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SUMMARY:Democratizing Data: A Geospatial Case Study with Journalist Yao Hua Law
DESCRIPTION:Seminar: Join us Friday\, April 3rd in the Lamont Library Forum 
 Room to hear from 2026 Harvard Nieman Fellow and journalist Yao Hua Law. 
 During his fellowship\, Yao Hua worked on a website that tracks how 
 governments add and remove forest reserves in Peninsular Malaysia. He aims 
 to help the media and the public study forest use and spot questionable 
 changes.\n\nIn Malaysia\, the federal government has pledged to keep forest 
 and tree cover at 50% or more. However\, the documents that describe forest 
 reserve changes are kept behind paywall and largely unseen. As a result\, 
 the media and the public are unable to establish stable baselines\, monitor 
 changes\, or know much beyond what the government chooses to show.\n\nYao 
 Hua's project fills the data gap and connects the public with primary 
 documents on forest reserve changes. Leveraging AI-assisted coding\, 
 library GIS services\, and lots of archival research\, his tool tracks 
 forest reserve changes in Peninsular Malaysia. This new website opens 
 access to paywalled government documents\, GIS data\, and Harvard Map 
 Collection materials. Join us in person April 3rd from 1:30-2:30 to hear 
 about Yao Hua’s methodology and findings\, and how working with Harvard 
 Library made this research possible.\n\nBio: Yao Hua Law is a journalist 
 from Malaysia who blends field reporting with data and maps to examine 
 sustainable use of natural resources. He co-founded Macaranga Media in 
 2019\, Malaysia's only environmental newsroom. His stories have exposed and 
 stopped illegal deforestation and led to court trials on indigenous 
 land-rights. He has received international and national awards for data 
 journalism\, investigative reporting\, and narrative writing. Yao Hua is a 
 Nieman Fellow 2026 at Harvard University.\n\n\n\n\n\nGetting here: 
 Non-Harvard attendees please bring a photo ID on the day of the event 
 matching the name you register with. The event will take place in the 
 Lamont Forum Room\, which is on floor three of Lamont Library. Attendees 
 can request directions to the Forum Room from staff at the building 
 entrance turnstiles\, or the circulation desk on the first floor. Be 
 mindful of noise when navigating the corridors and event space\, as floor 
 three is a quiet study zone. \n\n
LOCATION:Lamont Library - Forum Room (Room #335)\, Harvard Map Collection
ORGANIZER;CN="Belle Lipton":MAILTO:belle_lipton@harvard.edu
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CONTACT;CN="Belle Lipton":MAILTO:belle_lipton@harvard.edu
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