Media Indaba was started by Hacks/Hackers Cape Town a few years ago, and this year the conference is expanding to include multiple cities in Africa. Applications are open for day one, day two and day three of hands-on sessions focused on the media, land use and revenue generation.

Want to be part of Media Indaba’s special 1 day conference on land and the media in SA? Expect a mix of short talks by experts, case studies of #landjournalism projects, and short, impactful data workshops.
CT, 28/11/2018 https://t.co/KtBQGdwdJl #MI_x #CodeForAfrica #OurLand pic.twitter.com/9dDJ0UzAcn

— MediaIndabaAfrica (@MediaIndaba) November 16, 2018

Media Indaba Extra will take place in Cape Town later this month, with more information coming on events in Lagos, Dar es Salaam and Marrakech.

Happening this week:

• Abuja, Benin and Lagos are visualizing geographic data
• IRE is holding its regular open lab
• Dublin is discussing misinformation and the media

Worth a read:

• Civio, a Spanish data-driven news org, is not just reporting on government, but writing laws and lobbying for them (NiemanLab)
• A nonpartisan initiative called TechCongress is hiring experts to help inform congress members about the technology they’re writing legislation for (Knight Foundation)
• Confused about bots, trolls and botnets and how they affect social media? GIJN wrote a guide on what each of them are and how to identify them (GIJN)

This Spanish data-driven news site thinks its work goes past publishing stories — to lobbying the government and writing laws https://t.co/I4WaXU7ZSS pic.twitter.com/MsTuADt7bi

— Nieman Lab (@NiemanLab) November 12, 2018

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