Vendata and the Press and Society Institute (Ipys) of Venezuela offers the opportunity to members of civil society, journalists and students to apply for the workshop on “”Indigenous peoples, socio-environmental conflicts and extractivism. What data is there and what can we do with it" to be held on Friday, May 24, 2019 in the city of Caracas, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The workshop will provide information and tools on the legal framework of indigenous peoples, socio-environmental conflicts in Venezuela and how journalistic coverage of indigenous affairs should be done.

In this activity, the data that is related to the subject will also be discussed and the use of the search engine will be taught. Vendata.org,

The workshop will be given by Minerva Vitti, a journalist graduated from the Andrés Bello Catholic University who has collaborated with international media such as the Country of Spain and Global Voices; and national ones such as Armando.info, El Estímulo, Historias que Laten (formerly Revista Marcapasos) and SIC magazine of Fundación Centro Gumilla. Since 2010 she began to write about the violation of the rights of indigenous peoples and communities in Venezuela. In 2016, she obtained a special mention at the Ipys awards for the investigative report "An AIDS epidemic is decimating the Warao," published on the investigative journalism portal Armando.Info.

She will be accompanied by Katherine Pennacchio, a reporter and specialist in data journalism. She currently writes for Runrun.es and is coordinator of the portal's Memories and Accounts emptying project Vendata.org.

The activity is completely free, and to apply, those interested must fill out the following form. Applications will be open until April 20 and those selected will be announced on May 21.