On the 14th and 15th January, the third edition of #HackAgainstEbola will be co-organized by Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), the Union for Francophone Press (UPF), Code for Africa and the Global Editors Network in Dakar. This event is supported by Google. The two-day event can be followed through the liveblog on our website (in French) and with the hashtag #HackAgainstEbola.
This is the last of three Editors Lab focused on Ebola. The other ones were in Accra (19-20 November, you can see the recap here) and Lagos (24-25 November, recap here).
It is part of a series of international hackdays hosted by world-renowned media organizations, in New York (The New York Times), London (The Guardian), Madrid (El Pais), Buenos Aires (Clarin), Paris (Le Parisien), and many more. You can learn more on the programme on our website.
Why have hackdays on Ebola?
Epidemics create panic, dangerous rumors and uncertified facts. Ebola has not yet been neutralized, so journalists must be prepared. Unfortunately they don't have the necessary resources and tools that match the responsibility they have to inform local communities.
The Editors Lab is trying to foster an environment to create those needed tools, by inviting 13 teams, composed of one journalist, one designer, and one developer, who will work to build a prototype in 48 hours.in partnership with sponsored by
Participating teams The participants will benefit from workshops, given by:
Abdoulaye Kante, Expert Associate Director in charge of Public Sector & NGOs Business Unit at Link4dev.
Cheikh Fall, Web project manager, blogger and activist.
Moussa Seydi, Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Hopital Fann.
The team with the best project, will be chosen by our Jury:
Hawa Ba, Senegal Program Officer, Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA).
Olivier Sagna, Secretary General, Observatory on Information Systems, Networks and Information Highways in Senegal(OSIRIS).
Evangéline de Bourgoing, Programme Manager, Global Editors Network.
What is the prize for the winning team?
The winning team will compete against the other winning Editors Lab teams during the Editors Lab Final, the World Cup of Newsroom Innovation.
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This final stage of the Editors Lab international tournament will occur during the GEN Summit 2015 in Barcelona next June. They will also benefit from mentoring sessions afterwards, provided by code for Africa, to help them implement their project and publish it.
Contacts:
Amanda Fortier, OSIWA - afortier@osiwa.org
Laure Nouraout, Global Editors Network - lnouraout@globaleditorsnetwork.org
About the Global Editors Network:
The Global Editors Network is a cross-platform community empowering newsrooms through programmes designed to inspire, connect and share.
About OSIWA:
OSIWA's mission is to enable open societies and inclusive democratic governance in West Africa that are based on transparent and accountable institutions and an active citizenry.
About UPF:
The International Francophone Press Union was founded in 1950, and it is the world's oldest Francophone organisation of journalists. It has more than 3,000 members in 110 countries.
About Code for Africa:
Code for Africa is a citizen-focused, demand-driven movement that seeks to empower ordinary people to hold those in power to account.
About Le Monde Afrique:
Le Monde Afrique is a francophone and panafrican media of news, investigative journalism, analysis and debates.
