Advocacy journalism has become a genre in itself, transparently adopting a partisan, yet factual viewpoint for social purposes. Organizations other than media outlets are recruiting journalists in ...
Gabi Sobliye
Gabi Sobliye is Senior Coordinator of Exposing the Invisible at Tactical Technology Collective.
Gabi comes from a human rights background, having previously worked for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Transparency International and more recently Tactical Technology Collective, a Berlin based NGO working on the use of information in activism. Tactical Tech works with activists around the world on issues of digital security, privacy and exposing and shaping issues based on data and evidence.
In particular Gabi works on the Exposing the Invisible project which looks at the use of visual as a form of investigation. For the last two years she has worked on the use of data and visuals in advocacy focusing on work around Tactical Tech's book Visualising Information for Advocacy, providing trainings and creating visualisations.
Radical data: from activism to journalism, the power of data-based visual narratives
Quality journalism and activism seem to converge on the horizon of the current mediascape. The NSA, HSBC and Wikileaks files are few but bold examples of outstanding journalism deeply rooted in da...