Why journalists and technologists must collaborate | IJNet

 

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Catherine Gicheru | August 12, 2015 The launch of the Kenya Open Data Initiative in July 2011 led to the release of hundreds of data sets which, for a few discerning journalists and editors, opened up a new way of discovering, reporting and disseminating news. From the new data sets, journalists can learn details about budget allocations to Kenyan counties and also gain insight into how these allocations impact people’s lives. But the initial media excitement over the release of the data has since waned as not many journalists have the skills to access the huge amounts of data available, analyze it and create interactive visualizations to help them tell their stories better. On the other hand, there are a growing number of technologists who are able to gather and organize disparate data sets to make the information easier or convenient to consume. via Why journalists and technologists must collaborate | IJNet.