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by Velichka Dimitrova

OKFN Energy Lab: Call for Partners

July 25, 2012 in Events, Featured, Linked Open Data, OKF Projects, Sprint / Hackday, Workshop

OKF Energy Lab

OKFN Labs is launching Labs Sprints, a new initiative to create data-driven applications around a specific topic within a very short timeframe – a single week. As we start this, we’re looking for partners to help us frame the questions that our apps will aim to explore. To create such high-impact apps which can serve policy-making, our team needs a partner from the topic area who understands the background and the issue in question and can help us guide in the creations of a meaningful product.

Energy Data is theme for the first OKF Lab, taking place in Berlin 1-8 October, 2012, and bringing together a small team of coders, designers, data wranglers, technologists and policy experts. The theme is structured broadly to incorporate a wide range of sub-topics e.g. renewable energy resources and energy efficiency, fossil fuels and traditional energy structures, electricity demand and supply, government spending around energy policies as well as emissions from energy use in transport, industry, etc.

Open energy data is increasingly recognised by governments as “a powerful input to innovation” that can empower citizens, create jobs, encourage entrepreneurship and foster societal transformations. Access to energy data is also a citizen’s right: publicly-owned machine readable energy information and data should be made available and accessible to all sectors of society.

Creative energy data apps could assist users in forecasting future consumption based on previous usage data, mapping daily electricity consumption peaks and lows, providing web-based tools for emissions data-collection, comparing the efficiency and cost of alternative energy investments or presenting data in an easy-to-understand, interactive and engaging way.

OKF Lab

Organisations that are working in this area are invited to partner with OKFN Labs on presenting a challenge for our team. The partners are expected to provide some support in the process of framing the Energy Lab and present an input in the form of a presentation about current research, policy and technological gaps.

Please contact us with a short e-mail, outlining the challenge in answering the following questions.

  • What is the problem you would like to solve?
  • Which are the groups and relevant audiences?
  • What kind of data would you like to use?

Contact e-mail: sprints [at] okfn.org

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by admin

Data Wrangling Handbook Sprints: July 18th in Portland! July 19th everywhere!

July 17, 2012 in Events, Our Work, School of Data, Sprint / Hackday, Workshop

School of Data logo We’re taking the Data Wrangling Handbook on the road! We’ll be in Portland, Oregon this Wednesday, July 18th from 3-7 pm at Collective Agency, 322 NW Sixth Ave (between Everett and Flanders), Suite 200. (Buzz “200″ when you arrive.) View Map

Then, to keep the ball rolling, we’re following up with a virtual sprint on Thursday July 19th. Times for the virtual sprint:

4pm – 8pm UTC; 5pm – 9pm BST; 6pm-10pm CEST

9am – 1pm PDT; 10am – 2pm MDT; 11am – 3pm CDT; 12pm – 4pm EDT

IMG_1639 How You Can Help

There are (at least!) three different ways for you to help with the handbook:

  • Author a section – sign up to help write a section of the Data Wrangling Handbook. You can also add additional sections to the end of the document.
  • Edit a section or sections
  • Suggest tutorials & resources for the further reading of each section

If you plan to attend – in person or virtually – please sign up: http://schoolofdata.okfnpad.org/handbooksprint

Our last School of Data virtual sprint had over 60 participants, who reviewed and drafted courses, and suggested materials and resources. We’re looking forward to the success of the Data Wrangling Handbook Sprint!

Questions? Email: schoolofdata@okfn.org or Twitter: @SchoolOfData

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by Naomi Lillie

BiblioHack-ed

July 9, 2012 in Bibliographic, DM2E, Events, OKF Projects, Open GLAM, Our Work, Sprint / Hackday, TEXTUS, WG Open Bibliographic Data, Working Groups, Workshop

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Last month we ran the Open Knowledge Foundation’s largest celebration of open bibliographic data to date. The main focus of the two-day event was to get some hacking done and use the tools the Open Knowledge Foundation has helped to build, or is currently building, for working with bibliographic data, such as BibServer, TEXTUS and BibSoup.

