Greetings, hacks and hackers! Toronto just wrapped up a maximum-capacity Connect event:

We Did It, and It Is Up To Us! Thank you Toronto! #hhconnect #futureofmedia #cdnmedia #futureofjournalism pic.twitter.com/GU6NB6uwnP

— Phillip Smith (@phillipadsmith) September 25, 2016

At the same time, the Jakarta hosted the Global Forum for Media Development, the NYC Media Lab held its Annual Summit in New York, Y Combinator’s Startup Conference took place in New Delhi, and the Asian Investigative Journalism Conference happened in Kathmandu. It was a big weekend for media innovation all over the world.

Most of all, got to start my day with this view. Thanks to the organizers and all you new friends for the wonderful time! (2/2) #IJAsia16 pic.twitter.com/WmLprUnN8N

— Gurman Bhatia (@GurmanBhatia) September 25, 2016

The week ahead:

• Hong Kong is inviting representatives from several media outlets to talk about their work
• Singapore is teaching attendees to make self-updating visualizations
• Brisbane is showcasing GovHack tools
• Zurich is exploring Switzerland’s new open data portal
• Miami and IRE are holding their regular weekly open labs

Chapter spotlight:

Birmingham, UK, recently rebooted after a few months off, and co-organizer Maria Crosas is tyring to introduce a variety of advanced and beginner concepts in a variety of meetup types. Just last week they tackled text analysis, Tableau and Telegram in a series of lightning talks.

“If you are tackling a topic that requires some level from the attendees, make it clear on the meetup page,” Crosas said. “However, if you are bringing a particular speaker because of their background, try to bring new and different approaches that would suit the interest of the attendees and will not bore or overwhelm them.”

#hhbhx @Carlapedret used the JavaScript library DataTables to add a searchable table to the article pic.twitter.com/688agOLvPi

— Paul Bradshaw (@paulbradshaw) September 22, 2016

Worth a read:

• The NYT broke with tradition by running a “news analysis,” rather than a “news story” on its front page, accusing Donald Trump of years of lies (Atlantic)
• An app for sharing news tips won the Gannett award for innovation in the service of digital journalism (ONA)
• The Columbia Journalism Review published a guide to covering terrorism in an era of social networks (CJR)

Job openings:

• North America:
  • New York Daily News is seeking an interactive developer
  • The Boston Business Journal is hiring a tech reporter
  • The Outline, a new media venture, is hiring a developer and a designer
• Africa:
  • CodeforAfrica is hiring a community and knowledge lead

Other upcoming events:

• September:
  • Sept 28-29 – Chicago, USA – INN workshop on Tech and Product Design for News Leaders
  • Sept 29-Oct 1 – Miami, USA – Digital Humanities + Data Journalism Symposium
  • Sept 29-Oct 1 – Chicago, USA – Local indie online news publishers are gathering for the LION summit
  • Sept 30-Oct 1 – Palo Alto, USA – Computation + Journalism Symposium
• October:
  • Oct 6-8 – Washington, DC, USA – Double Exposure, an investigative film festival and symposium
  • (Hacks/Hackers community members can register with a 10% off discount code: HACK10)
  • Oct 7-9 – New York, USA – Future of Storytelling Festival
  • Oct 14-15 – Washington, DC, USA – TransparencyCamp, the Sunlight Foundation’s unconference for open government
  • Oct 17-17 – Vitoria, Brazil – Brazilian Conference of Citizen Media
  • Oct 21-23 – Cape Town, South Africa – Media Party Africa, co-run by Hacks/Hackers Africa and Code for Africa
  • Oct 25-27 – Casablanca, Morrocco – d|bootcamp, a three-day civic hacking workshop
• November:
  • Nov 7-9 – Johannesburg, South Africa – African Investigative Journalism Conference