Meet the 2016 School of Data Fellows!
For the past three years, School of Data has been identifying and selecting outstanding data-literacy practitioners around the world. Our Fellows have led the way in bringing data-literacy knowledge and…
Why did School of Data’s fellowship adopt a thematic focus?
The field of data literacy training is a vast one. All around the world, organisations such as School of Data are working to empower citizens and journalists to use data…
What was the School of Data Network up to in 2015?
We just can’t believe it’s already the end of the year! I mean, every year you see people saying the months passed by so fast, but we really mean it!…
Heads up for the first data journalism agency in Macedonia!
Data journalism in Macedonia just got a lot stronger: a group of journalists and programmers started what could become the first data-journalism agency in the country. The group was part…
Data journalism in the Philippines: changing the open data landscape in the country
Transparency, accountability and open data in the Philippines have just become more palpable to citizens and journalists alike. Open Knowledge/School of Data joined forces with the World Bank and the…
Brazilian journalists immerse themselves in the world of data
A selected groups of Journalists, students of public universities and media professionals in Brazil started a no-return journey into the world of data. Escola de Dados — that’s how we call School…
Tackling PDFs with Tabula
School of Data mentor Marco Túlio Pires has been writing for our friends at Tactical Tech about journalistic data investigation. This post introduces a tool for extracting data from PDFs,…
Learning to Listen to your Data
School of Data mentor Marco Túlio Pires has been writing for our friends at Tactical Tech about journalistic data investigation. This post “talks us through how to begin approaching and…