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A new data tool in Kenya

Greetings, hacks and hackers! Code for Africa just launched their new data tool PesaYetu. PesaYetu helps journalists, researchers and activists in Kenya obtain county-level datasets and visualizations. Happening this week: * Nigeria is learning advanced data analysis Worth a read: * Nieman Lab’s monthly journalism research newsletter highlighted a study that

Samantha Sunne Apr 26, 2022

Start using AI with the AP

Greetings, hacks and hackers! The AP's weekly Local News AI Readiness Workshops have started, and will continue for the next several weeks. Registration is still open for live panels, demos and how to videos on various Artificial Intelligence tools and topics. Worth a read: * Over 71 digital media

Samantha Sunne Apr 19, 2022

Tools and tips from IJF 22

Hello, hacks and hackers! The International Journalism Festival took place in person last week in Perugia, Italy. A lot of the sessions, tweets and recaps can be found on the conference website. Worth a read: * Moksha Data Studio is a new project created to help make data visualizations for government

Samantha Sunne Apr 12, 2022

New grant for investigative projects

The Google News Initiative and Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism are partnering to create The Data-Driven Reporting Project which offers financial and training support for journalists working on document-based investigative projects. The $2 million fund is open to support projects that serve local and/or underrepresented communities in

Samantha Sunne Apr 5, 2022

MisinfoCon at IJF

Some news, hacks and hackers! Our partner org MisinfoCon will be presenting at the International Journalism Festival in Perugia, Italy. The IJF is returning April 6 to 10 and it is free to attend in person. Happening this week: * Nairobi is virtually meeting up Worth a read: * A communications professor

Samantha Sunne Mar 29, 2022

Register for the AP's free AI workshops

Greetings, hacks and hackers! Registration is open for the AP’s free, online six week course on newsroom AI and automation. The course starts on April 13 and will include guest speakers, office hours, how-to videos and workshops to help you learn how to incorporate AI technologies into your newsroom

Samantha Sunne Mar 22, 2022

NICAR is back

Greetings, hacks and hackers! NICAR, the biggest data journalism conference in the US, met for the first time in person since early 2020. You can find resources from sessions here about learning R, JavaScript, web scraping and more. Worth a read: * Project Oasis is a collaborative project from UNC, the

Samantha Sunne Mar 15, 2022

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