The document discusses parliamentary monitoring sites that publish transcripts and data from government proceedings in a more accessible format than official sources, highlighting how analyzing and visualizing this information in infographics and stories has led to increased media coverage and engagement from politicians and citizens around various policy issues. It also outlines additional strategies these organizations employ including building analysis and reporting tools, mining the data for content creation, using social media and metrics, organizing campaigns, and facilitating citizen journalism.

1. Loren Treisman, PhD
Executive of Indigo Trust

2. Parliamentary Monitoring Sites

8. So What?

9. Turning Data Into a Story
Recently the 2013 speech volumes were analysed by Mzalendo, leading to
creation of an infographic. This lead to front-page news in the national press.

12. Highlighting the Quality of Information Presentation
Sites such as
TheyWorkforYou.com,
Mzalendo.com and
pa.org.za publish
transcripts and data in
a far more accessible
manner than the
official sources.
Ensuring that the
mainstream media are
aware of this fact, and
that linking to these
sources adds benefit to
them can help drive
traffic. See this recent
example from
TheyWorkForYou.

13. War?
Gay marriage?
Europe?

14. Building Tools

15. Mining the Data to Create Content: Hansard

16. Mining the Data to Create
Content: Q and A’s

17. Mining the Data to Create
Content: Surveys

19. Social Media

20. Creating and Using Metrics

21. • The Chairman of the ruling party writing to ask
Mzalendo to help with engagement regarding the
Youth Employment Bill
• A rep writing to ask Mzalendo to share
information about a bursary they were offering
• Requests by MPs for profile updates
MPs are starting take notice….

22. Building Campaigns Around the Data

24. Citizen Journalism

25. Grants Are Available

26. Thanks for Listening
Any Questions?
Loren Treisman, PhD
www.indigotrust.org.uk
Twitter: @indigotrust
Loren.treisman@sfct.org.uk