Month: March 2019

Announcement

首届“中国数据可视化大赛”启动-数据中的宏观和微观世界

2019年3月18日，首届中国数据可视化创作大赛 (China DataViz Competition) 在京启动，大赛以“数据中的宏观和微观世界”为主题，将有国内外五十多所高校、近百家机构参赛，中国数据可视化领域将迎来新的创作动力。

中国数据可视化创作大赛 (China DataViz Competition) 是中国新闻史学会计算传播学研究委员会指导、数可视教育公益基金主办、南京大学新闻传播学院承办的数据可视化领域的专业比赛。

本届大赛以“数据中的宏观和微观世界”为主题，旨在通过可视化手段让人们更好地挖掘数据价值，理解互联网和当代社会，感受数据之美；并引领可视化技术在国内的发展和国际上的交流，促进其在媒体和企业/机构/政府间发挥沟通作用，搭建社会机构与高校人才良性交流平台。

Announcement

Job Opportunity: Market Information Specialist at Unum Networks

About us

Unum Networks is a seed-round startup founded in 2018 that is building a blockchain database engine, UnumDB. We are based in Guangzhou, China.

 

About the position

We are looking for people to take care of our information operations, covering both input and output:

  • Monitoring and analysing market information (including industry),
  • Design and implementation of automated information collection and report mechanisms,
  • Copywriting and editing,
  • Drafting presentation materials, and
  • Managing social media

The position is full-time. We are a distributed team and support flexible working schedule.

 

About you

Candidates are expected to have strong language capabilities (in English and Chinese), patience and attention to details.

Useful skills include:

  • Graphic design (with Adobe Illustrator, etc.),
  • Slides (with Keynote, Microsoft PowerPoint, reveal.js, etc.),
  • Automated information processing (with Python and Scrapy, etc.), and
  • Webpage development (with HTML and CSS).

It is not necessary for you to be capable of handling every responsibility immediately, as long as you are willing to pick up on the job.

 

Join us

Please send your resume and portfolio to join@unumnet.com

Article, Opinion, Resource

Matt Carroll: Numbers Man in the Spotlight
Producer/Editor: Roselyn Du
Project Assistants: Zoe Hu/Bobo Wei

 

(Matt Carroll interviewed by Roselyn Du and her students at Hong Kong Baptist University in 2018)

Matt Carroll was in Hong Kong in October 2018. He was invited to be a keynote speaker for the week-long Pulitzer Prize Winners Workshop (PPWW) held at Hong Kong Baptist University. The rooms where he spoke were always more than full, with some people having to stand at the aisles or sit on the floor.

Movie effects? Perhaps. But Matt Carroll himself is really a personable, charismatic, and charming character. Continue reading “Matt Carroll: Numbers Man in the Spotlight” →

Article, Opinion

黄志敏与数可视：数据新闻的过去、现在和未来

出品/采访：Roselyn Du

拟稿/整理：Zoe Hu

资料协助：Jiayuan Wen & Miao Xu

（黄志敏是前财新传媒首席技术官（CTO）、财新数据可视化实验室创始人，曾在数据新闻领域获得多项国际和国内大奖，包括连续三年四次获“亚洲新闻奖”、获得全球最佳数据新闻网站提名等，被称为“中国数据新闻第一人”。）

（黄志敏在GEN Summit 2018 年会现场；左为香港浸会大学Roselyn Du）

2011年，可以说是中国数据新闻的“元年”。

这一年，黄志敏加入财新，之后于2013年开始从事数据新闻相关工作。作为目前国内数据新闻媒体的领头羊，财新“数字说”（由“财新数据可视化实验室”出品）从2011年至今，经历了从无到有的重大变换。期间，财新的数项报道在国际和国内获得SOPA，SND等多个奖项，不仅树立了数据新闻在国内新闻领域的地位，也让国内在短短数年间意识到数据新闻在行业中的发展潜力。

2016年，是黄志敏在财新的第五年，离“财新数据可视化实验室”的创立也有三年的时间。这一年，他离开财新，创办了中国“数可视”。 Continue reading “黄志敏与数可视：数据新闻的过去、现在和未来” →