Data Journalism: The New Normal in Kenya

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Eva Constantaras

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Jun 21, 2016, 9:45:35 AM6/21/16
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Hi,

Sharing the Medium Post on how Dorothy Otieno founded Nation Newsplex, the first data desk in mainstream Kenyan media, after leading the data journalism team at Internews Kenya.


Cheers,
Eva

Data Journalism Advisor, Internews

James Ratemo

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Jun 21, 2016, 10:26:22 AM6/21/16
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Indeed data journalism is the new frontier for scribes who want to remain more relevant and a force to reckon with. NewsPlex is a great platform that can influence policy making in the government. It should be a reference tool that government technocrats and journalists who want to learn about the power of data. We need more of this in the Kenyan media. Another similar tool is  Data Dredger housed at InternewsKenya website.

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Sasha Kinney

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Oct 4, 2016, 1:19:57 PM10/4/16
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Bringing this thread back up given the new social media attention to #DeadlyForce :) 





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Eva Constantaras

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Oct 4, 2016, 1:32:03 PM10/4/16
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Hi Sasha,

Yes congrats to Dorothy, Cheseret and Mike. The stories are really worth reading as well: http://www.nation.co.ke/newsplex/

Best,
Eva

On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 10:48 AM, Sasha Kinney <sa...@kenyanikwetu.org> wrote:

Bringing this thread back up given the new social media attention to #DeadlyForce :) 




On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 5:26 PM, James Ratemo <jra...@gmail.com> wrote:
Indeed data journalism is the new frontier for scribes who want to remain more relevant and a force to reckon with. NewsPlex is a great platform that can influence policy making in the government. It should be a reference tool that government technocrats and journalists who want to learn about the power of data. We need more of this in the Kenyan media. Another similar tool is  Data Dredger housed at InternewsKenya website.

James Ratemo
Kenyan Journalist and Media Consultant
Cell Phone: 0724960649 OR 0731960649
Email: jra...@gmail.com or rat...@hotmail.com
Website:www.jratemo.wordpress.com.
Twitter accounts: http://twitter.com/kenyacurrent or http://twitter.com/jamesratemo
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My facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/Rats.the.menace

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On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Eva Constantaras <evacons...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,

Sharing the Medium Post on how Dorothy Otieno founded Nation Newsplex, the first data desk in mainstream Kenyan media, after leading the data journalism team at Internews Kenya.


Cheers,
Eva

Data Journalism Advisor, Internews

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James Ratemo

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Oct 6, 2016, 1:22:26 PM10/6/16
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That is a wonderful and talented team Nation got.

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Dickens Onditi Olewe

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Oct 6, 2016, 2:47:45 PM10/6/16
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Great reporting by the Nation, however it's strange that the paper is not backing its story: 
The government disputed the figures and called the media 'biased'  - the Nation seemed keen to quote the CS telling them off  http://bit.ly/2cX1HZm than push back with the facts. 



 

Eva Constantaras

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Oct 6, 2016, 2:52:43 PM10/6/16
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Maybe you missed the whole series?


And the government has a right to respond.
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