A few pictures from the recently concluded Data Journalism Bootcamp that took place from 5-7 September. The three day workshop hosted a collection of journalists and coders; provided training in the building of news driven mobile applications.
The best project to come from the worksop will be featured at the Highway Africa conference and awarded $1000 (R8300).
Experienced trainers from Google, the Open Institute and the Open Knowledge Foundation led the intensive workshop and helped media professionals with data mining techniques.
The workshop was also supported by the World Bank Institute, rDNA, the African Media Initiative, the International Centre for Journalists and the Rhodes University School of Journalism and Media Studies.
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- Craig Hammer in the Data Jornalism bootcamp work area. Behind him are journalists and coders training in data mining techniques.
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- Professor Harry Dugmore and Mia Malan from Rhodes University taking part in the Data Journalism bootcamp.
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- Craig Hammer, World Bank Institute, introducing a session that included extracting information from Statistics South Africa
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