Open GLAM Workshop

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The other component to the two-day event was a one-day workshop for those working in cultural heritage institutions. It included an introduction to some of the basic technical concepts of open data such as APIs and Linked Data, as well as advice from experts in the field on how to prepare your data for a hackathon. The workshop also sought to start conversations with the institutions represented from around London about what the challenges were to opening up more of their collections online and how the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Open GLAM initiative could assist in the process.

The write up of the workshop can be found on OpenGLAM.org and over on the Talis Systems website (thank you Tim Hodson!) One highlight of the workshop was Harry Harrold’s brilliant talk on how to get your data ready for a hackathon:

Bibliohack: Preparing your data for a hackathon from UKOLN on Vimeo.

The Hacking

The hacking began with an agreed approach of identifying one unified problem and established the need to create ‘A Bibliographic Toolkit’: bringing together the tools necessary to liberate bibliographic data, make it openly available on the net and to interact with that data.

The main components to this were:

  • Utilising BibServer – adding datasets and using PubCrawler
  • Creating an Open Access Index
  • Developing annotation tools

Project diagram

Groups identified particular Open Knowledge Foundation projects including TEXTUS and BibServer to find out what they could offer as part of this Toolkit, and looked into other available facilities on the web.

It was so exciting so see people approaching common problems from different angles and finding new ways around problems. One example of this was the TEXTUS group’s new approach to managing bibliographic references and how it can complement approaches to semantic annotation currently being worked on by the DM2E team who were present at the hack. Adrian Pohl and Etienne Posthumus’s attempt to load the whole of German National Bibliography into a Bibserver was another such example.

For some more detailed information on what occurred each day, check out the daily blog reports we wrote over on openbiblio.net:

Big Thanks

We’d like to thank all the groups involved who made the two days such a success, especially DevCSI, UK Discovery DM2E, Open GLAM, Open Biblio and all of the participants.

The OKFN frequently arranges workshops, hackdays and meet-ups, so do keep an eye on this blog and meet-up channel for news of upcoming events.

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by Naomi Lillie

Hackathon alert: BiblioHack!

May 9, 2012 in Bibliographic, DM2E, Events, Featured, OKF Projects, Open GLAM, Sprint / Hackday, WG Cultural Heritage, WG Open Bibliographic Data, Working Groups, Workshop

The Open Knowledge Foundation’s Open Biblio group, and Working Group on Open Data in Cultural Heritage, along with DevCSI, present BiblioHack: an open Hackathon to kick-start the summer months. From Wednesday 13th – Thursday 14th June, we’ll be meeting at Queen Mary, University of London, East London, and any budding hackers are welcome, along with anyone interested in opening up metadata and the open cause – this free event aims to bring together software developers, project managers, librarians and experts in the area of Open Bibliographic Data. A workshop will run alongside the coding on the 13th, and a meet-up on the evening of the 12th is open to all whether you’re attending the Hackathon or not.

What is BiblioHack?

BiblioHack will be two days of hacking and sharing ideas about open bibliographic metadata.

There will be opportunities to hack on open bibliographic datasets and experiment with new prototypes and tools. The focus will be on building things and improving existing systems that enable people and institutions to get the most of bibliographic data.

If you’re a non-coder there are sessions for you too. On the 13th June we will be running a seminar addressing the technical aspects to opening up cultural heritage data which will include a crash course on how to open up your data so developers can build great tools from it as well as some presentations aimed at demystifying some of the key technical concepts around open metadata. There will also be plenty of opportunities for you to discuss some of the challenges to openness faced by your institution.

When and where?

