We’re almost there, hacks and hackers! 2018 is just around a turn of the Earth, and we’ve got a serious lineup of journalism and innovation events. If you’d like to find even more, check out the GIJN calendar or Colorado organizer Abigail Edge’s website. If you’d like to be involved in planning the next year for Hacks/Hackers, or even if you’d just like to know what’s going on, we’ve got our first open call coming up on Wednesday.
Happy holidays, hacks and hackers. This is our last newsletter of 2017, so of course we’re doing a 2017 roundup. Even though much of the world is hibernating for the holidays, or the winter weather, or both, there are plenty of journalism jobs being posted and events being announced, so read on for more. Worth a read: Chartbeat, the analytics platform, published a list of the 100 most engaging news stories according to their metrics (Chartbeat) MediaShift published a half dozen of the world’s best journalism collaborations, from the Paradise Papers to Faktisk (MediaShift) And Josh Stearns of the Local News Lab took the tweet storm option, sharing dozens of the most innovative media projects this year, including an eight-story collection from Latin America (Josh Stearns) The list is in: see what articles and themes made the #ChartbeatTop100 Most Engaging Stories of 2017: https://t.
Hope everyone had a good week, hacks and hackers! We have updated the Upcoming Events section with events from March through May. But January and February are as dry as the winter tundra. If you know of an event, share it on email or Twitter! Discounted tickets now available for newsrewired, the digital journalism and communications conference, 7 March 2018 - save 28% (£50) per ticket! https://t.co/UIR1RFJ6oo pic.twitter.com/OdETnpkcIX — Journalism.co.uk (@journalismnews) December 4, 2017 Worth a read:
Happy Sunday, hacks and hackers! We’ve fixed a couple technical issues with the Hacks/Hackers email addresses - so if you want a your-city-here@hackshackers.com, reply to this email to let us know. Also, Code for Africa is building an online platform for reuseable civic tech tools - do you know of any, or do you want to get involved? Join the effort here. The week ahead: Casablanca is finding new tools for storytelling Abuja is tackling fake news and fact-checking Miami is discussing the future of digital advertising IRE is holdings its regular open lab Worth a read:
Welcome to December, hacks and hackers! A new month means a new global open call. If you’d like to know what’s going on at Hacks/Hackers, add the event to your calendar or contribute to the agenda. Hacks/Hackers chapters, meanwhile, are running at full speed, with meetups this week in Kenya, Ecuador, Singapore, the U.S. and the U.K. Check out these events and other news - like media development grants from the UN - below.
Happy Sunday, hacks and hackers! Today concludes the enormous Media Indaba event in South Africa, which you may remember from last year, when it was called Media Party Africa. Am loving the signage at #MediaIndaba, using irreverent humour to challenge media privilege / hubris. pic.twitter.com/MrYGvZ3VyJ — Justin Arenstein (@justinarenstein) November 24, 2017 Do you know of any Hacks/Hackers-esque events coming up in January? Let us know, because with winter holidays coming up, our events list is starting to run dry.
Welcome back, hacks and hackers! This week we’ve got meetups in Australia, Singapore, Germany, the UK and more. If you want to keep up, remember you can subscribe to the Hacks/Hackers global calendar or check the website for new events: Are you hitting the conference circuit this summer? Lots of #HacksHackers-type events out there: https://t.co/gxQdxHduNA — Hacks/Hackers (@HacksHackers) May 29, 2017 Don’t forget to read to the bottom for more events in South Africa, Brazil and Tunisia coming up later this month.
Hi there, hacks and hackers. If you haven’t checked out MisinfoCon’s collection of essays, news and opinions on the misinformation problem, you might want to check it out here. We’re looking for more contributions, which can be an update on a project you’re working on, musings on a thorny issue, or anything else you think might fit - feel free to send us your suggestion here. Great tips from @lmneudert: 3 common myths about disinformation your newsroom should know https://t.
Hi, hacks and hackers! We’re setting up forwarded email accounts for hackshackers.com. So if you’re a local organizer: Would you like an email address for your group, like hongkong@hackshackers.com? Hit reply on this email if you would like to set that up. The week ahead: * Seattle is discussing voice user interfaces * IRE is holdings its regular open lab * Mendoza is hosting an open government hackathon Worth a read: * Data journalism hackathons, to some extent, are catching on in Moscow and St.
Happy Sunday, hacks and hackers! And if you’re in a locale that celebrates it, Happy Halloween! And give a warm welcome to Hacks/Hackers Casablanca, which just held their first event last weekend, a workshop on how “fake news” spreads across the internet. Spread the word if you know anyone in Morocco. Welcome, #HacksHackers Casablanca! I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. https://t.co/sozeBmW1Yk — Hacks/Hackers (@HacksHackers) October 29, 2017 Worth a read: