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This is a live session with time to ask questions about how you can report on your community.
This is a live session with time to ask questions about how you can report on your community.
== Full Description ==
[[Image:UpwardGraph.png|right|200px|Study showing that doing cool things is cool]]<br>
Participants will all learn to do cool things.
Cool things matter!
Studies show that if you do cool things, things are cool.  And if you do way cool things, then things get even cooler!
I've done cool things for the past 3 years, and because of that, my life is way cooler than it was. 
In this workshop I will share my experiences with you, and show you how you can do more cool things.
Of course, doing cool things takes practice -- years of practice!  But, fortunately, it is cool to practice doing cool things.  And this cool workshop will start you on your way to doing way cool things!


== Registration ==  
== Registration ==  
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[https://RegistrationLinkTBD.com registration link info TBD]
[https://RegistrationLinkTBD.com registration link info TBD]


== Materials ==
== Pr-requisites ==
<span style="color:orange">'''To do the hands-on portion of this workshop you will need to order and receive workshop MATERIALS''':</span><br>
 
[https://ohwr.org/welcome cool materials]<br>
An interest in reporting on your local government agencies!
'''Cost: $TBD'''<br>
<span style="color:red">'''IMPORTANT:  To receive the materials in time for the workshop, you must use EXPRESS Shipping.'''</span><br>


== Required Software ==
== About the host ==
Please download the free and open source Arduino software before the workshop -- Windows, Linux, or MacOS are all fine!:<br>
 
[https://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Software Arduino software]<br>
Hello, I'm Brandon Roberts, an independent computational journalist who has worked with ProPublica, the Associated Press and various investigative newsrooms in the US and internationally. I didn't start at large news organizations, though. I got my start running my own investigative newspaper and made a lot of avoidable mistakes in the process. I believe that knowing how to produce rigorous journalism both improves communities and makes people more aware of bias and falehoods in what they read.


== Links ==
== Links ==
[https://github.com/maltman23/ArduTouch here's a link to a cool thing]<br>
 
More links coming soon...
[https://bxroberts.org About me]

Revision as of 00:27, 18 July 2020

Local newsrooms across the country are disappearing, but there's at least one potential watchdog left: you! Doing journalism yourself might sound intimidating, but once you know the process, it becomes totally approachable.

A Newsroom of Two: Your Computer and You (Workshop)

Abstract

In this workshop, I (Brandon Roberts) will take you through what you need to know to investigate your local government agencies. I'll demystify the investigative process and cover the basic tools every journalist needs to know:

  • generating leads
  • records requests
  • public data sources
  • navigating your local government's bureaucracy

This is a live session with time to ask questions about how you can report on your community.

Registration

You need to REGISTER in advance to take this workshop::
registration link info TBD

Pr-requisites

An interest in reporting on your local government agencies!

About the host

Hello, I'm Brandon Roberts, an independent computational journalist who has worked with ProPublica, the Associated Press and various investigative newsrooms in the US and internationally. I didn't start at large news organizations, though. I got my start running my own investigative newspaper and made a lot of avoidable mistakes in the process. I believe that knowing how to produce rigorous journalism both improves communities and makes people more aware of bias and falehoods in what they read.

Links

More links coming soon... About me

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