  • The main hackathon will take place over two days between 13th and 14th June at Queen Mary University of London
  • On the 13th June we’ll be running the workshop addressed at the technical challenges to opening up metadata. So for those unable to participate in the hack due to time constraints or lack of coding know how – this is for you!
  • On the 12th June – Tuesday evening (details TBC but will be a pub in central / east London!) – we’ll also be hosting a meet-up for anyone attending the hack and open data more generally. Whether it’s open bibliographic data, spending or government data that floats your boat all tribes are welcome!

Who is organising the event?

Who else is involved?

We’ve already lined up a whole host of speakers and groups who’ll be attending both the hack and the workshop. The list so far includes UK Discovery, CKAN, Europeana, Total Impact, Neontribe, The British Library with many more to be added in the coming days…

You’re giving your time and expertise – what do you get if you attend the whole hack?

  • Accommodation at QMUL overnight on the 13th
  • Food and drink across the 3 days
  • The chance to work with experts in their fields
  • Admiration and respect from your peers
  • We could expound at length, but… go on, you know you want to (it’s free!)

How can I sign up?

  • Register here for the 2 day hack
  • Register here for workshop only
  • Register here for Meet-up only

Please note, if you wish to attend all 3 events you should sign up for each, and the Workshop will run in parallel with the hacking on the morning of the 13th.

More questions?

Contact Naomi Lillie on admin [@] okfn.org.

See you there!

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by Joris Pekel

Open GLAM Workshop in Berlin – Register now!

April 2, 2012 in DM2E, Events, News, OKF Germany, OKF Projects, OKFN Local, Open GLAM, Our Work, Workshop

 

Following on from our Open GLAM workshop in London, in a few weeks we’re hosting a half day workshop in Berlin looking at how to overcome barriers to opening up data in the cultural heritage sector entitled Rechtliche Fragen beim Öffnen von (Meta-) Daten Gedächtnisinstitutionen (Legal Questions Regarding (Meta)data in Cultural Heritage Institutions).

We have already confirmed speakers from the Wikimedia Foundation, Creative Commons, Europeana, the Staatsbibliothek, and other cultural heritage institutions.

Register

If you’re interested in participating, please send an email to: joris.pekel [at] okfn.org or register right now.

Where?

Staatsbibliothek Berlin, DE

When?

20th April 2011 13:00 – 17:00

Overview

Galleries, libraries, archives and museums around the world are opening up datasets, documents and other digital assets to enable the creation of innovative web and mobile services.

This half day, hands-on workshop aims to help decision makers in the cultural heritage sector to navigate the plethora of licensing options for opening up their data and what it means for their business models. The workshop will include:

  • Case studies on successful open data initiatives presented by leading practitioners
  • An open data licensing clinic with lawyers and legal experts, to address issues and questions about common licensing frameworks

Program

  • Daniel Dietrich (OKFN) will open the workshop with a word of welcome and facilitate the rest of the day. He will start the day with an overview of the current situation and why it can be beneficial for institutions to open up and share their data
  • Dr. Jutta Weber (Staatsbibliothek Berlin) will give a presentation about the experiences the Staatsbibliothek has with releasing data under an open license
  • Dr. Paul Klimpel gives a presentation about the legal possibilities when institutions open up their cultural (meta)data
  • Mathias Schindler (Wikimedia) gives an overview of the work Wikimedia has been doing in this area, showcases and examples, as well as where they stand now and future developments
  • John Hendrik Weitzmann (CC) gives an overview of the different licensing models related to opening up data
  • Paul Keller (Europeana) presents the work Europeana is doing and what it means for cultural institutions to join and openly license their metadata
  • We will end the session with a round table discussion

The workshop is organised by Joris Pekel as part of the Open GLAM initiative in association with the Open Knowledge Foundation and in cooperation with Wikimedia DE and Creative Commons. The event is kindly hosted by the Staatsbibliothek Berlin. Please note that all presentations will be in German.

 

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by Lucy Chambers

The School of Data Journalism is coming soon!

