The Nitty Gritty
Time and Personnel Needed
This project will take approximately six months to one year to complete. Most of the time will be devoted to gathering the stories from the news sources, going through their online archives, and sifting through the various stories to make sure that there are no repeated articles. Time will also be allotted to ensure that the materials gathered are from their news sources and not reprints from other websites. The metadata for each article will also be stored and, we will be tagging additional metadata. In addition to the date published, key words, news source, and word count, each article will be tagged according to the paths to which they are relevant.Each source may have up to one hundred articles over the period of thirty days relevant to the Rohingya crisis. With three news sources and two separate dates to consider, the number of articles can reach six hundred. Due to this large amount of data, personnel to find, sift through, and tag the articles is necessary. To complete this project in six months, at least five individuals who have archival research skills are needed. Of these five archivists, three who are familiar with the process of tagging and metadata are also essential to the project.
Finally, because of the interactive nature of the map with its various moving parts and components, such as the paths and aggregation panel, website building and coding is essential. We will also need to build a map image to work from. Knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suites, therefore, is also necessary. Along with the five archivists, two website programmers and designers are also needed.