AS PART of its
plan to ensure that the 2015 general election becomes a success, Google Nigeria
said that it will empower Nigerian journalist with the required ICT^ tools to
that will enable them to report the elections credibly.
The one day,
workshop with the theme: data Tools for Election reporting is expected to avail
journalist with the online tools for elections story telling.
Communications
and Public Affairs Manager, Anglophone West Africa, Google, Mr. Taiwo
Kola-Ogunlade said that in the last decade, social media and online journalism
have played an important role in helping to build stable democracies resulting
from informed voting.
He noted that as
more people get online, this impact grows saying that the weeks leading to the
Nigerian 2015 elections present great opportunities for media people to
innovate on their story telling abilities through the use of online tools and
social media.
“The Google for
Elections workshop is a one-day, hands-on Certificate program focused on using
Social Media tools, Visualisation and Citizen Reporting tools in 'unearthing'
and telling elections-based stories. Participants will learn to use online
tools like Fusion Tables, Polls, Trends and Tables to result and develop
stories”, he said.
He added: “This
program is ideal for editors, journalists, social media/digital reporters
interested in becoming proficient in learning to leverage online/digital tools
for better elections reporting.”
Kola-Ogunlade
said that the training, which comes up Friday, 16, 2015 is for the first 100
journalist who register http://goo.gl/tjVwM3
adding that upon completion, participants will have the knowledge and tools
necessary to apply their new skill set immediately and will also be issued with
certificates from the Google Media Academy.
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