Journalism professors, student chapter leaders, and local news editors
Launching a community open data initiative with multiple stakeholders
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The SPJ Pro & Student Chapters Local Newspapers Local Broadcast mind map template is a comprehensive planning tool for open data journalism initiatives, covering 175 nodes across collaborators, marketing, financial planning, decision factors, and prototype process development. It includes specific resources like the 'Open Data Handbook', 'Negotiating for data How to get what you want without getting a headache', and 'Socrata Open Data Field Guild Chpt 2'. Designed for journalism professionals, students, and local media, this template helps organize multi-stakeholder projects involving national organizations such as the Knight Foundation and Sunlight Foundation, as well as state and local partners. The template also features a 'Survey to Develop Hierarchy of Desired Data' and a 'City/County Data Census' to guide data prioritization.
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Trainers, SPJ region directors, and nonprofit educators
Planning a training workshop on FOIA and data journalism
Grant writers, foundation liaisons, and project managers
Developing a grant proposal for open government projects
How to use this template
Step 1
Access and Identify Key Collaborators
Open the template in Xmind and expand the Collaborators branch to map out your local partners, national organizations, and student chapters.
Step 2
Plan Financial and Prototype Development
Utilize the Financial and Prototype Process branches to outline funding sources and integrate specific open data journalism metrics into your project workflow.
Step 3
Customize Resources and Share Progress
Incorporate the provided handbook resources and survey data into your map before exporting the final plan as a PDF or image for your team.
Frequently asked questions
The template includes 175 nodes covering collaborators, marketing, financial planning, decision factors, prototype process development, and resources like case studies, data tools, and tip sheets.
Start by identifying collaborators at national, state, and local levels. Then use the planning branch to develop web site templates, training syllabi, and marketing strategies. The prototype process helps create metrics and conduct data censuses.
Yes, the template is free to download and fully editable in Xmind desktop or web. You can customize nodes, add your own data, and export as needed.
Resources include web sites like Open Data Now and Project Open Data, case studies, data tools (mapping, graph databases), tip sheets like The Open Data Handbook, and bibliographic tools like Zotero.
Absolutely. The template includes sections for student chapters, collaboration with local media, and training syllabus creation, making it ideal for academic journalism projects.
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