LA NACION´s data journalist José Crettaz, together with data team and interactive visualization team from Lanacion.com demonstrated with DATA that the new media law was not fulfilling what it was created for, then opened dataset for everyone to reuse. In 2009 an Audiovisual Communications Law was approved that was very controversial, because many media said… Seguir leyendo Monitoring the new Media Law in Argentina 2009-2013. 94% created were state media, no plural voices as promised so far
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Census Project, 2001-2010
In April 21st, 2013 we launched “The Census Project”, a microsite that maps and organizes the main variables of the 2001 and 2010 Argentina census. It was a step by step process with different skills needed, as usual in our Data Projects. Step 1: Embracing Hacktivism gave born to this initiative The initiative began last year, during a Hacks / Hackers… Seguir leyendo Census Project, 2001-2010
Open statements of assets from Argentina’s main public officials
In Argentina, where we don´t have an access to information law yet, LA NACION and other three NGO´s that work towards transparency (Poder Ciudadano, ACIJ and Fundación Directorio Legislativo) worked together to develop the first site concerning the heritage of public servants, making the information accessible to anyone with a computer and an Internet connection.… Seguir leyendo Open statements of assets from Argentina’s main public officials
Tecnópolis: a fair, a couple and the milloinaire that was poor
In 2012, reading the Official Bulletin (Boletín official), we started to detect high prices in the direct hiring of firms for building stands at a fair organized by the national government, known as “Tecnópolis”, and that functions as a mega show of science, art and technology, inaugurated in June 2011 by the president, Cristina Fernández… Seguir leyendo Tecnópolis: a fair, a couple and the milloinaire that was poor