The project’s aim is to increase the capacity of local communities from Chernihiv region in promoting of their informative products through their visualization. The project will be implemented in two stages. Educational: preparation and holding of the seminar “Infographics in the Internet” (3 days). Practical: promotion of informative products in Internet with a help of infographics, creating by the participants (3 months); summarize.
What locality or neighborhood will your project focus on?
Describe the specific community with whom you will be working.
What kinds of news, stories and other content will be created?
According to mentioned project activities, the participants will create a blog to monitor the fulfillment of electoral promises of single mandates district deputies from Chernihiv region. Participants will have opportunity to visualize own analytical materials with a help of seminar “Infographics in the Internet”. Also they will make another infographics, using their articles from printing and Internet media.
What technologies and digital tools do you plan to use in the trainings?
Describe the connections that you or your organization have already established that will contribute to the success of the project.
Polissya Foundation begins to realize the project «Supporting analytical journalism to enhance the accountability of elected officials». There will be 3 trainings: «Analytical journalism», «The analysis of economic and political situation in the region», «New media». According to it journalists will product some analytical materials. «Rising voices» will help to visualize and promote this information.
How many participants do you think will be involved in your project?
12 participants will take part in the seminar (winners of the competition, which was conducted for the project «Supporting analytical journalism to enhance the accountability of elected officials»). Also the video-seminar “Infographics in the Internet” will look over no less than 500 visitors of YouTube.
Besides the microgrant funding, what other resources and support are you seeking for your project to ensure its success?
Polissya Foundation begins to realize the project «Supporting analytical journalism to enhance the accountability of elected officials» (sponsorship is got from National Endowment for Democracy).
Organization
Polissya Foundation of International and Regional Research
