Slowly dying open data portals and apps, mistakes in data interpretation and collaborations that never happened - I have now a sad collection of missed opportunities for open data in journalism, based on my research of open data investigative journalism in Russia and experience in teaching data journalism in Western Balkans and Central Asia. Let’s talk about the global trends and regional specifics of not using open data to its full potential, and discuss what are the ways forward to overcome the barriers. Growing a healthy community of open data users in the region and engaging with global data communities are surely first on the list.

1. LOSING MY FAVOURITE GAME

2. Jon Snow

3. Real John Snow

4. John Snow’s map of cholera outbreaks, 1854

5. Country comparison by population, Nikolai Rubakin, 1912

7. Google News Lab: State of DDJ, September 2017

9. UNICEF: Child mortality has decreased in Kyrgyzstan

11. Akchabar.kg:neonatal mortality divided by health budget, by
region

12. Open data portal of the Ministry of Health, KG

14. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
@anastasiajourno