March 23, 2012 in Events, Workshop

This article is cross posted on DataDrivenJournalism.net

 

The School of Data Journalism is a series of panel discussions and workshops on various aspects of data journalism organised by the European Journalism Centre and the Open Knowledge Foundation. It is hosted at the sixth edition of Italy's leading journalism event, the International Journalism Festival in Perugia. In these sessions budding data journalists and newbies alike will learn from experienced data journalists and data gurus how to get the data you need, how to analyse it, how to get stories from data and how to present your stories.

Registration is now closed and we were overwhelmed with interest. Altogether we had 250 applications for the workshops, most of which have 20 places each. This confirms our view that there is a need, and significant demand, for this kind of hands-on training event.

Successful applicants will receive confirmations in the coming days. Unfortunately, due to the high number of applicants, we are unable to accommodate everyone who has applied. Some more places may become available if any of the participants are unable to attend.

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If you're interested to learn about data journalism but haven't received a place in the workshops you can still attend the panels, where no registration is required.

The panels attempt to provide answers to crucial questions for aspiring data journalists, editors and decision-makers in newsrooms:

  • What can aspiring data journalists learn from the successes of the past?
  • How can data journalism save your newsroom?
  • How do you start a data journalism operation?
  • How can you become a data journalist and what do you need to do?

If you cannot make it to the festival this year don't despair – many of the sessions will be recorded and we will make sure the course materials are available online. You can also get a copy of the Data Journalism Handbook, which will be launched at the festival and which includes many of the themes that will be covered in the School of Data Journalism. If you want to be notified when the handbook comes online fill in this form and we will let you know the minute we push publish.

Finally if you're interested in learning more about data journalism, do keep in touch via the mailing list and Twitter. We are planning to do further training events on these other topics across Europe and around the world in the coming months. If you'd like us to come to your town or city, do let us know.

For the curios, here is a bit more information about what will happen in Perugia.

Panels and workshops – when and where

Times and locations for the School of Data Journalism workshops and panels have been posted on the festival website.

The Panels (no registration required)

Panel 1: News and numbers: from CAR to data journalism

09:30 – 11:00 | Thursday, 26 April | Hotel Brufani – Sala Raffaello
Speakers: Sarah Cohen – Duke University; Steve Doig – Walter Cronkite J-School; Aron Pilhofer – New York Times; Simon Rogers – The Guardian Datablog; Elisabetta Tola – formicablu.it.

Panel 2: How can data journalism save your newsroom?

09:00 – 10:30 | Friday, 27 April | Hotel Brufani – Sala Raffaello
Speakers: Mirko Lorenz – Deutsche Welle; Dan Nguyen -  ProPublica; Aron Pilhofer -  New York Times; Simon Rogers -  The Guardian Datablog.

Panel 3: You too can be a data journalist!

09:00 – 10:30 | Saturday, 28 April | Hotel Brufani – Sala Raffaello
Speakers: Caelainn Barr -  citywire.co.uk; Mirko Lorenz – Deutsche Welle; Dan Nguyen – ProPublica; Aron Pilhofer – New York Times; Guido Romeo – Wired.

Moderators:
Liliana Bounegru – European Journalism Centre and Lucy Chambers – Open Knowledge Foundation.

 

The workshops (registration closed)

Workshop 1: Scraping data and cracking PDFs

17:00 – 18:30 | Thursday, 26 April | Hotel Sangallo
Workshop leaders: Dan Nguyen – ProPublica and Friedrich Lindenberg – Open Knowledge Foundation.

Workshop 2: Information wants to be free

14:00 – 15:30 | Friday, 27 April | Hotel Sangallo
Speakers: Heather Brooke – activist and author and Steve Doig – Walter Cronkite J-School.

Workshop 3: Making data pretty

18:00 – 19:30 | Friday, 27 April | Hotel Sangallo
Speakers: Dan Nguyen – ProPublica and Simon Rogers – The Guardian Datablog.

