Hope your 2018 is getting off to a good start, hacks and hackers. Last year saw the addition of seven new groups to the Hacks/Hackers family: Casablanca, Yaounde, Abuja, Havana, Kuala Lumpur, Quito and South Wales x South West. We want to see even more new chapters next year. If you’re interested in being an organizer, or know someone who is, let us know! We may even already have a co-organizer for you.
Welcome to 2018, hacks and hackers. We’ve updated the Groups page with a few new chapters: Yaounde, Cameroon, and Abuja, Nigeria, and have a few more in the works. Welcome! Worth a read: Just one more 2017 roundup: Journalist’s Resource put together a review of the year’s research on social media and digital spaces (NiemanLab) The German government is about to start enforcing its ban on misinformation and hate speech, mostly targeting Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (BBC) CJR profiled five local news networks that have sprouted in the U.
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) twttr.
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! twttr.widgets.createTweet( '937725352620822528', document.getElementById('tweet-container-937725352620822528'), ); Worth a read: Live-streaming has, like many of the newer mediums for journalism, opened new doors for transparency but also danger of abuse (New Yorker) The repeal of Net Neutrality rules in the U.
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. twttr.widgets.createTweet( '934006721781133312', document.getElementById('tweet-container-934006721781133312'), ); 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. The week ahead: Boston is talking about how to hold Hollywood accountable Boston is also discussing “fake data” with Alberto Cairo IRE is holdings its regular open lab Zurich is featuring three tech and regulation speakers Johannesburg is hosting a conference on misinformation in South Africa DC is experimenting with data from the U.
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: twttr.widgets.createTweet( '869291004490244096', document.getElementById('tweet-container-869291004490244096'), ); Don’t forget to read to the bottom for more events in South Africa, Brazil and Tunisia coming up later this month. The week ahead: * Singapore is speaking with a member of AirBnB * IRE is holdings its regular open lab * London is holding its November meetup * Berlin is discussing machine learning * Brisbane is talking about the Design of Nothing
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. twttr.widgets.createTweet( '929046762203033601', document.