Dec 10, 2020Public domain for climateOr: an article about the animations co-created with the School Strike for Climate and the band Kompost as part of the #NoWorries campaign. — During the summer of the 2020 pandemic, Centrum Cyfrowe (Polish think tank working with digital culture) partnered with the Polish School Strike for Climate and the hip-hop collective Kompost to create three viral animations explaining the cause and potential effects of the drought in Poland. The animations appeared on the…Public Domain3 min read
Published in SMK Open·Jul 22, 2020Become a part of a beautiful floral canvas straight from the hands of the masters of painting!Check out an innovative AR filter #ZEROWASTECULTURE based on art from public domain now available on Instagram Become a part of well-known paintings and transport yourself to a new, forested world! You can choose from Józef Mehoffer’s “Strange Garden” (from the archives of the National Museum in Warsaw) or Ottmar Elliger’s “Still Life” (from the Statens Museum for Kunst). There are over 500 million Instagram users who…Public Domain3 min read
Published in SMK Open·Mar 13, 2020Leisure in Times of Quarantine 😷Open Culture to the Rescue! — As Covid-19 infections aggressively spread throughout the world many governments have taken measures to mitigate the consequences of the pandemic. We have been told to stay at home and practise social distancing. Cultural institutions and big events have been shut down, and most restaurants, bars and public spaces follow suit…Creative Commons4 min read
Published in Outriders·Jul 29, 2019Four reasons for attending Outriders Stage & Backstage, November 21–22 in Warsaw(Get your tickets today!) — Journalists, storytellers — we invite you to join us at the II International Summit for journalist and storytellers organised in Warsaw, Poland on November 21–22. Why? Let us explain: 1. Let’s get together The theme of this edition is “Let’s get together”. There is a lot of innovation happening both in media and in…Journalism2 min read
Published in Outriders·Jul 16, 2019Five takeaways from Outriders Network Season OneSeason one of Outriders Network activities has come to an end. We have travelled to over 13 locations delivering more than 20 workshops and producing 27 talks. We have launched a database of interactive stories comprising of over 900 records. …Journalism5 min read
Published in Outriders·Jun 6, 2019Outriders Meetup @POINT: Elections CoverageBetween 16th and 18th of May, we traveled to Sarajevo, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, for an annual regional gathering of activists, techies, policy makers, and journalists, which focuses on political accountability and new technologies. …Open Data7 min read
Published in Outriders·May 23, 2019Outriders Labs in ZagrebLast week we went on tour to two Balkan capitals — first to Zagreb and then to Sarajevo. Just a few hours after we had landed the weather in the region changed. Zagreb experienced powerful winds and heavy rains for some 36 hours straight. The police even issued a warning…Journalism2 min read
Published in Outriders·Apr 25, 2019“I use the hype of data journalism as a pretext to teach the fundamentals of public interest reporting” — Interview With Eva ConstantarasEva Constantaras is a data journalist specialized in building data journalism teams in developing countries. The teams she worked with have reported from across Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia, and East Africa on topics ranging from displacement and kidnapping by organized crime networks to extractive industries and public health. Eva…Data Journalism9 min read
Published in Outriders·Apr 18, 2019Outriders Meetup in Budapest: How To Navigate DisinformationOn March 21st, a week after we gathered in Sofia, Bulgaria to discuss cross-border investigations, Outriders Network hosted another meetup, this time in Budapest. Our guests — Sarah Emler an Austrian journalist from ORF, Tommasso Canetta, an Italian fact-checker from Pagella Politica and Meri Jordanovska, a Macedonian investigative journalist working…Journalism8 min read
Published in Outriders·Apr 12, 2019Outriders is looking for a Community Organiser & Events Producer!Who are Outriders? At Outriders, we believe in strengthening the power of journalism to explain the complexities of the world. Our organisation supports journalism globally through a variety of projects: outride.rs …Jobs3 min read