Good Thursday morning!

We spent our first two days with Prof. Jeff South of VCU working on data collection and analysis. Can’t believe today is already the last day of the workshop series: We will continue with Jeff on data visualization.

You can tune in to the live stream of our webcast via the following links and enjoy the workshops with us:

2 June Morning
http://chtl01.hkbu.edu.hk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=694cd1ca-ac56-4d31-85d6-26febd40cc0d

2 June Afternoon
http://chtl01.hkbu.edu.hk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=bf9ef13b-bc04-4116-b0d1-06977f711de9

Last but not least, Jeff has a fans group in Hong Kong already.

Good Wednesday morning!

We spent our first day with Prof. Jeff South of VCU yesterday and learned lots of data collection skills. Today, Jeff will continue with us on data analysis.

You can tune in to the live stream of our webcast via the following links and enjoy the workshops with us:

1 June Morning
http://chtl01.hkbu.edu.hk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=e8cd7b0e-6cce-4647-9fea-b8e3cfeca120

1 June Afternoon

http://chtl01.hkbu.edu.hk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=a86def55-b2e8-48af-aff6-f54c26d44142

Cheers.

Good Tuesday morning.

We spent a beautiful day with Initium Media CTO Hu Pili yesterday. Today, Prof. Jeff South from Virginia Commonwealth University starts his first day with us.

You can tune in to the live stream of our webcast via the following links and enjoy the workshops with us:

May 31 Morning Session:
http://chtl01.hkbu.edu.hk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=dc7e69aa-0c53-470a-ac06-93834bf4d2c1

May 31 Afternoon Session:

http://chtl01.hkbu.edu.hk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=ca75c276-8738-4001-8143-998c8ad87b6a

Cheers.

Good Monday Morning!

We are now into Day 3 of the Workshops and today we have Mr. Hu Pili from Initium Media of Hong Kong with us.

You can tune in to the live stream of our webcast via the following links and enjoy the workshops with us:

30 May Morning Session:

http://chtl01.hkbu.edu.hk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=3b2829b7-1039-4849-894f-b99f4854349a

30 May Afternoon Session:

http://chtl01.hkbu.edu.hk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=9ac3d676-3d23-49a8-a796-b82c7907fb4e

Cheers!

We had a fabulous time yesterday! And today we will continue with Ms. Silva Shih from FTChinese.com with more data journalism topics and hands-on practice.

You can tune in to the live stream of our webcast via the following links and enjoy the workshops with us today:

May 28th, Morning session

http://chtl01.hkbu.edu.hk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=f43d05ae-05e6-42da-9f6d-5c5e7e9306cb

May 28th, Afternoon session
http://chtl01.hkbu.edu.hk/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=261e78ec-2c0d-4793-8004-be7390ed5cd4

Cheers!

As the annual highlight of our Data & News Society, this workshop series will bring you a close look at the current state of data journalism, as well as how it works and future directions.

We are honored to present to you three marvelous speakers in this workshop week, May 27 – June 2 (10:00-17:30 each day with a one-day break on Sunday, May 29).

*Please RSVP with your full name same as ID/Passport. A certificate will be issued to you upon completion of the workshop series.

Call for entries!

Fudan University’s School of Journalism, Caixin Data Visualization Lab and US-China Education Trust announces the launch of the second University Data Journalism Competition. (Original Source: See here)

We encourage students, colleagues, and alumni from HKBU to participate in the playground! The competition is open to university students of all levels and disciplines, submissions can be by individuals or by teams. Teams are allowed to work with journalists to serve as support.

Moreover – guess who is the guest speaker for D&N Society March Colloquium?

Mr. Huang Zhimin, one of the three judges for the competition, will come to HKBU on March 11 to be our guest speaker for D&N’s March colloquium. It will be an exclusive opportunity for our students to ask for advice if they want to run for the awards.

Details of the event are as below:

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