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Open Data Day 2017 Hong Kong Hackathon

28 Tuesday Feb 2017

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Open Source Hong Kong

Saturday, 4 March 2017 from 10:00 to 18:00 (HKT)

Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong SAR China

Pls register at Eventbrite and visit Hackpad to add your open data hack ideas.

Please bring your laptop, laptop charger, power extension bar to attend ODD. For those who will present your project at the end of ODD, please also bring your VGA adoptor.

Eventbrite: https://opendatadayhk2017.eventbrite.hk
Hackpad: https://opensourcehk.hackpad.com/Open-Data-Day-HK-2017-QvQ2MhnhJE6
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/154862401625387/permalink/244902289288064/
Open Data Day Offical website: http://opendataday.org
Email Enquiry: webmaster@opensource.hk

International Open Data Day in 2017 will be 4th March. Size is 60 participants.
Tentative Schedule
10:00 Reception and Networking
10:15 Introduction and Team Forming
11:00 Start of team works / discussions
16:00 Open Data Roundtable with Guests
17:00 Team Presentation
18:00 Closing
Venue Sponsor: CityU App Lab
Open Data Day 2017 HK Organising Committee is formed from the following communities and supporters.
– Initium Media
– Open Data Hong Kong
– Open Source Hong Kong
Pre-event Workshop – Python 101 intro & web scraping
Date & Time: 28 February 2017, Tuesday (20:00 – 21:30)
Venue: Classroom B5-209, 5/F Academic 1, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong.
Workshop Registration – https://oddhk17-scrapy.eventbrite.hk

Jonathan Soma of Columbia J-School is Coming to HKBU

10 Friday Feb 2017

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Jonathan Soma, Director of Columbia Journalism School’s Lede Program, is coming to Hong Kong Baptist University on 20th February to talk about Data and Visual Design in Journalism.

When: 10:00 AM-11:30 AM, Feb. 20, 2017 (Monday).

Where: Room 1022, 10/F, Communication and Visual Arts Building, Hong Kong Baptist University.

Map: School of Communication, HKBU

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Just announced: Data News Tops 2016 Philip Meyer Award for Precision Journalism

25 Wednesday Jan 2017

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IRE (Investigative Reporters & Editors) just announced the 2016 Phili Meyer Award winners:  Data news projects top the list. First-placed “Doctors & Sex Abuse” by Atlanta Journal-Constitution, second-placed “How Fire Feeds” by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, and third-placed “The Tennis Racket” by BuzzFeed are all data-driven investigations. Bravos to data news again.

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Initium Media is Hiring…

15 Tuesday Nov 2016

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The Initium Media(@端傳媒） is looking to fill the following positions with higher priority:

1. Social media operation. ( https://www.facebook.com/initiumlab/ )
2. Interactive Charting ( mainly eCharts; such as last graph of this post: http://initiumlab.com/blog/20160730-Voting-Preference-Analysis-for-Hong-Kong-Legislative-Council-2012-2016/ )

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Caixin Media Is Calling…

25 Tuesday Oct 2016

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财新数据新闻实习生招聘

岗位要求：
· 新闻或财经专业重点院校在校生；
· 对数据新闻有认知、有兴趣；
· 知识面广，能适应各类新闻题材的策划和写作；
· 具备基本的数据整理和分析能力；
· 11月初能到岗，每周工作五天，可实习三个月或以上

工作地点：北京三里屯
简历发至：jiahuichen@caixin.com
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【财新招英文产品运营】

要求：
- 具备良好的中英文表达能力和沟通能力；
- 熟悉移动端的推广以及营销手段；
- 负责英文新闻和信息产品分析和效果评估（转化率提升），提升用户体验和活跃度；
- 思路灵活，富有创新精神，具有较强的沟通和亲和力；
- 有移动互联网、媒体行业产品经理、社群运营经验者优先。

工作地点：北京三里屯
简历发至：hiring@caixin.com