[School-of-data] A call for journalists to enhance global data literacy

[Andrea Nelson Mauro | Dataninja.it]

+1 for Friedrich

2014-11-05 13:50 GMT+01:00 Friedrich Lindenberg <
friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org>:

> Hi!
>
> This sounds interesting, two questions:
>
> 1) How is being an "Infogram Ambassador" different from doing free
> advertising for the company in exchange for a swag bag?
>
> 2) How is infogram.org a non-profit if it engages in advertising for its
> commercial parent company?
>
> I feel like you're co-opting the language of advocacy for advertising,
> which might be doing a disservice to data communities (like School of
> Data).
>
> Best wishes,
>
> - Friedrich
>
> On Wed, Nov 5, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Nika Aleksejeva <nika at infogr.am> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I'm happy to share some good news. Infogr.am - a popular data
>> vizualization service - have launched Infogram.org
>> <http://www.infogram.org/>- a global non-profit initiative with the goal
>> to enhance data literacy.
>>
>> It calls for data-driven journalists
>> <http://www.infogram.org/infogramorg-announcements/2014/11/5/call-for-journalists-activists-communication-officers-and-educators-to-join-its-ambassador-program> around
>> the globe to join Infogr.am Ambassador program and share the essentials of
>> data literacy while hosting workshops and webinars for local journalist
>> communities. Learn more about it here:
>> http://www.infogram.org/ambassador-program-details-and-application
>>
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