Reporting open data in Afghanistan: Key challenges | Media news

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Summary:

"'A lone man data journalist is not very tenable anywhere, let alone in some developing countries and conflict environments.'   So says data journalism adviser Eva Constantaras, who has been running data journalism workshops for local media in countries such as Afghanistan, as part of her work with the NGO Internews.   One project developed after Internews' workshops is an investigation into Afghanistan's drug trade by Rohullah Armaan Darwish, an investigative reporter at PAYK.   The first story in the series, looking at the country's opium eradication programme, was published last week.   Constantaras told Journalism.co.uk part of Internews' aim is helping media outlets in developing countries make the most of open data movements and platforms that are being set up, and also prepare for digital conversion.   She said the combination of low data literacy and an independent media landscape that's not fully established yet means citizens in countries like Afghanistan are not demanding data driven stories from news outlets.   The workshops in Afghanistan were set up with the aim of getting journalists 'more engaged in the accountability and transparency process,' and to showcase tools they can use to tell stories with data. Internews works with journalists who want to explore subjects in-depth and who usually have a history in feature writing or investigations, said Constantaras ..."

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https://www.journalism.co.uk/news/building-a-reporting-community-around-open-data-in-afghanistan/s2/a564158/

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oa.new oa.comment oa.journalism oa.events oa.afghanistan oa.south oa.psi oa.government oa.data

Date tagged:

02/20/2015, 08:48

Date published:

02/20/2015, 03:48