Hello, new hacks and hackers! As of last week, he have 1,000 subscribers on this newsletter. So if you haven’t already heard, we hold global open calls for the entire Hacks/Hackers community on the first Wednesday of every month. Please join us next Wednesday, October 5!
The week ahead:
Hacks/Hackers is holdings its monthly global open call. Everyone welcome! Montreal is sharing the best cloud-based tools for journalists Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting Chapter spotlight:
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.
The Online Journalism Association held its yearly conference this weekend in Denver, Colorado, and Hacks/Hackers was there to celebrate. Abigail Edge has managed to drum up significant interest – including sponsors! – for the relatively new Colorado chapter by holding happy hours during national events like NICAR.
Drinks are on us during @HacksHackersCO #ONA2016 meetup! More details: https://t.co/NMwomfwTfM pic.twitter.com/VvEtNQk7B6
— name.com (@namedotcom) September 7, 2016 The week ahead:
London is discussing “interactive imagery” for its September meetup Birmingham is hosting a series of lightning talks Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting Chapter spotlight:
Welcome to another week, hacks and hackers. The Media Party last month saw the creation of several new exciting Meetup groups, like Caracas, Venezuela, and Quito, Ecuador. Spread the word to your friends in the LatAm community!
Les tengo una increíble noticia. Oficialmente tenemos hacks&hackers en Caracas.Únete y planifiquemos ya un encuentro https://t.co/JBqOC67f1S
— Katherine Pennacchio (@KathyPennacchio) September 3, 2016 The week ahead:
Mendoza, Argentina, is holding an open gov hackathon Nairobi is discussing cyber security Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting Colorado is hosting an afterparty for the ONA conference Halifax is getting together to plan their next session Atlanta is teaching “non-coding for hacks” at the Atlanta Press Club Chapter spotlight:
Welcome to September, hacks and hackers, and happy Labor Day to those laboring in the U.S. Tomorrow we’ll be holding our monthly global call at 1500 GMT. Please join in!
The week ahead:
New York is featuring new journalism endeavors on its eighth Demo Day Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting It’s another #HacktheConstitution day in Johannesburg Chapter spotlight:
Happy Monday, hacks and hackers. Quite a few chapters are taking a break this week after a whirlwind of activity last week, and Buenos Aires just wrapped up the Media Party yesterday. Check out the Chapter Spotlight for some of the highlights of that conference.
In other news, registration has officially opened for Connect Toronto! Go here to reserve your spot today.
Registration is now open for @HacksHackers Connect Toronto, Sept 23/24: https://t.
Get ready, hacks and hackers: there are meetups on every continent of the world this week (not counting Antarctica). Not to mention the HHBA Media Party, the biggest Hacks/Hackers event in the world.
The Media Party will bring thousands of hackers, technologists, journalists and media leaders to determine the future of media in Latin America. If you’re attending, don’t miss the Hacks/Hackers organizers breakfast on Saturday morning.
The week ahead:
Greetings, hacks and hackers. Storyology swept Australia’s media scene last week, and the Hacks/Hackers Media Party is already coming up next week! This week, New Orleans is opening a new chapter, with drinks to celebrate. Spread the word if you know any journos or techies in the Big Easy.
We have our first meetup! Come to the first #HHnola next week at @MimisMarigny. Drinks on us! 🍻 #hackshackers https://t.co/jr7DqmMSqK
— Samantha Sunne (@SamanthaSunne) August 10, 2016 The week ahead:
Welcome to August, hacks and hackers! Two big events our cresting our (southern) horizon this month: Storyology, Australia’s biggest journalism and storytelling festival, is next week, and Brisbane held a preview while Sydney is taking the post-party honors.
And of course Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires is prepping for its annual Media Party, the largest Hacks/Hackers event in the world. Jump to the end of this newsletter for even more events coming up in September.
Welcome, hacks and hackers. We’ve already reached the end of July, a month that saw more than three dozen Hacks/Hackers meetups across the world. That’s more than one per day!
A new month also means a new global open call. Join us tomorrow at 1500 GMT!
Week ahead:
Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting Hacks/Hackers is holding its global open call Chapter spotlight: