Data Dredger - Internews data portal among the best in data

Making numbers tell stories in a compelling way - that’s the challenge for journalists embracing the next big thing in their field: data journalism. Internews data portal, Data Dredger is just the tool to help overcome this challenge.

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Data Dredger - Internews data portal among the best in data

Making numbers tell stories in a compelling way - that’s the challenge for journalists embracing the next big thing in their field: data journalism. Internews data portal, Data Dredger is just the tool to help overcome this challenge.
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Caught between two masters

Radio journalists in the Coast region had to walk a fine line between informing their audiences impartially and going out of their way to avoid friction with the owners of their stations during Kenya’s election campaigns.
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Veteran health reporter pays it forward

In 2012 William Inganga hit a wall – he had written more than 50 stories focusing on HIV and AIDS and had run out of ideas for fresh takes on the disease.
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“If we started using data 60 years ago to inform our policies and programs, Kenya would be a developed nation now,” noted Bitange Ndemo, Information and Communication Permanent Secretary of Kenya. He made these remarks at an Internews roundtable, the Politics of Health, on 22 February 2013.

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Every year, 3,000 people die on Kenyan roads. Most of these deaths are entirely preventable.Financially, this toll translates into a cost conservatively estimated at $3.8 billion a year.

The article notes that the cost of this carnage to the country, communities, and families is severe.

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Two stories filed by CNN journalist Nima Elbagir informed the way Kenyans perceived the international media during the General Election in early March. The first, Kenyans armed and ready to vote, was broadcast three days before the election while the second, which aired on the eve of election, focused on the killing of at least 10 policemen in Mombasa.

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Outsmarting Malaria