Are you a tech-savvy journalist, human rights advocate, activist or blogger from West Africa? Does your writing aim to bring about social and political change? Are you interested in learning how data journalism skills and tools could help improve your work?
If you have answered ‘yes!’ to all three questions, then Index on Censorship, Internet Sans Frontieres and Ecole Supérieure de Journalisme, des Métiers de l’Internet et de la Communication (E-Jicom) invite you to apply to take part in their “Data tools for journalism, advocacy and activism” workshop.
This intensive 3-day workshop for 15 participants will be led by Nicolas Kayser-Bril of Journalism++ and will take place at the E-jicom campus in Dakar, Senegal on 12-14 November 2012.
There is no workshop fee for successful applicants. We have limited funds to help with travel and accommodation — please indicate at the bottom of your statement (not included in the 200-word maximum) whether you will need assistance and what kind — accommodation / travel (indicate city of origin) / both.
Please note: applicants must be fluent in French to take part in the workshop.
To apply, please an email with the subject line “DJDAKAR2012-firstname lastname” with the following information:
- Your CV (as a PDF file: firstname_lastname_CV.pdf)
- A statement (no more than 200 words as a PDF file: firstname_lastname_statement.pdf) explaining
- the kind of editorial work for social and political change you are currently doing
- how this work could be improved by data journalism skills
- A sample of your best editorial work — no more than TWO articles/blog posts etc. Please send a document with links if these are online or full text if they are not (as a PDF file: firstname_lastname_sample.pdf)
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries/ submissions: djdakar2012@gmail.com
Website: http://www.indexoncensorship.org
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