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Data Journalism Training for Climate Reporting

A specialised course designed for Journalists whose story pitches were selected for support following two trainings held by the Centre for Journalism, Innovation and Development (CJID) as part of the Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) project.

Class duration: 1.5hrs x 4 days

Level of participation: very high. Hands-on, assignment of training trials, screen shares, regular Q&As and participants contributions.

Guided by one of our data trainers, with decades of experience pushing the frontiers of data-driven investigations, participants come away with the skills to start gathering, interviewing and presenting data for environmental reporting projects as well as relevant techniques to engaging environmental and climate data for impactful reporting.

Technical Requirements

This training will need participants to have the following software/apps/tools on their computer:

MS Excel 2016 or newer (If do not have access to Excel, there is a free trial version available).
Zoom app
Camera and audio
This course will be hosted on Zoom. To find out more about how we use Zoom, please check out our Zoom InfoSec page.

6 September 2022 – Data Journalism Training for Climate Reporting

13:00–14:30

7 September 2022 – Data Journalism Training for Climate Reporting

15:00–16:30

8 September 2022 – Data Journalism Training for Climate Reporting

15:00–16:30

9 September 2022 – Data Journalism Training for Climate Reporting

15:00–16:30

Jonathan Stoneman

Jonathan Stoneman is a freelance trainer specialising in data journalism. He has been working with data since 2010. Before that he worked at the BBC – as a reporter, producer, editor of output in Macedonian and Croatian, and finally as head of training at BBC World Service.

Partners

  • 6 September 2022 13.00–14.30 West African Time (WAT)
  • 7 September 2022 15.00–16.30 West African Time (WAT)
  • 8 September 2022 15.00–16.30 West African Time (WAT)
  • 9 September 2022 15.00–16.30 West African Time (WAT)
West African Time (WAT)
This event will be recorded