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Published: 18 Apr 2024 658 views
The Data Institute is a free, hands-on workshop that will teach you how to work with data as a journalist, how to apply design principles and layout to charts or stories, and how to code your own interactive project. In addition to training sessions on data journalism, design and programming that are taught by experienced journalists, participants will also meet and talk to leading journalists about their careers.
Co-founded in 2015 by two women and journalists of color, Sisi Wei and Lena Groeger, the Data Institute seeks to address an equity gap and make high-quality training more accessible for all journalists who want to tell powerful stories. The Data Institute equips journalists from a broad array of social, ethnic and economic backgrounds with the technical skills to create and lead data journalism, including but not limited to people of color, women and nonbinary people, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities.
This free, intensive workshop teaches journalists how to use data, design and code. This year’s Data Institute will be in person from July 8-19.
Howard University is a private, federally chartered historically black research university in Washington, D.C., located in the Shaw neighborhood. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity" and accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education.
| Application Deadline | 25 Apr 2024 |
| Country to study | United States |
| School to study | Howard University |
| Type | Training |
| Course to study | View courses |
| Sponsor | Howard University |
| Gender | Men and Women |
The Data Institute is completely free to attend. We will cover roundtrip travel costs to Washington, D.C., and provide lodging on the campus at Howard University. We’ll also provide lunch and snacks every day of the Institute.
In addition, every participant will receive a $1,000 stipend to supplement other needs or replace lost income while participating in the program.
Over two weeks, we’ll cover the basics of using data, design and code for journalism. By the end of the course you should be able to:
Data Journalism
Design
Programming
The workshop will be hands-on and participants will be working through exercises throughout the workshop.
If you’re a journalist passionate about learning how to use data, design and code to help tell stories, this workshop is for you. You don’t need to have any previous experience, but we want to see that you’ve demonstrated curiosity about telling stories with data.
The Data Institute’s home is the Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard University, and we’re especially excited to welcome applicants from HBCUs—alumni, professors, and current students. In addition, we strongly encourage applications from members of tribal nations, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, the Asian and Pacific Islander communities, and other groups historically left out of opportunities such as these.
If you’ve ever felt intimidated by learning to code and doing math, don’t count yourself out, because we’ve all been there. Most of the teachers you’ll have at the Data Institute majored in the humanities, such as journalism, English, history or philosophy.
All workshop students will need to use their own laptop, which must be able to install software like R Studio. This means that Chromebooks and iPads won’t work. We’ll provide other materials, including links to where you can get the software we’ll be using for free.
You must be an Ida B. Wells Society member to apply. Membership is free and you can sign up here.
The Data Institute is a two-week, in-person event from July 8-19 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C.
We will begin reviewing applications after the April 25 deadline has passed, and will notify all applicants by May 15 if they’ve been selected.
For more details visit: CJD Data Institute website.
