[ddj] LIVE WEBCAST 7/30: Data Journalism and Policymaking

Thu Jul 31 10:15:34 UTC 2014

This is brilliant. Many thanks for sharing.
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From: data-driven-journalism [mailto:data-driven-journalism-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Justin Arenstein
Sent: 31 July 2014 11:03
To: data-driven-journalism at lists.okfn.org; avkodjopro at gmail.com
Subject: Re: [ddj] LIVE WEBCAST 7/30: Data Journalism and Policymaking

Hi Kodjo,

There's actually a growing & vibrant data journalist community in Africa, including in West Africa. You might want to join https://www.facebook.com/HacksHackersAfrica to find fellow enthusiasts in your region. If there isn't a local chapter, help launch one. Other chapters meet monthly, to share skills & to collaborate on projects.

https://www.facebook.com/CodeForAfrica also has 'labs' and dev teams in five African countries, which embed technologists into newsrooms. There isn't one yet in Togo, but the Ghana & Nigeria hubs would be happy to collaborate or invite you to their events. You can see the kinds of things they build on https://github.com/CodeForAfrica and https://github.com/Code4SA.

And, you should keep an eye on https://www.facebook.com/NewsChallenge (and its sister programmes like https://www.facebook.com/AfricanStoryChallenge and the AMI Sandbox Fund). They collectively award over $1m per year in grants for African data & digital journalism projects. The 2014 call for ANIC proposals is due to go live soon.

ANCIR (https://www.facebook.com/AfricaInvestigated) also regularly offers grants for data-driven investigative reporting, and the African team on http://investigativedashboard.org/ helps newsrooms do deep data dives.

Hope this helps!

Cheers,
Justin

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> *From:* Kodjo PRO AVULETEY [avkodjopro at gmail.com<mailto:avkodjopro at gmail.com>]
> *Sent:* 29 July 2014 17:21
> *To:* List about Data Driven Journalism and Open Data in Journalism.
> *Subject:* Re: [ddj] LIVE WEBCAST 7/30: Data Journalism and Policymaking:
> A Changing Landscape
>
>   Hello,
> Unfortunately we are so far from Washington. We african journalists need
> such oppotunities to master our interest in datajournalism. We hope one day
> such workshops will comme near to us.
> Greetings.
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> 2014-07-29 18:01 GMT+04:30 Lea Shanley <lashanley at gmail.com<mailto:lashanley at gmail.com>>:
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>> What is data journalism? Why does it matter? How has the maturing
>> field of data science changed the direction of journalism and global
>> investigative
>> reporting? Our speakers will discuss the implications for policymakers and
>> institutional accountability, and how the balance of power in information
>> gathering is shifting worldwide, with implications for decision-making and
>> open government.
>>
>> *Wednesday, July 30th, 10:00am- 12:00pm, EDT*
>>
>> 5th Floor Conference Room, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC
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>> *RSVP HERE*
>> <
>> http://pages.wilsoncenter.org/07302014DataJournalismandPolicymaking_STIPEventStandardTemplate_ModelEvent_ModelEvent_Registration.html
>> >*
>>
>> * WATCH THE LIVE WEBCAST HERE*
>> <
>> http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/data-journalism-and-policymaking-changing-landscape
>> >
>>
>> Tweet your questions @STIPcommonslab
>>
>> Follow the event on twitter #datajournalism
>>
>> *Read the report Art and Science of Data Journalism here
>> <http://towcenter.org/art-science-data-driven-journalism/>.*
>>
>> Speakers:
>>
>> Kalev H. Leetaru is a is the 2013-2014 Yahoo! Fellow at Georgetown
>> University, a Council Member of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda
>> Council on the Future of Government, and a Foreign Policy Magazine Top 100
>> Global Thinker of 2013. For nearly 20 years he has been studying the web
>> and building systems to interact with and understand the way it is
>> reshaping our global society, and his work has been featured in the press
>> of over 100 nations and fundamentally changed how we think about
>> information at scale and how the ?big data? revolution is changing our
>> ability to understand our global collective consciousness.
>>
>> Alexander B Howard is a writer and editor based in Washington, DC. Howard
>> is a columnist at TechRepublic and founder of E Pluribus Unum, a blog
>> focused on open government and technology. Previously, he was a fellow at
>> the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University, the Ash
>> Center at Harvard University, the Washington Correspondent for O?Reilly
>> Media, and an associate editor at SearchCompliance.com and WhatIs.com.
>>
>> Moderator:
>>
>> Louise Lief is a journalist and media educator. From 1998 to 2012 she was
>> the deputy director of the International Reporting Project (IRP) at the
>> Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. She
>> designed and directed programs and launched initiatives to engage
>> reporters
>> and editors in a wide range of issues, and to explore how technological
>> change impacts international newsgathering. Previously, she was a
>> diplomatic correspondent and senior editor for U.S. News and World Report,
>> and a journalist overseas based in Europe and the Middle East,
>> contributing
>> to a variety of news organizations, including the New York Times, CBS News
>> ?60 Minutes,? The Christian Science Monitor, and many others.
>>
>> *The Wilson Center*
>> Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
>> One Woodrow Wilson Plaza
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>> Washington, DC
>> Directions: *http://www.wilsoncenter.org/directions
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>> Event page to rsvp and watch live webcast:
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>> http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/data-journalism-and-policymaking-changing-landscape
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>>   Lea Shanley
>>  Director, Commons Lab
>> Science and Technology Innovation Program
>> Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
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