A 6-month hybrid data journalism training and mentoring program led by How India Lives and supported by the Google News Initiative.
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Data Journalism Accelerator is a six-month intensive training and mentoring fellowship program being launched by How India Lives and is supported by the Google News Initiative. The program will provide in-depth coaching and mentoring support to a chosen cohort of 20 journalists / newsrooms from India and help them embrace a data-driven story-telling approach for their newsrooms.
3-day, in-person, residential training program in New Delhi on data sources, data analysis, utilitarian and easy-to-use tools, visual presentation, narration, and more.
20 online sessions of 3 hours each, held once a week, that delve deeper into specific domains related to data, analytics, software and storytelling.
For 6 months, the diverse HIL team—comprising experienced journalists, data analysts and IT programmers—will be available on demand for one-on-one sessions around skill building, problem solving and mentoring.
India is entering a big election year. Thus, the program will focus on sources of electoral and political data, and how to leverage them for meaningful stories.
A stipend of Rs 50,000 each will be given to candidates who publish 5 data stories during the program. The HIL team will guide them via online sessions and one-to-one mentoring.
A certificate on completion of the program with 90% attendance and publishing at least 5 data stories.
A certificate upon successful completion of the program. 90% attendance and publishing five data stories are the two key requirements.
The program is open to journalists working in Indian newsrooms as well as freelancers from varied backgrounds and experience levels. Journalists will be selected via an open call. Preference will be given to applicants from under-represented backgrounds and those working with small and mid-sized newsrooms. No prior data journalism experience is required to participate.
The program is targeted at journalists across sectors and experience bands.
The program consists of structured modules that will equip participants with the tools to excel in data journalism and effectively utilize data-driven insights to communicate compelling stories.
From corporates to elections, cities to governments, where to find the data and how to unlock stories hidden in numbers.
Learn spreadsheets till an intermediate level. Get a basic training of analytical tools like R, Google Sheets, Google Trends, Pinpoint.
How to use the right analytic tools to identify biases in your data and how to work around them.
How to use code to download big public datasets.
Cleaning, organizing data using tools like Google Refine.
How to present data stories using charting tools like Google Charts, Tableau and Flourish.
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