Welcome to June, hacks and hackers! As always, we’ve got our monthly call coming up next week:
You can join via phone, online, or just contributing to the Google Doc.
In the meantime, two new cool opportunities opened this month: IJNet is offering a mentorship program to media startups in the Middle East, and Journalism 360 is holding a competition for immersive journalism projects.
The week ahead:
Santiago is talking about urban mobility Miami and IRE are holding their regular open labs Johannesburg is attending the Duke Menell Media Exchange Rosario is planning hackathons for 2018 Worth a read:
It’s the 27th, hacks and hackers! That means this week will see the third MisinfoCon convening in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday and Wednesday:
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '989450715163701248', document.getElementById('tweet-container-989450715163701248'), ); You can follow along, as always, at the MisinfoConTwitter account or hashtag. And keep an eye out for more #MisinfoCon-related news soon.
The week ahead:
Santiago is talking about urban mobility Miami and IRE are holding their regular open labs Arequipa is discussing informed elections Worth a read:
Happy Sunday, hacks and hackers! If you’re in Europe, you may have heard that the European investigative journalism symposium, also known as #Dataharvest, is taking place this weekend in Mechelen, Belgium.
Meanwhile, the Asian-American Journalists Association is holding their N3 Conference over in Hong Kong, also called New. Now. Next. If you can’t be in either place, you can follow them on Twitter at #Dataharvest and #N3con.
The week ahead:
Apologies for the lateness, hacks and hackers! A scheduling mixup caused this issue of the newsletter to be delivered to some of you on Monday evening - and to some of you, in the middle of the night.
If you’re wondering, you should be getting the Hacks/Hackers newsletter in your inbox every Sunday evening, no matter where you are in the world. It’s based on the location you gave when you first signed up for the newsletter.
Welcome to May, hacks and hackers!
Summer is on its way (or rather, winter, if you’re in the South), and with it comes a variety of new events in Germany, Hong Kong and the UK. If you know of a conference, convening or other event that may interest your fellow hacks or hackers, let us know.
Worth a read:
Europe’s new data privacy law goes into effect later this month, and it could cost major tech companies like Google and Amazon billions of dollars - if they are found to violate it (NiemanLab) OpenNews, together with a slew of contributors, released a very in-depth Field Guide to Security Training in the Newsroom (OpenNews) The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas published an ebook chronicling innovative journalism experiments in Latin America, available in English, Spanish and Portuguese (Knight Center) Job openings:
Greetings, hacks and hackers! Registration is officially open for MisinfoCon Kyiv, and there are only 150 available spots, so you should RSVP soon if you plan to make it.
You may have noticed there’s a lot going on among the Hacks/Hackers misinformation projects (the restarted newsletter, the conference, more to come soon). That’ll be the topic of discussion at next week’s planning call, so join in if you’d like to hear more, or - as always - bring up whatever you want!
Hello again, hacks and hackers! If you’re doing any work in the misinformation field, or if you’ve just interested, check out the newly revived MisinfoCon newsletter. We’ll be summarizing news, calendaring events and alerting readers to funding and publication opportunities.
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '987471718926168065', document.getElementById('tweet-container-987471718926168065'), ); The week ahead:
Berlin is crowdsourcing journalism Miami and IRE are holding their regular open labs Austin is preparing repeatable journalism Brisbane is using algorithms to examine their city’s nightlife Worth a read:
Big news, hacks and hackers! MisinfoCon, the event that brought together misinformation experts in London and Cambridge, is coming to Kiev, Ukraine. Sign up for the MisinfoCon mailing list to get notified when registration opens later this month.
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '984961859274051584', document.getElementById('tweet-container-984961859274051584'), ); Meanwhile, if you missed the International Journalism Conference or the International Symposium on Online Journalism this weekend, you can find videos and transcripts on their websites.
Welcome to April, hacks and hackers! Don’t miss a few good funding opportunities this month: media development in Ukraine (due the 15th), startups in the U.S. and accountability reporting in West Africa (due the 30th).
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '976767945702440962', document.getElementById('tweet-container-976767945702440962'), ); The week ahead:
Philadelphia is hosting flash talks Johannesburg is inviting its members to “pizza and lies“ Boston is discussing journalism on the big screen DC is holding Journo Tech Project Day Miami and IRE are holding their regular open labs Worth a read:
Happy April Fool’s Day, hacks and hackers! Don’t believe anything on the Internet - at least, more than usual. And immediately afterward, you can come back down to earth with International Fact-Checking Day.
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '979546505269800960', document.getElementById('tweet-container-979546505269800960'), ); Don’t miss the Hacks/Hackers open planning call coming up next Wednesday:
The week ahead:
Kuala Lumpur is discussing voting New York is installing security tools Rosario is making plans for 2018 Worth a read: