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Media Hack Collective, publisher of The Outlier, is preparing for growth and is offering a three-month, paid internship for a junior data journalist interested in working on meaningful projects that have broad impact.

Why Media Hack Collective?

Joining our team means being part of a dynamic, creative environment where you’ll have the opportunity to grow your existing skills, learn new skills, and work on a variety of interesting projects.

What you will learn and do:

• Find or create data sets that are African or about African issues
• Analyse data sets to unearth the interesting information they contain
• Use data to tell compelling stories.
• Create impactful data visualisations.
• Collaborate with a team of developers and journalists to produce high-quality digital content.

What You Need:

• A deep curiosity about the world around you and a desire to make it better.
• Above average problem-solving skills – you love puzzles and finding patterns in things.
• A university or college degree (any degree, it doesn’t have to be data science, but you must have done maths to matric).
• An ability to write a coherent narrative in English, in other words, you’re a good storyteller.
• Basic spreadsheet skills or a willingness to learn them quickly.
• An understanding of basic statistics is an advantage.

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