and your other questions answered.

A map designed by NPR to show damage from the tornados in Oklahoma in 2013. See the interactive map here.

Charts, maps, games, spreadsheets and other data-focused features are becoming new essentials in online journalism, and are often the most popular and memorable pieces of stories.

Interactively learn from data journalism experts how to collect, analyze and present data in your next story or reporting project. They’ll each show a data journalism project and guide attendees through the tools and steps needed to accomplish a similar result. Audience members will leave with concrete skills and new tools to use on data journalism projects.

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San Diego SPJ is co-hosting a mixer on Wednesday, August 27 with the local Asian American Journalists Association, National Association of Black Journalists, National Association of Hispanic Journalists, Press Club and Online News Association chapters.

Emily Burns celebrates her SPJ award win at the annual banquet on July 10, 2014. Credit: Quinn Owen, Twitter.

Thanks to all who came to last night’s awards banquet. From the warm weather to the shortened program (with more time for socializing) to KPBS Senior Editor Mark Sauer’s rousing keynote speech, it was truly a great evening.