Want to make your open data project relevant? Talk to a data journalist - International Open Data Conference 2016

"One of the key aspects of the open data movement is how open data impact local and global realities. It’s been common sense in more recent years that just the releasing of data is not enough to change our societies for the better, holding governments accountable, providing better public policies and services for citizens or tackling inequality. That’s because the use of open data doesn’t necessarily lie in the hands of the common citizen."