investigative journalism meets intellectual technologies ( ij meets it )
As part of the project journalists and IT specialists published such investigations :
* « Zoloto Tserkvy » ( The Church ’ s Gold ), Yevheniia Motorevska and Anna Babinets from Slidstvo . Info together with a web-developer Serhii Serdyuk . In total , the project was
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viewed more than 51 000 times . According to Yevheniia Motorevska , such investigations should be done not only in Kyiv , because the biggest problem discovered by journalists is the self-occupation of lands . The temples stand on land which wasn ’ t given to them .
Yevheniia Motorevska , producer and co-author of films at Slidstvo . Info
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IT part was to make a map . Thanks to the interactivity , this project has become closer to the audience and may encourage people to defend their rights . After all , each of us wants to live in a state governed by the rule of law , so that everyone , including churchmen , can act by the law .»
* « Bytva za vodu » ( The Fight for Water ) was done by Lyubov Velychko and Petro Bodnar from Texty . org . ua . The publication was viewed by 10 000 readers . The authors hope that after their project other countries will also take up this topic . It is not just about irrigation systems but also about how global warming is affecting the economy . And it is the cooperation of ordinary journalists with data journalists that allows us to show these
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nuances . Liubov Velychko , a journalist at Texty . org . ua
It is very difficult to decipher information from registers without the help of IT specialists and people who know it . Therefore , it is worth doing such collaborations , one should not be afraid of any misunderstandings , as if IT specialists speak using ones and zeros , and you speak in ordinary language . There is a lot of information in the public space , and if you put it all together , visualize and draw conclusions , you will get a great project .»
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