Awards
The Shared Data Unit was shortlisted in the team category for the Sigma Awards in 2021
The team received a Highly Commended in the Outstanding Digital Team of the Year at the Drum Awards 2021
The team won Editorial Innovation of the Year at the Drum Online Media Awards 2020. Judges said the SDU had 鈥榚nriched the regional news industry鈥� and was 鈥榖reaking the mould in passing on these crucial data journalism skills鈥�.
The SDU was shortlisted in the open data category of the worldwide Sigma data journalism awards 2020 which received 510 entries by 287 organisations spanning 66 countries.
Hack Days
MyEU Hack Day Birmingham 2020The Shared Data Unit hosted the MyEU Hackday in February 2020, looking at the network of funding streams the UK had previously received from the European Union. The SDU worked in partnership with The University of Birmingham and the local news industry.
Open Contracting Salford 2018The Shared Data Unit hosted an Open Contracting Hackday in December 2018, looking at government contractual data and working in partnership with open data advocates in the wider community
