EJTA teacher conference 2021: Data Journalism
May 20-21, 2021 in cooperation with Dataharvest – the European Investigative Journalism conference
Program for Thursday May 20:
| 13:00 | Welcome to the 2021 EJTA teachers' conference | Eric Nahon, president of the European Journalism Training Association Brigitte Alfter, director, Arena for Journalism in Europe |
| 13:15-14:30 | Introducing a data curriculum Why are journalists having a hard time working with data and short presentation of framework Data journalism is not an Excel course Getting over students’ math anxiety | Speakers: Alexandra Stark (MAZ – The Swiss School of Journalism) Jasper Wouters (Artevelde University of Applied Sciences Ghent) Rayya Roumanos (Bordeaux Aquitaine Journalism Institute) Moderators: Dries Rombouts (Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, Ghent) Brigitte Alfter (Arena for Journalism in Europe) |
| 14:45-16:00 | How to teach data journalism or: Don't be afraid of the numbers! Vienna: Data journalism in a virtual inverted classroom - 18 online teaching units, bachelor level (mentimeter) Barcelona: 2-week course to get them started Utrecht: newly developed 4-year curriculum and data toolbox | Speakers: Regula Blocher (University of Applied Sciences, Vienna) Xavier Ramon (Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona) Elvira van Noort (University of Applied Sciences, Utrecht) Moderators: Laura Silvia Battaglia (Catholic University, Milan) Brigitte Alfter (Arena for Journalism in Europe) |
| 16:15-17:00 | Lightning talks “Best practice input”: How to train the student’s data mindset A structured method to question and verify DJ as an instrument for promoting a scientific organization Visualization tools for students Ideas for first/small-scale data projects “Why working in Python with Jupyter is…” | Speakers: Sandra Foresti (University of Gothenburg) Helena Löfving (University of Gothenburg) Larisa Zhukovskaya and Ludmila Makarova (Lobachevsky State University) Andreas Veglis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Alberto Puliafito (Catholic University Milan) Barnaby Skinner (MAZ – The Swiss School of Journalism) Moderators: Nadia Vissers (Director of EJTA) Brigitte Alfter (Arena) |
| 17:15-18:15 | Test your research skills! Solve some tricky riddles in online groups and have a drink together 🙂 | Quizmasters: Brigitte Alfter Arena for Journalism in Europe Christina Elmer Der Spiegel |
Program for Friday May 21:
| 9:30-10:45 | Teaching students to see and tell the story Keeping the journalistic focus in data teaching Tools for storytelling (visuals, WP plugin, workbench) | Speakers: Sandra Foresti (University of Gothenburg) Helena Löfving (University of Gothenburg) Andreas Veglis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) Moderators: Cyril Snijders (University of Applied Sciences Utrecht) Brigitte Alfter (Arena for Journalism in Europe) |
| 11:00-12.15 | How to develop your data journalism curriculum Learn/teach coding or collaboration with IT students? Bachelor and master’s level - finding the right level of complexity Bite-size learning for working journalists. Mid-career training for a whole business with missing data skills. | Speakers: Frederik Marain (Artesis Plantijn University College, Antwerp) Maria Hendrischke (University of Leipzig) Alexandra Stark (MAZ – The Swiss School of Journalism) Moderators: Rayya Roumanos (Bordeaux Aquitaine Journalism Institute) Brigitte Alfter (Arena for Journalism in Europe) |
| 12:15-12:30 | Closure - where do we go from here? | Eric Nahon, president of EJTA Nadia Vissers, director of EJTA Brigitte Alfter, Arena for Journalism in Europe |