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Data Journalism in Sierra Leone

MSF giving a mapping training at dbootcamp freetown. Last week , I was fortunate to be at the Data Literacy Bootcamp at Sensi Tech Hub in Freetown. This was the first ever data bootcamp held in Sierra Leone,thanks to IDT Labs, CodeforAfrica and Sensi Innovation Labs. Many journalists attended and sadly I could only be there for one day  ,but I’m happy I went. I think this is a welcome start in…

Does the rise of women wrestlers in India point towards a society where women are being portrayed equally competitive?

With this story in mind, we decided to divide the work between our team. Naureen and Sharib handled the telephonic interviews while Aaqib and Jayashree went to Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) in East Patel Nagar. Sanat participated in Hacks/Hackers #dbootcamp workshop.

The audio interviews managed to be taken for the coach of the Indian women wrestling team, Kripashankar Bishnoi. The interview involved his personal life and how he got affiliated with the team, how significant has been the role of coaches, how the perceptions about women in wrestling has changed and how the state of Haryana has a lot to do with it.

Another audio interview was taken of Geeta Phogat’s father and how the family faced criticism from society. In the interview, Mahavir Singh talked about the changing mindset of the society, his motivational attitude towards his daughter, their achievements and their future prospects. 

Sanat took part in a 3 day workshop over the weekend to better understand how tools could be used to tell data driven stories and visualize data, making stories more interactive and engaging. Through interaction with various professionals and training sessions, it enlarged the possibilities of the project.

Umoyo Scale / Rate my Healthcare - The World Bank #dbootcamp Lilongwe Runner-up! June 2013

Scary to think that this was almost a year ago…

Back in June 2013,  I attended The World Bank Data Literacy Bootcamp. It was a really eye-opening experience, where I learnt new skills like geocoding with Google Fusion Tables and met a lot of like-minded people who wanted to apply technology to their aid efforts. I also learnt a few funny words like “ideate“, which being reservedly British and…