Izak Minnaar amp Ron Nixon Wits Power Reporting October 2012 Open Government Open Data and Data Journalism The open data challenge To governments and industry The 2009 call from Sir Tim BernersLee the founder of the internet for ID: 651545
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KODI Kenya Open Data InitiativeIzak Minnaar & Ron NixonWits Power ReportingOctober 2012
Open Government, Open Data and Data JournalismSlide2
The open data challengeTo governments and industry:The 2009 call from Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the internet, for “raw data now” And to journalists:Journalists need to be data-savvy… [it's] going to be about poring over data and equipping yourself with the tools to analyse it and picking out what’s interesting. And keeping it in perspective, helping people out by really seeing where it all fits together, and what’s going on in the country …Slide3
The open data movementWhy is Open Data important?The Open Government Partnership (OGP)UN programme initiated by Obama and driven by a panel of countries in conjunction with industry and civil society, launched in 2011 The commitmentThe progressBuilding blocks for a country’s open data initiativeSlide4
Open dataKey commitment by many countries to establish online open data portalsPrinciples of Open Government DataMany organisations involved, eg:Open Data Foundation
and Open Knowledge FoundationLinking Open Data Open data toolsSlide5
Open data in Kenya The Kenya Open Data Initiative (KODI) – the websiteThe Kenya open data story (Al Kags) – and in videoICT Board Kenya: Open data development campThe impact of KODI – ABN reportImpact on journalism in KenyaData journalism bootcampSlide6
Open data in AfricaADBank – data for AfricaAfrica Open DataUjima projectSlide7
Data journalismSlide8
Data journalism conceptsPrecision journalism: data based stories (Phil Meyer)Computer Aided Journalism/Reporting (CAJ/CAR)Journalism 2.0Networked journalism: online sourcing & sharingData-driven stories based on structured informationSlide9
Data storiesTypical examples:CensusElection resultsService deliveryBudget reportingCrime stats But what about other stories without stats and lists of numbers?Slide10
Story elements and dataThe age-old news formula: 5W+HWhatHistory, dimensions, ...WhoIndividuals, crowds, ...WhenDates, times, intervals, ...WhereLocations; country, town, property, ...WhyHowJournalism = data gathering and data distribution, in story formatSlide11
Data visualisationSlide12
Data visualisationThe Joy of DataInteractive – UK riotsGapminderGoogle Public Data and Fusion TablesWorld Bank data, maps
UN dataSlide13
ReferencesOnline resources: Data visualisation as a storytelling mediumData driven journalismGuardian datablogData Journalism HandbookWebguide/datajournalismSlide14
Webguide - izak.minnaar@gmail.comnixon@nytimes.com Thank you