Bio: Cedric Sam

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Cedric Sam is a programmer and researcher at the JMSC working in the field of data and computational journalism.

Cedric is the main coder behind the JMSC’s social media data project and its WeiboScope. He is also a participant in its open government data project.

Since joining the JMSC is February 2010, Cedric has worked on the China Media Project website and provided expertise on technical matters. He is the teaching assistant for the data journalism course.

Prior to coming to Hong Kong, Cedric worked for CBC/Radio-Canada in his hometown of Montreal.

From 2007 to 2009, he was assigned to Radio-Canada.ca and won acclaim for his work on its televised live electoral maps in 2008.

His data projects with La Presse during the last general election in Canada, including a map of political financing, were viewed by more than half a million pairs of eyes and won him the Canadian Online Publishing Award for best cross-platform initiative.

Cedric completed undergraduate studies in Biochemistry and Computer Science at McGill University in 2004, and is currently putting the finishing touches to a part-time Master of Design (Interaction Design Specialism) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Design.