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ICFJ Knight Roundup: Code for Africa Launches the First d|Bootcamp in Taiwan

Each week as part of the Knight International Media Innovators blog, the ICFJ Knight team will round up stories focused on how their fellows are making an impact in the field. Find out more about the fellows' projects by clicking here.

Spreading innovations between Africa and Asia, audience data at the Hindustan Times and more from the Knight Fellows in this week’s roundup.

Code for Africa goes to Asia

Code for Africa held its first d|Bootcamp in Taiwan last weekend.

El Meme Builds Profitable Online Community by Making Content King

If you’re interested in exploring what Argentine millennials find funny, moving or captivating, visiting elmeme.me is a good place to start.

On the website, creative Argentines who register for a free account can post their political opinions, GIF lists or favorite throwback music videos.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Breakthrough App Salama Increases Journalists' Security

Each week as part of the Knight International Media Innovators blog, the ICFJ Knight team will round up stories focused on how their fellows are making an impact in the field. Find out more about the fellows' projects by clicking here.

Data Journalism's Pursuit and Obstacles in Storytelling

Data journalism is currently a hot buzzword among journalists in South Africa. But in reality it’s a case of lots of talking and not much action, with few journalists and newsrooms doing much real data-driven storytelling.

Too often it’s because old school editors working with very tight resources and dwindling staff numbers don’t understand the value and depth that good data-driven stories could add to their reportage.

Civic Tech: A Global Phenomenon Improving Local Communities

Over the past 10 years, the civic tech industry has worked increasingly with governments and civil societies to help deliver better information and services to citizens across the globe.

The industry’s growing influence was showcased when civic hackers from six continents met in New York in late July for the first public Code for All Summit.

Technologists demonstrated how they are creating innovative solutions to community problems – from fighting hunger in the Caribbean to responding to nuclear disaster in [Japan](http:/

Potential Roadblocks for Drone Journalism

Drones are among the emerging technology innovations that are revolutionizing newsgathering. But these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), first developed for military use, have been mired in controversy over their use by journalists.

Governments of a few countries have banned civilian use of drones outright, a blanket action that is sometimes aimed at preventing their use in newsgathering.

Four Ways to Get Involved with the Global Data Journalism Community

All over the world, journalists are taking an interest in data journalism, attending training sessions and infusing new data skills into their work. ICFJ Knight Fellow Stephen Abbott Pugh offers tips on how to join the global data journalism community:

So you’ve taken your first data journalism class and now see the possibilities for using data to enhance your storytelling. What’s next? Here are four ways you can keep the momentum going and build on what you’ve learned.

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Tracking Politicians' Careers and Positions with Technology

One of the best-known principles of geometry says that if two points are on a plane, the line that passes between those points is also on the same plane. Data visualization platform Cargografías applies this concept to politicians' careers, allowing voters to trace the path of candidates running for public office from their first political move to their most recent.

ICFJ Knight Roundup: Gamifying Candidates in Argentina, Tech Funding in Africa

Each week as part of the Knight International Media Innovators blog, the ICFJ Knight team will round up stories focused on how their fellows are making an impact in the field. Find out more about the fellows' projects by clicking here.

The Growing Need for Collaboration Between Journalists and Technologists

The launch of the Kenya Open Data Initiative in July 2011 led to the release of hundreds of data sets which, for a few discerning journalists and editors, opened up a new way of discovering, reporting and disseminating news.