Jakarta Editors Lab 2017

Theme            : Data Driven Stories “Find or tell Stories with Data”

Date                : 6 – 8 April 2017

The Jakarta Editors Lab is a worldwide series of hackathons hosted by leading news organisations. Over a two day (7 – 8 April 2017) competition, teams will develop innovative journalism prototypes. On the afternoon of 6 April, participants will be invited to an data journalism workshop designed to inspire their prototyping.

The winning team from each hackathon earns a spot in the two-day EditorsLab Final in June 2017 in Vienna, Austria. The winning team in Jakarta will have the opportunity to compete against peers from around the world on a truly global stage at the GEN Summit. Travel and accommodation for the three-person winning team are included in this prize.
                        
The Jakarta Editors Lab will gather teams from the main Indonesian media outlets and student press university. These teams will represent a variety of media platforms (print, digital, broadcast). We will invited 12 of media outlets and 3 of university representative from all over Indonesia.

Every team will be containt three-person, and should include a journalist, a developer, and a designer. They will be expected to build a working prototype of a news product or service during the event. No previous work or preparation is needed. 

AGENDA

THURSDAY, 6 APRIL 2017

Venue: British Council Office

10:30: Depart from Hotel to venue

11:30: Lunch

12:30: Welcome by AJI, GEN, British Council

13:00: Open data in Indonesia by Robertus Theodore (www.satudata.go.id)

14:00: Initiative Using Open Technology and Applications to make Important Public

Information by Khairil (www.sinarproject.org)

15:00: Coffee break

15:30: Google News Lab Workshop--presented by Irene Jay Liu

16:30: Sharing Experience in Join Editors Lab and Winning the Competition by Wahyu

Dhyatmika (Tempo, International Winner of Editors Lab 2016)

17:15:Closing & Explanation about next day session

17.30: Dinner

FRIDAY 7 APRIL

Venue: British Council Office

8:00: Depart from Hotel to venue

9:00: GEN Welcome

Presentation of the GEN Editors Lab programme rules

9:30: Speed Geeking

Each participating teams meet and have 3 minutes to present to each other the most innovative project released by their newsrooms in the last months.

11:00: Coffee break

11:30: Let the hacking begin

13:00: Lunch

14:00: Brainstorming/working session

17:30 : Mini pitch session

The teams will have one minute to:

• Describe the problem they are trying to solve
• Describe their target audience
• Announce in one sentence what they are going to prototype

18:30: Dinner

19:00: All participants back to Hotel, Jakarta participants check in hotel

SATURDAY 8 APRIL

Venue: Morrissey Hotel Jakarta

09:00: Final hacking sprint

13:00: Lunch

15:45: Project submission deadline

16:00: Pitch session (Open event)

• The participants will have four minutes to pitch their projects
• One minute for questions from the jury

17:30: Drinks while the jury is deliberating

17:50: Winners announced

18:00: Final cocktail