Jake Porway is founder and executive director of DataKind. Below he writes about DataKind’s work and the question posed by the Knight News Challenge on Data, How might we make data work for individuals and communities? Winners of the challenge will share in $3 million. Apply at newschallenge.org. Above: Vision Zero vigil, July 2015. Photo by Miriam Young/DataKind. Thanks […]
Article · September 29, 2015 by Jake Porway
A volunteer during one of DataKind’s DataDives. Photo from DataKind on Flickr. Jake Porway is founder and executive director of DataKind, a nonprofit that connects social good organizations with leading data scientists to solve problems and inform decision-making. Related Link “DataKind to help more organizations use data for social change with new $1.1 million investment […]
Article · January 15, 2015 by Jake Porway
Knight Foundation supports DataKind to make better use of data science for social good. Below, Jake Porway, founder and executive director of DataKind, writes about opportunities to help mission-driven organizations benefit from the massive amounts of data being generated today. Above: “The Power of Data Science.” For a self-proclaimed “data geek” these are exciting times. Almost every interaction we […]
Article · October 4, 2013 by Jake Porway