Mapping for storytelling (demo + workshop)

Overview

This event will demonstrate how to use maps for more effective and engaging storytelling or reporting especially for journalists. The hands-on workshop will teach you how to use Google Map and Carto to make interactive maps.

Who can attend?

The event is free for everyone who are interested in marrying technology with journalism. You must RSVP on this Meetup page AND fill in the Google form before Aug 1. You can choose to attend only the morning session and not the afternoon workshop. Please indicate your attendance in the Google form. Seats are limited and our last event was fully booked long before the deadline, so act fast!

What will happen?

Hacks/Hackers Kuala Lumpur, with the support from Google Malaysia, is organising a one-day demo + workshop on making map for storytelling.

In the first session, Kuek will provide an overview of using maps for storytelling to address questions including why do we need map and how can map helps to tell a story or present information/data. He will also show examples of how other publishers did it and online tools available out there.

In the second session, both Sv Singam and Danesh Prakash Chacko (who will join us via webcam from Australia) will talk about using maps to convey critical information to Malaysian voters from Tindak Malaysia's experience of empowering and educating Malaysian voters through maps since 2014.

In the afternoon workshop, Kuek will conduct a step-by-step workshop on how to make basic maps using Google Map and Carto. No programming skill needed. So please bring your own laptop!

Program schedule

10am - 11am: Introduction to mapping for storytelling (by Kuek Ser Kuang Keng, DataN founder)

11am - 12pm: Electoral Maps: Empowerment and Education for Malaysian Voter (by Sv Singam, chief IT advisor for Tindak Malaysia and Danesh Prakash Chacko, GIS advisor for Tindak Malaysia)

12pm - 1pm: Lunch and networking

1pm - 4pm: Mapping workshop (by Kuek Ser Kuang Keng, DataN founder)