code4 media presentation at section 27 - 13 february 2013
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Presentation made at Section 27 about our ANIC project to embed fellows into news rooms to promote the use of data and applications in the creation of news.TRANSCRIPT
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Code4SA
Adi Eyal
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Data Rich and Information Poor Data is dying in newsroom morgues and NGOs databases.
Excel is a foreign concept to most journalists.
Opportunities to find linkages between stories are missed.
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• Nerds in the NewsroomIdentify a selection of newsrooms and data-oriented NGOs.
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• Embed data wranglers to work on focused short-term projects.
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• Explore data-based revenue models.
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• Set-up data desks within organisations.
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• Jump in, the water is warm•
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Modelled on Code4Kenya project
Good relationships with newsrooms and media ngos.
HacksHackers, Open Data and Democracy Initiative (ODADI), Open Knowledge Foundation
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• Jumpstart the revolution•
• Pilot data-desks in organisations•
• Tap the enormous value of under-used data •
• Don't sell data by the kilo – identify profitable revenue streams•
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