Workshop 4: Getting stories from data

16:30 – 18:00 | Saturday, 28 April 2012 | Hotel Sangallo
Speakers: Caelainn Barr – citywire.co.uk and Steve Doig – Walter Cronkite J-School.

Workshop 5: Spending Stories

14:00 – 15:30 | Sunday, 29 April | Hotel Sangallo
Speakers: Lucy Chambers – Open Knowledge Foundation and Friedrich Lindenberg – Open Knowledge Foundation.

Moderators:
Liliana Bounegru – European Journalism Centre and Lucy Chambers – Open Knowledge Foundation.

Two other interesting data journalism events will take place at the festival.

The Data Journalism Awards – shortlisted entries

10:30 – 11:00 | Friday, 27 April | Hotel Brufani – Sala Raffaello
In this session the Global Editors Network and the European Journalism Centre will announce the 30 shortlisted entries for the 2012 edition of the Data Journalism Awards. The announcement will be followed by a discussion on the latest trends in data journalism by two leading data journalists: Wolfgang Blau, editor-in-chief of Zeit Online and Aron Pilhofer, editor of Interactive News at The New York Times.

Precision journalism workshop 

14:00 – 15:30 | Thursday, 26 April | Hotel Sangallo
Precision journalism means the use of computer software and social science techniques like statistics to bring evidence, not just anecdotes, to reporting. Two Pulitzer-winning database journalists, Sarah Cohen and Steve Doig, will give hands-on instruction in how to use simple tools like spreadsheets to analyze government data for patterns that lead to stories. Workshop participants will learn to import data, sort, filter, create new variables using functions and to build cross-tabulations that reveal hidden patterns. They also will learn to use descriptive statistics and tools like scatterplots and linear regression to see what is normal in the data — and, more interestingly, what is abnormal. Workshop participants should bring their own laptops, loaded with Microsoft Excel or similar spreadsheet software.

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by Jonathan Gray

Open Data in Cultural Heritage: Finding your way through the license labyrinth, London, 24th November 2011

November 1, 2011 in Bibliographic, Events, Open Data, Our Work, Policy, Talks, WG Cultural Heritage, Working Groups, Workshop

The following post is from Jonathan Gray, Community Coordinator at the Open Knowledge Foundation.

Following on from our Open GLAM workshop in Warsaw last month, in a few weeks we’re hosting a half day workshop looking at how to overcome barriers to opening up data in the cultural heritage sector.

So far we have confirmed representatives from the British Library, the British Museum, the Imperial War Museum, the Tate, the V&A, and other cultural heritage institutions.

Further details are copied below. If you’re interested in participating, please pop me an email at: .

> ## Open Data in Cultural Heritage: Finding your way through the license labyrinth

> * Where?: Wellcome Trust, London, UK > * When?: 24th November 2011

> Galleries, libraries, archives and museums around the world are opening up datasets, documents and other digital assets to enable the creation of innovative web and mobile services.

> This half day, hands-on workshop aims to help decision makers in the cultural heritage sector to navigate the plethora of licensing options for opening up their data and to develop new business models. The workshop will include:

> * Case studies on successful open data initiatives presented by leading practitioners > * An open data licensing clinic with lawyers and legal experts, to address issues and questions with common licensing frameworks

> If you would like to participate, please email .

> ## Draft programme

> * Introduction – Jonathan Gray (Open Knowledge Foundation) and Mia Ridge (Cultural Heritage Technologist) > * The Risks and Rewards of Open Data – Jill Cousins (Executive Director, Europeana) > * Opening Up the BBC – Bill Thompson (BBC Archives + Technology Critic) > * Open Data Legal Clinic – Francis Davey (Barrister), Naomi Korn (Copyright Consultant), Prodromos Tsiavos (London School of Economics)

> The workshop is organised by Jonathan Gray and Mia Ridge as part of the Open GLAM initiative in association with the Open Knowledge Foundation. Refreshments are provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation through their support of the LODLAM Summit, and the event is kindly hosted by the Wellcome Trust.



