Data + the Greater Good Nate Landau and Sisi Wei @ WNYC and ProPublica

Talk 1: WNYC is the nation’s largest public radio station and the second largest podcaster in the world. As a nonprofit organization, individual donors provide the bulk of their revenue. How can they best use data to serve their constituents? Nate Landau, Chief Digital Officer for WNYC will talking about the challenges and opportunities of leveraging listener data to help drive both their programming and fundraising efforts. Talk 2: Sisi Wei, ProPublica’s Assistant Managing Editor, joins us to discuss The Waiting Game. Through this interactive and experimental news game created in partnership with WNYC, players walk in the shoes of an asylum seeker fleeing violence or persecution and gain insight into the complex US immigration and refugee system. Sisi will discuss decisions on how and why data was used within the development of the game, what data is collected from the game, and how digital games can be powerful tools to convey emotional messages and news in a thought-provoking manner.” What we’re about For anyone who is interested in how data can benefit humanity and the environment. We’ll meet once a month around how data intersects healthcare, education, social justice, economic empowerment, the arts, and the environment.