A DataThon for media professionals, held on November 1-2, 2024 in Berat, brought together 25 leading investigative journalists from prestigious TV’s and newspapers, such as Top Channel; A2 CNN; Klan News; Syri Tv; News 24; ABC News; Panorama; Vizion Plus; MCN TV etc.
For two consecutive days, journalists, mentored by AIS staff, worked together to create stories on corruption and issues in Public Procurement.
The slogan of this event was Empowering Fact-Based Journalism. Dozens of investigations and media stories are published every month, based on the AIS’ high-quality open data, database. Journalists are the main partners in our work to promote transparency through open data. Media professionals have uncovered numerous cases of public fund misuse and contracts irregularities, preventing corruption cases or instilling a watchdog culture, along with strengthening civic accountability.
Below you can find photos from the activity:
Agenda: Download Here
To access the list of participants: Click Here
AIS organizes creative events annually such as DataThon (Data Marathon), in which civil society actors, journalists and young students are equipped with skills to effectively use open data. Since December 2011, AIS has been a promoter of activities for transparency and citizen participation such as DataThon, Hackathon or Diplohack Tirana and Albania. This DataThon was supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED).
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