smc pan atlantic university - editors lab lagos
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VerifiTRANSCRIPT
THE PROBLEM
There is large amount of data coming in especially during major events like the elections.
Citizen Journalism has contributed to this upsurge in data and they are mostly curated on the internet.
How do we sort through the data , in this case (images, audio, video and text) and verify their accuracy?
How do we make it accessible to journalists, (the public and officials) in Nigeria even all around the world needing verified and accurate data covering the elections?
THE SOLUTIONBased on the theme
“New tools to cover elections”
We realised that during elections, there are concerns with information being relayed. How accurate is the information? Is it fair to all parties involved? How do we check the authenticity of information – attribution to a recognised name, face and preferably geographical location (address), and Newsworthiness: is the information really newsworthy? How do we solve this?
An application that geotags uploaded information by registered users on location and interfaces with a website.
An application that auto verifies the accuracy of data within a short time frame.
WHAT DOES VERIFI DO?
verifies DATA.
All data coming in concerning the election (pre, during and post) will be accurate based on the ability of to verify the data and make it available. There will also be live reports and this can be used to monitor coverage of the elections. All data coming in will be geo-tagged. They will be tagged so it will be easy to find data related to that event.
Social media updates tailored to the coverage of the elections will be streamed live.
There will be social media updates tailored to the coverage of the elections and will be streamed live.
Election dates will also be available on the websites.
HOW IT WORKS
CONTENT
DESIGN
TECHNICALITIES
MOBILE APP
HOMEPAGE
MENUS SECTIONS
ELECTION 2015 METERS YOUR
VOICEPRE-ELECTION
NEWS &
BLOGS
VERIFY ME
HOW IT
WORKS
KNOW YOUR
CANDIDATES
DOWNLOAD APP
ELECTION DAY
CALENDAR
READINESS
INEC: ALL YOU
NEED TO
KNOW
SMOOTHNESS
POST-ELECTION
POLLS
HOMEPAGE
EYE WITNESS
INEC
RESULTS
MEDIA
MONITOR
DATA
REQUESTLIVE REPORTS
UNOFFICIAL
OFFICIAL
MEDIA
MONITOR
WEBSITE WIREFRAME
PRE-ELECTIONInformation on Candidates
Campaigns
Voters Registration
Verification
Election Calendar
Polling Guidelines
INEC
Social Media
Debates
DURING ELECTION
Eye Witness Accounts
Official Accounts
Media Monitors
Live Reports
Electoral Agents
POST-ELECTION
Official results
Unofficial results
Discrepancies
Data Request
Embedded Visualizations
STEPS FOR VERIFICATION
FOR DATA
The app will integrate:
Google Map to geolocate data.
Google Earth to generate a satellite view coming in from all parts of the country to verify.
SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES
APIs are integrated and are tailored to specific hashtags covering elections all over the country.
FOR SMS
We will be working with Telecommunications company to verifiy locations of smscoming in. SMS updates can also be sent out using a short code
BENEFITS
The data from can be curated and visualized using google trends e.g voters registration, political campaigns, results.
Visualization on site can embedded into news sites.
News stories can be generated from the data e.g. Comparing the numbers of information on voter’s registration to votes that are counted at that particular location
can continue to run even after the elections are over.
There is room for plug-ins.
Acts as a mini-hub of verified data for news houses in Nigeria around the world.
HTTP://APPERY.IO/APP/MOBILE-FRAME?SRC=HTTP://APPERY.IO/APP/VIEW/189B86A8-C8BD-4D01-8B71-1D23C3F9F836&TYPE=MOBILE
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