NDF2017 Keynote: Harkanwal Singh - Failing at change - data in stories
Channel: NDF - National Digital Forum
Date: 2017-11-28

Wednesday November 22, 2017 09:45 - 10:30 
Soundings Theatre, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa 

Failing at change - data in stories
Attempting something new and proving it works does not necessarily change the underlying culture within an organisation, or a profession. The something new in this case is telling stories with data. 
The context for data stories is the introduction of data journalism into different New Zealand newsrooms. A cultural shift does not follow a technical one. My talk is focused on the long road to change in understanding the challenges of introducing something new and accepting short-term failure as a strategy.

Harkanwal Singh
data journalism and visualisation, http://datastories.nz/
Harkanwal was formerly Data Editor at the New Zealand Herald, and was New Zealand’s first full-time data journalist. Currently Harkanwal is studying probability and computation at the University of Auckland. His work combines analysis and programming to create interactive visualisations. He is interested in using data analysis and visualisation to provide accessible stories to readers on complex topics. 

We have it on good authority that Harkanwal has an interest in culture and heritage data and we're so looking forward to hearing from him at NDF2017.

Harkanwal's appearance as an NDF2017 keynote was sponsored by the NDF Board.