Happy July, hacks and hackers. Meetups tripled from last week to this, with chapters building robots, making maps and hacking hackathons from Portland to Patagonia. Los Angeles also rebooted last week, with the first of a two-parter workshop on Javascript and D3. Let’s check out their meetup and others coming up this week.
The week ahead:
Atlanta, Georgia, is introducing IoT Buenos Aires is planning the upcoming Media Party Munich is delving into robot journalism Colorado is going to the Google Boulder office for a mapping workshop Portland is discussing community and comments Rosario, Argentina, is holding a hackathon Miami and IRE are holding their regular weekly open labs Chapter spotlight:
Welcome to July, hacks and hackers! In the first half of 2016, H/H chapters held nearly 100 meetups in dozens of cities. We also held seven Connect events from San Francisco to London, with another coming up in Toronto in a couple months.
Tomorrow, we’re holding our monthly global call, so please join in!
The week ahead:
Miami is holding OpenHack Miami IRE is meeting for its regular open lab Hacks/Hackers is holding its global monthly call Chapter spotlight:
This week, journalists chortled over tronc’s “deadly swarm of buzzwords,” watched the U.S. Congress livestream over Periscope and traded tips and tools after a record-setting IRE conference. Let’s see what hacks and hackers are getting up to next week.
But first, consider taking a minute to answer OpenNews’s survey on how they can help journalists and technologists better expand their networks and collaborate. Knight and Mozilla partner with a lot of Hacks/Hackers folks, and dedicate a lot of time and money to making these kinds of projects accessible to hacks and hackers across the world.
Welcome to the weekend, hacks and hackers. The media world, and the rest of the world, was rocked by news of the largest mass shooting in U.S. history. Poynter wrote an article on how the Orlando Sentinel, which has had two-thirds of its staff cut over the years, covered one of the most intense and devastating events in its history. The New York Times made an animated presentation of how its design and publication of the news changed as the story evolved.
Greetings, hacks and hackers. In case you haven’t noticed, summer might as well be called conference season. Last week, Connect and Dataharvest brought journalists together in Brussels. Next up for North America, IRE comes to New Orleans, SRC CON to Portland and Connect Toronto. Let’s take a look at what individual chapters have been up to.
The week ahead:
Miami and IRE are holding their regular weekly open labs Warsaw is holding its third meetup Austin will discuss UX design at the Texas Tribune Venice is discussing how visual journalism influences social change New Orleans is hosting a meet-and-greet at the IRE conference Chapter spotlight:
Welcome to June, hacks and hackers! Brussels just wrapped up another action-packed Connect, but Hacks/Hackers isn’t slowing down. We’re excited to announce Connect Toronto, coming to the great white north in September:
Very excited to announce that the 8th #HHConnect event will arrive in #Toronto on Sept 23 & 24 @CSIToronto https://t.co/uFQ1wyrxvh #cdnmedia
— Hacks/Hackers (@HacksHackers) June 3, 2016 Next Tuesday, we’ll be catching up in our global call at 11 a.
Hacks/Hackers Connect Brussels is almost upon us! You still have a few days to register, so spread the word! We’re excited to hold our third Connect event in Europe and to host a session on Google’s Digital News Initiative. It will take place the day the second round of applications open, June 2nd.
Make sure you sign up for the Hacks/Hackers Connect in Brussels (June 1-2): https://t.co/xcKgu6K9Dj pic.twitter.com/JIUegW2plC
— Michiel Sallaets (@Chimiel) May 19, 2016 Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires also announced the dates for this year’s #HHBA Media Party:
Happy Friday, hacks and hackers! We’re excited to bring the Connect series to Brussels in just two weeks. Connect Brussels is a pan-European event with participants attending from across the EU. Like all Connect events the focus is on building a vibrant media entrepreneurship community — only a few spots remain, so register today and spread the word to your colleagues in the region.
#HHConnect is back in Europe!
Happy Friday the 13th, hacks and hackers. #HHConnect Miami fires off today and continues throughout the weekend:
The week ahead:
Miami and IRE are holding their regular weekly open labs Helsinki is taking a look at news orgs’ analytics, including some on gender balance The #PanamaPapers talks keep boomeranging around the world, this week reaching Munich London is featuring speakers from a tech community, an innovation agency and a political nonprofit Chapter spotlight:
Welcome to May, hacks and hackers. Miami is gearing up for its highly anticipated Connect event next weekend, with Brussels coming up next month. Go here to express your interest in attending, or follow along at #hhconnect.
Join us! #HHConnect in Miami 5/13 & 5/14. https://t.co/x5ZZax4q64. #mediaInnovators #journalists #technologists pic.twitter.com/knCQtuxysj
— Hacks/Hackers Miami (@HacksHackersMIA) May 4, 2016 The week ahead:
Miami is holding its regular Monday OpenHack IRE will hold its regular Wednesday lab Miami will also be hosting the Live stream of tonight's event will be here, all going well: https://t.