Transparency International Sri Lanka held a three-day data journalism workshop for journalists to master the skills and tools that lead to new story angles and richer multimedia storytelling in the digital media age recently in Colombo.
Journalists, graphic designers and developers came together to find public-interest angles in government, non-government and private sector data, analyze financial reports to evaluate economic growth in Excel, and visualize progress towards development indicators with Google Charts.
The workshop marks an important step towards a more advanced, data-driven media sector in Sri Lanka that facilitates greater governmental transparency and accountability.