From the data journalism community
The 2020 Sigma Awards
For its second edition, the Sigma Awards celebrates the best of data journalism and teams up with international communities to support data journalists worldwide. If you feel like your organisation has published remarkable data-driven projects in 2020 that deserve to be in this database and maybe win a prize, go on and take a moment to fill that form. The deadline to apply is 1st February at 11:59pm ET.
Computation+Journalism conference
Journalists interested in the intersection of computation and journalism can participate in this event. Northeastern University's Computation+Journalism Symposium (C+J) will be held online on 19 February, in partnership with the Brown Institute for Media Innovation. This year's theme is "Data journalism in an expanded field."
UN World Data Forum – Webinar
The webinar "Strenghthening the use of data in journalism" brought together various actors that contribute to strengthening the use of data in journalism. These include: data producers working to provide quality, timely, reliable and trusted data; civil society partners, and academia compiling open access data for journalists and increasing data literacy among journalists and; journalists promoting and using data to tell compelling stories. Check the video recording out here.
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