[Okfn-pk] Karachi d|Bootcamp May 7-9 - Registration Open

Tue Apr 7 08:08:30 UTC 2015

International Centre for Journalists <http://www.icfj.org/our-work/knight>
and Hacks/Hackers Pakistan <https://www.facebook.com/HacksHackersPakistan>
are organizing a data bootcamp
<http://karachi.dbootcamp.org/bootcamps-explained/> May 7-9 at the Center
for Excellence in Journalism <https://www.facebook.com/CEJatIBA>, IBA. The ‪
<https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/dbootcamp?source=feed_text>d|Bootcamp
will be a 3 day long event that will bring together journalists,
developers, designers and civil society activists and train them on how to
find, clean, map and visualize data to create stories and tools that
improve citizens' access to services and information.

Trainers from Code For Africa <https://www.facebook.com/CodeForAfrica>,
International Centre for Journalists Knight program and the Technology for
People Initiative (TPI) <https://www.facebook.com/TPI.LUMS> at LUMS will
deliver hands on, guided practicals.

To maximize the utility of this training, participants will work in
multidisciplinary teams to develop, design and pitch data-driven story and
app ideas around issues like public spending, health, education etc. The
teams with the most innovative use of data in their story / app proposal
will win a cash prize to develop their story or build out their proposed
app toward piloting practical projects.

Registration <http://karachi.dbootcamp.org/registration/> is open till
Sunday April 12, 5pm PKT. The d|Bootcamp is free to attend but travel or
boarding costs are not covered. More details, including agenda at
http://karachi.dbootcamp.org.

Please do spread the word. <http://karachi.dbootcamp.org/registration/>

Thanks!

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*Rahma Muhammad Mian*
<http://www.icfj.org/about/profiles/rahma-muhammad-mian> – Knight
International Journalism Fellow
T +92 321 243 5057 | @rahmamian
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