SPJ-RG chapter member Tom Johnson is known for promoting the digital analysis and sharing of data. He’s a co-director of the Institute for Analytic Journalism in Santa Fe. Johnson will be speaking Wednesday, Aug. 17 at noon at the Santa Fe Complex about the new open data movement. Think of ODM as the new digital terminology for “transparency.”
“Access to fine-grained data is seen as not only the right of citizens, but as the feed stock for economic growth, a rich driver of government accountability, personal choice, quality of government service and a greater platform for fact-based public debate,” according to info about Johnson’s talk.
The talks are free. Don’t miss it! For more info on the institute: http://analyticjournalism.blogharbor.com/blog/AboutIAJ
