Robot Journalism: beyond the hype. How newsrooms in the Global South are using drones, sensors, and satellites for investigative journalism. They were initially dismissed as gadgets for geeks, but dr...
Chris Roper
Chris Roper is an ICFJ Knight Fellow and an editorial strategist for ICFJ’s Code for Africa data journalism initiative in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania. He is also a director of the African Network of Centers for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR). Prior to this, he was Editor-in-Chief at South Africa’s Mail & Guardian, portal manager for two of South Africa’s biggest ISPs, Mweb and Tiscali World Online, editor of the Mail & Guardian Online, and Editor-in-Chief at 24.com.
Presentation of the innovateAFRICA project. Media pioneers and organizations in Africa will benefit from a new $1 million fund designed to spur digital innovation that can improve news distribution, ...
