A non_govermental organisation Stallion Times has trained 40 practicing Kogi Journalists on “Data Journalism and Media Standards.
The training was sponsored by MacArthur Foundation with the participants drawn from State ministry of information and various media houses in the state.
The Project Coordinator, Isiyaku Ahmed in his welcome address, told the participants that the workshop is focused on understanding how to identify, gather and explore a dataset for an investigative report, appreciate media standards in data journalism as well as understanding data presentation in appropriate visual formats.
He stated that the Workshop with its Theme: Get Involved, Dialogue and Improved Project was put in place to shape the skills of the participants on Data Journalism and Media Standards.
According to him, one of the obligations of a Journalist is to always be fair, objective and accurate in which ever information that is been passed to the public.
Charles Mbah in his lecture on data journalism, explained that it is not only about chat but the use of figures, pictures, visuals and videos to authenticate reportage of events and happenings around our immediate environment and worldwide.
Mbah identified four types of data journalism to include; qualitative, quantitative,structured and unstructured data journalism.
He also give an insight on how data can be gathered without direct contact with those who are in possession of it.
