Telling Stories With Data

Data-driven innovation has long been heralded as the future of newsrooms. From investigative reporting, to content discovery, to impact analytics - data guides editorial decisions and revenue streams for media organisations the world over.

Hacks Hackers Dublin is organising a very exciting event that features three of Dublin’s finest data evangelists with lightning talks about how you can harness data for storytelling and insight.

Dominic Byrne (https://twitter.com/DominicByrne_) from Dublinked is known for opening Dublin’s data to organisations of all types. You’ll probably know their datastore from its Dublin Bikes numbers, but through their work, journalists and others can get access to data on taxis, the LUAS, retailers and even rubbish collections. @DominicByrne_ (https://twitter.com/DominicByrne_)

Bahareh Heravi (https://twitter.com/bahareh360) is Lead Data Scientist at The Irish Times and head of the Digital Humanities and Journalism group at Insight Centre for Data Analytics. The Irish Times' new Data Blog is a perfect example of how great storytelling can be derived from analysing and interrogating datasets of all shapes and sizes. Find out how they bring together numbers, narrative and design in the interests of journalism. @Bahareh360 (https://twitter.com/Bahareh360)

Paul Quigley (https://twitter.com/paulyq) is CEO of NewsWhip, a tool employed by newsrooms and brands worldwide to uncover trending content and influential writers across the social web. Data and, of course, some smart technology lie at the heart of it (and their influential insights blog). @paulyq (https://twitter.com/paulyq)

The event will be hosted at the wonderful Wayra, with casual drinks afterwards nearby at The Ferryman. The event is relaxed and informal with short, informative and engaging presentations. It’s more about meeting people and asking questions than getting a lecture.

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