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by Jonathan Gray

The Data Journalism Handbook at #MozFest 2011 in London

October 31, 2011 in Data Journalism, Events, Open Data, Our Work, Workshop

The following post is from Jonathan Gray, Community Coordinator at the Open Knowledge Foundation.

With the Mozilla Festival approaching fast, we’re getting really excited about getting stuck into drafting the Data Journalism Handbook, in a series of sessions run by the Open Knowledge Foundation and the European Journalism Centre.

As we blogged about last month, a group of leading data journalists, developers and others are meeting to kickstart work on the handbook, which will aim to get aspiring data journalists started with everything from finding and requesting data they need, using off the shelf tools for data analysis and visualisation, how to hunt for stories in big databases, how to use data to augment stories, and plenty more.

We’ve got a stellar line up of contributors confirmed, including:

Here’s a sneak preview of our draft table of contents:

  • Introduction
    • What is data journalism?
    • Why is it important?
    • How is it done?
    • Examples, case studies and interviews
      • Data powered stories
      • Data served with stories
      • Data driven applications
    • Making the case for data journalism
      • Measuring impact
      • Sustainability and business models
    • The purpose of this book
    • Add to this book
    • Share this book
  • Getting data
    • Where does data live?
      • Open data portals
      • Social data services
      • Research data
    • Asking for data
      • Freedom of Information laws
      • Helpful public servants
      • Open data initiatives
    • Getting your own data
      • Scraping data
      • Crowdsourcing data
      • Forms, spreadsheets and maps
  • Understanding data
    • Data literacy
    • Working with data
    • Tools for analysing data
    • Putting data into context
    • Annotating data
  • Delivering data
    • Knowing the law
    • Publishing data
    • Visualising data
    • Data driven applications
    • From datasets to stories
  • Appendix
    • Further resources

If you’re interested in contributing you can either:

  1. Come and find us at the Mozilla Festival in London this weekend!
  2. Contribute material virtually! You can pitch in your ideas via the public data-driven-journalism mailing list, via the #ddj hashtag on Twitter, or by sending an email to .

We hope to see you there!

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by Theodora Middleton

Organisational Identifiers Event at OGD Camp 2011

October 4, 2011 in Events, External, OGDCamp, WG Development, Workshop

Open Government Data Camp 2011 is approaching fast! We’re really excited about all the brilliant talks, workshops, plots, plans and people that are going to be there. In the run-up to the camp we’re going to run a series of posts from a range of voices, talking about different aspects of open government data and the camp. This first post is from Tim Davies, who will be part of the satellite workshop on “organisational identifiers” and data on organisations, jointly organised by Open Corporates and AidInfo.

Many open data projects would benefit from having a shared and stable way to identify organisations within datasets. There are a number of ongoing efforts to collect open data on organisations, or to assign unique indentifiers to organisations. Establishing a universal scheme of organisational identifiers is particularly important for projects such as the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), which need to identify organisations across many jurisdictions and across sectors (companies, charities, governments, other associations and organisations), covering countries with diverse approaches to, and quality of, official registration schemes. This workshop seeks to bring together different initiatives working on organisational identifiers to share knowledge and develop shared approaches to creating complementary and compatible access to organisational information.

The core aims of the workshop are to:

  • Bring together different actors exploring the organisational identifier question: including those focused on companies, charities, government agencies and other forms of organisation.

  • Identify a shared method (standard) for re-using existing identifiers (e.g. Company Registration; VAT Registration). This may focus on convergence and compatibility between schemes such as the IATI Identifier (a framework for Identifiers); Open Corporates URIs (seeking to cover all companies globally); ORGPedia entries (“facilitating the “mashing up” of disparate data sets about the ownership, structure, performance and regulatory compliance of organizations” [REF]); Guidestar Identifier (NGO focussed) and other open data sources and initiatives.

