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Presentation done in Washington (February 2013) on the launch of the new Knight International journalism Fellowship.

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Infoamazonia.org

Data sharing and geojournalism

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Objectives

● Create a tool that allows journalists, researchers and NGOs to upload and download data/stories about the Amazon

● Generate narratives/visualizations with data

● Stimulate data/stories sharing among Amazonian organizations

● Create greater awareness about problems in the region

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Why?

● Many years of research in the region, but data not shared

● Journalistic narratives can provide vital information

● Internet maps and data tools allow compelling visualization

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How it works?

Data sharingthrough

spreadsheets, geodata, satellite

imagery

Collecting data using mobiles and wikis (forms and

interactive spreadsheets)

Narratives, maps and datavisualization to be shared

INFOAMAZONIA APP

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Results● A group of well trained journalists on how to use data to

report about the Amazon

● At least 500 geostories published

● A number of data vizualizations using data uploaded by partners

● A model for communities and NGO collaborative action in the Amazon

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ImplementationPhase 1 - March 2012 - February 2013a) Development of the platform. b) Upload and visualization of selected databases by working with organizations to obtain data.c) 500 stories using the datasets providedd) Several maps with the stories merged with layers

Phase 2 - February 2013 -- ??a) Collaborative data collection - creating citizen tools/deskb) Distribution modelc) Joint effort to verification. Voluntaries to map.

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Partners and FundsProject manager: Internews

Project execution: O Eco/ ICFJ - Knight International Journalism Fellowship

Funds - CDKN, Porticus

Partners in the Amazon which "donate" data and stories:

Imazon, Finding Species, Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental, RAISG, Mongabay, A Publica