In honor of International Open Data Day, having taken place on March 6th, we would like to invite you to submit your data story to the Land Portal. Read more below!
Why submit a data story?
- Promoting your own work to a vast, diverse international audience;
- Learning about communicating data in an easily understandable and appealing format;
- Providing visibility of your story to an audience of over 20,000 people!
- Winning a prize, of course!
What are the requirements for a data story?
- Dynamic story that captures attention and presents data in an innovative and engaging way using photos, quotes, maps, infographics or other means to convey data (example: ESRI story maps or Google Data Stories);
- Story should “make data speak,” so opening up the meaning and the context behind one specific quantitative or qualitative dataset for a wider audience. Click here for inspiration on possible land datasets;
- Story needs to be centered on one of the following themes: women’s land rights, land & investments, urban tenure, community & indigenous land rights and/or international or regional land monitoring initiatives, such as the SDGs or the VGGTs;
- A maximum word limit of 1,000 words using language and tone that speaks to a non-expert audience.
- Stories can be submitted in English, French, Portuguese or Spanish.
1ST PRIZE
800 Euros
Your story featured and used as a case study in an upcoming Land Portal webinar on land rights and storytelling
Your story featured on www.landportal.org
2ND PRIZE
500 Euros
Your story featured and used as a case study in an upcoming Land Portal webinar on land rights and storytelling
Your story featured on www.landportal.org
3RD PRIZE
200 Euros
Your story featured and used as a case study in an upcoming Land Portal webinar on land rights and storytelling
Your story featured on www.landportal.org
Stories should be submitted by April 30th 2021 through email to datastories@landportal.info with copy to stacey.zammit@landportal.info