  • Identify existing efforts to collect open data on organisations and to map together different identifiers (e.g. Corporate groupings; mapping Charity and Company numbers etc.)

  • Identify gaps in current approaches (e.g. how to handle countries or organisation-types with limited registration options available to them; how to check the quality of data etc).

  • Develop a shared agenda for action in which partners can each take forward complementary efforts to define and use shared organisational identifiers, and to build the eco-system of open data available for as many of those identifiers as possible.

Registration for the workshop is open at http://ogdcamp11-orgidworkshop.eventbrite.com/ and participation is free.

Participants may also wish to register for the main OGD Camp. Register here!

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by Lucy Chambers

EuroHack: One-day data journalism competition and workshop on EU spending

September 27, 2011 in Data Journalism, Events, Sprint / Hackday, Workshop

This post is by Liliana Bounegru, of the European Journalism Centre, Lucy Chambers of the Open Knowledge Foundation and Nicolas Kayser-Bril, data journalist.

Together, they are organising a data journalism pre-conference workshop and competition in Warsaw, 19 October, at the Open Government Data Camp This is the second in the series of EJC/OKF data-journalism workshops and you can read more about the first here

The workshop will have two streams:

  • EuroHack – the competition: What would you do with EU data if you had a data team for one day?
  • EuroHack – the workshop: tips, tools & tricks from experts, journalists and developers, helping to tackle EU spending

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What is EuroHack – the competition?

What would you do with EU data if you had a data team for one day? For one day in a Open Government Data camp pre-conference event in Warsaw, Poland, journalists, programmers and designers will work together in teams of three to four to produce applications and investigations involving EU data and visualizations.

How it works

We provide you with a set of resources, databases and tools, on EU spending and related issues such as lobbing, to which you are free to add your own.

We then ask teams of hacks and hackers to produce the best projects including stories, applications, and visualisations from EU data (e.g. lobbying, spending) in one day.

The projects could approach questions such as: Which local companies and which national public bodies receive EU funding? (How) can spending data be connected with lobbying interests?

Who can participate?

If you are a journalist, programmer or designer you are welcome to register as a team or as an individual. If you register as an individual we will help you find the right team. If you feel like taking part in this hackathon but don’t have journalistic or coding skills, don’t worry! We’ll make sure to match you with the right people.

The winners

Three awards will be given: ‘Best Visualization/Application’, ‘Best Story’ and ‘The Public’s Choice’. The winners of ‘Best Visualization/Application’ and ‘Best Story’ will be selected by a jury of data journalism experts including Alan McLean (New York Times), Caelainn Barr, EU data journalist and Marie Coussin (OWNI). For ‘The Public’s Choice’ category we will look at how loud the crowd cheered on Twitter and Facebook. The three winning teams will present their projects in the afternoon session of day two at the Open Government Data camp. The winning projects will be featured on datadrivenjournalism.net, the hub for data journalism resources on the web and on OWNI.eu, an innovative digital journalism website which won the world-famous Online Journalism Award in 2010.

What is EuroHack – the workshop?

In this workshop participants will learn from data journalists and data experts how to get started with data journalism and specifically with data-driven reporting on EU spending. More specifically you’ll learn how to find a story buried deep into the data and how to present it to your readers in an interactive and exciting format.

Some of planned sessions include: Introduction to data journalism and numeracy with data journalist Nicolas Kayser-Bril, Introduction to scraping with Friedrich Lindenberg (OKF) Introduction to Google Refine with Chris Taggart of Open Corporates.

How to register

If you’re up for an exciting day of learning new skills and digging into investigations to uncover hidden stories, fill in this registration form. Please specify which of the two streams you would like to participate in: EuroHack – the workshop or EuroHack – the competition.

There are a limited number of seats. To secure one please register before 12 October.

In the coming weeks we will finalise the details of the event so keep an eye on future posts on this topic.

The hashtag for this event will be: #EuroHack

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