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Michèle Ebongue

Michèle Ebongue is an investigative journalist, data journalist, fact-checker, blogger, and Head of News Desk at Data Cameroon.

Michelle started as a radio journalist, but with time moved to print. Since July 2020, she has been part of the team at Data Cameroon, an online publication specialising in data journalism and fact-checking.

She is a fellow of several projects, including Open Data for Environment and Civic Awareness in Cameroon, Open Data for Governance in Cameroon, Desinfox Afrique, and a coach in investigative journalism, data journalism and fact-checking for the Talk Peace project, which aims to stabilise peace and social cohesion in crisis regions in Cameroon.

She is one of the CIJ Open Climate Reporting Initiative (OCRI) participants. You can see her work on the destruction of mangroves here.

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We are already seeing the impacts of the climate crisis, and many are so wide-ranging and devastating that they are difficult to comprehend. Many journalists are taking the skills and techniques of data journalism and applying these to the disastrous ramifications of climate change.
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