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.

1. Code4SA
Adi Eyal

2. CC Image courtesy of theogeo on Flickr
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
Newsroom
Identify 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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4. • Jump in, the water is warm
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CC Image courtesy of billward on Flickr
Modelled on Code4Kenya project
Good relationships with newsrooms and media ngos.
HacksHackers, Open Data and Democracy Initiative (ODADI), Open
Knowledge Foundation

5. • Jumpstart the revolution•
• Pilot data-desks in organisations
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• Tap the enormous value of under-used data
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• Don't sell data by the kilo – identify profitable revenue streams
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• CC Image courtesy of reway2007 on Flickr

6. Adi Eyal
adi@burgercom.co.za

7. Adi Eyal
adi@burgercom.co.za