Hosted by Code 4 Africa in conjunction with Hacks/Hackers Africa, the Media Indaba Africa 2017 conference held talks and workshops from 23-25 November in Cape Town, bringing together technologists, digital journalists and practitioners from around the world. Themed “Continental Shift: the invention of the new”, some of the areas the conference focussed on included data-driven investigative journalism and the war against truth. Missed the conference? Listen to the speakers here.
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WikiTRIBUNE: community-centred journalism
Peter Bale discusses new news service, WikiTRIBUNE.
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ICFJ's global survey 2017: state of the tech in newsrooms
International Centre for Journalists' (ICFJ) Senior Program Director Jerri Eddings and ICFJ lead Knight Fellow in India Nasr ul Hadi share highlights from ICFJ's state of digital i…
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The weight of words
Nathan Gates on "The weight of words”- a web-scraper for the JSTOR digital library.
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How to make data journalism work for not-so-smart phones, low bandwidths, local languages
ICFJ Knight Fellows H. R. Venkatesh, Ritvvij Parrikh, Meera K and Ravi Bajpai discuss how data journalism can work for low bandwidth.
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How we fund news, and why
Bill and Gates Foundation's Alex Jakana and Omidyar's Khuram Hussain on media funding.
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Investing in independent media companies in Africa
SA Media Innovation Programme's (SAMIP) Program Manager, Bilal Randeree, on the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF).
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For whom the Bell toils: Lessons for journalism from Bell Pottinger
Author and journalist, Richard Poplak, on the rise and fall of Bell Pottinger.
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Doing it for the likes? Caribbean civic tech in the age of social media politics
Design and research lead at SlashRoots, Denique Ferguson, discusses the emerging civic tech ecosystem in the Caribbean.
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#GuptaLeaks: Handling sensitive leaks
Ferial Haffajee, Thanduxolo Jika and Susan Comrie on the #GuptaLeaks.
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The Big Pharma project: Collaborating with multiple newsrooms
ICFJ Knight Fellow for Latin America, Fabiola Torres Lopez, on investigative health journalism cross border initiative, The Big Pharma project.
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Civil defence systems for Information Infrastructure
Human Rights Watch Deputy Executive Director - Media, Nic Dawes, on combating the War on Truth.
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What makes a great data story?
Data scientist Chris Orwa (https://blackorwa.com/) shares his insights (and methodologies) on what makes a great data story.
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8 min
Project Oya: a digital toolset for conflict mapping
African Defence Review (https://www.africandefence.net/) Editor, John Stupart, discusses Project Oya.
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8 min
African Robots
In this lightning talk, Ralph Borland discusses his project, African Robots. African Robots
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africanDRONE: The launch
Johnny Miller and Chris Onyando launch africanDRONE at Media Indaba Africa. africanDRONE
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How to make data journalism work for not-so-smart phones, low bandwidths, local languages
ICFJ Knight Fellows H. R. Venkatesh, Ritvvij Parrikh, Meera K and Ravi Bajpai discuss how data journalism can work for low bandwidth.
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Data and the City: Through the lens of capital
Public Policy Consultant, Fidel Mbhele, on what data has become within cities.
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Leveraging civic power to fight misinformation
Journalist Hazel Wei discusses Cofacts - a collaborative fact-checking chatbot.
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Fake news: The art and the science
Odipo Dev Data Science Lead, Odanga Madung, on fake news in Kenya.
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Social video: The bad, the good, and a way forward
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) producer, Sarah Murphy, discusses the powers and perils of social video.