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June Multimedia Institute: What you’ll take away
The June 10-21 Multimedia Institute is an intensive multi-platform training program designed to equip journalists, educators and other professionals with skills in visual storytelling, data visualization and social media.
Alberto Cairo Presentation for May 4 Data Journalism Symposium
Visual communications expert Alberto Cairo shares his slideshow presentation on the art of infographics.
LIVE Storify: Complexity & Context Data Journalism Symposium
Journalists, technologists and civic leaders talk trends and implications for the future of data journalism.
Q&A with Alberto Cairo: Exploring the art and ethics of infographics
Alberto Cairo on the art of infographics and the ethical dilemmas that come with the field of data visualization.
Q&A with Catherine Bracy: Technology, innovation and the public sector
Catherine Bracy of Code for America wants to bring 21st century technology and innovation to the public sector.
Our First Ever Data Journalism Symposium
Data Symposium at kdmcBerkeley-transforming the way we tell stories with data. For data journalists, non-profits interested in new ideas for communicating information, and higher education professionals.
Free Online Training Series in Data Journalism
We are bringing world class digital training straight to you. And, yep, it’s FREE.
Unleash your inner data geek
Join our spring Visualizing Data Workshop Series.
Citizen Videos-A Primer for Reporters-Authentication
In this second part of our series on citizen videos, we look at the issue of authenticity and best practices for validating the information before releasing the video to your audience.
Citizen Video: A Primer for Reporters
Utilizing citizen video effectively can enhance a story and provide a deeper understanding of events. Madeleine Blair a graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism shares with us her real world insights for using citizen video in your story.
Custom Trainings: Supporting the Next Generation of Broadcast Media
How can television and radio stations effectively adapt their content for the web, especially new mobile platforms? We can help.
Video Storytelling Workshop: Three things you'll take away
Journalists, educators and media professionals can all benefit from video storytelling skills. We’re not talking Oscar-worthy filmmaking here. Just the ability to shoot, edit and present compelling video content. We can help.
Data visualization workshop take-aways
Examples of interactive charts and maps - take-aways from the Data Visualization workshop in January 2013.
Data Visualization for Storytellers
Some of the most compelling information about our world can be found in data. But just because you shape those numbers into a graph doesn't make it a story.
Beyond Infographics: 12 Ways to Visualize Data
Guest blogger Patrick Winfield looks beyond the basic pie charts and infographics to explore other techniques and tools that can help visualize data.
TJ Kelly: Social Media and The Impact of Storytelling
Social media marketing expert TJ Kelly has worked with some of the biggest clients in the world (eBay, HP, Charles Schwab). Here he shows journalists, educators and public affairs experts how to use the same strategies to engage their communities.
Can Twitter predict an election?
Our very own data viz guru, Len DeGroot, has built a living tool that predicts the winner of congressional elections each day based on ongoing Twitter feeds.
Social Media Influence: An experiment in information mobilization
This year we’re hearing a lot of buzz about the potential influence of social media in the upcoming election. It makes sense: more than a third of us are turning to social networking sites for political news. But how successful are we really at using these sites to raise awareness about particular issues—especially those that lack a sensational ...
Clicks, Likes and Tweets: Boost Your Social Media Engagement
Want to spruce up your social media skills, but unsure of what a workshop can really teach you? Here are the four main things you can get out of our training.
Information is Beautiful Awards Celebrates Data Viz Experts
Data is beautiful. Skeptical? Check out the finalists for the first Information is Beautiful Awards.
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