Free online workshops for journalists Юля Красникова
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Use of Media
Task
Purpose: to show that any journalist in Russia can work with data and create beautiful graphics. Objective: to make knowledge available to those who want to receive it.
Ideas and solutions
In journalism, (n Russia too) work with data and visualization are becoming more popular. But there is a stereotype that only journalists from Moscow can work with these types of stories. Or for getting the skills you need to invest a lot of money in education. Therefore, we decided to launch the "Workshops", where the journalists of "Important Stories" explain how to use helpful for journalists tools and services. First of all: tools for work with data and visualization. People can find video tutorials at any platforms: our site, Facebook, VK, IGTV, YouTube. In addition to individual video lessons, courses will be released. The first course was on Excel and Google.Sheets for Journalists. The project is non-profit
