Data Journalism Work Group
On 20 October, to coincide with the session on data journalism organized by Medialab Prado, Access Info Europe and Pro Bono Publico presented the work group on data journalism. Below we offer information on the work group, its schedule and a registration form.
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What is the work group on data journalism?
Registration for the work group
What is the work group on data journalism?
The idea of creating a work group on data journalism arose from a desire to promote this discipline in Spain, where it is unusual to find this practice applied to everyday news or research. The catalyst is the success of other data journalists’ groups in other countries. This group aims to deal with the difficulties and obstacles that exist today in Spain and also work to make them more common in our media.
The first obstacle we find in our country is that no law granted access to public data exists and the public data reuse policy is weak, unclear and varies according to each administrative entity. Data journalism is based on database study and processing. Without them, research is clearly not possible.
Data journalism also poses other challenges to journalists who should acquire new skills so they are able to read, combine and extract information from databases.
Through the work group, we aim to create a space where tricks, contacts and experiences can be shared to make these difficulties easier to deal with.
Another objective is to create a meeting place where journalists, data visualizers, and all professionals interested in this new discipline can create synergies and thus obtain better results in their research and reports.
The core of the work group is comprised by: José Luis de Vicente, Victoria Anderica, David Cabo, Alberto Cairo, Pepe Cervera Antonio Delgado y Mar Cabra
The content of the meetings will be defined by the work group. At present, these are the dates scheduled for the meetings, workshops and talks:
- 16 November 2011: Presentation by Alberto Cairo and first group meeting to gather ideas and finish defining the schedule.
- 12 January 2012: mini-workshop and talk about data gathering.
- 9 February 2012: mini-workshop and talk about data analysis and processing
- 8 March 2012: mini-workshop and talk about data presentation and visualization.
- 12 April 2012: Bar camp on data journalism.
- 10 May: To be defined
- 14 June: To be defined
- Workshops for the autumn of 2012 where specific projects based on public data will be carried out, as well as the international Visualizar workshop and local workshop on data journalism.
Registration for the work group
Registering for the work group also gives you access to the mail list where we discuss subjects and initiatives related to data journalism. Registration is free and involves no commitments, although we would love it if you participate as much as possible!
To form part of this group please fill in the following form.
You can also see the page of the group at wiki del medialab