Hacks/Hackers Africa is taking part in a massive 12-country collaboration called StoryLab Academy. Members can sign up for MOOCs, public workshops and other training opportunities to advance their digital journalism efforts.
Plus, Lagos held its very first meetup in Nigeria.
The week ahead:
Manchester is talking about chatbots IRE is holding its regular weekly lab Buenos Aires is talking about civic projects around elections Worth a read:
Open data efforts around the world have stalled, according to a report by the World Wide Web Foundation (GIJN) MozFest, the open web festival, opened its call for proposals until August (Mozilla) Eleven outlets in 20 Latin American countries collaborated to launch an online portal for data and accountability reporting (Knight Center) Job openings:
Evening, hacks and hackers. A slew of innovation grants and residency programs, headed by one of Hacks/Hackers’s original founders, Burt Herman, have been announced by the US-based Lenfest Institute. Priority is given to Philadelphia-area projects, but it’s applicants can work from anywhere.
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '872013443166949376', document.getElementById('tweet-container-872013443166949376'), ); Check out the sections on job and funding opps for more details. And if you’ve got a moment, please help Mozilla measure the health of the Internet.
Greetings, hacks and hackers. We’ve got a open meeting next week for the global organizers - we’ll be discussing MisinfoCon, this old newsletter and the Hack this Site documentation. Join us Wednesday at 1600 GMT or contribute to the agenda here.
The week ahead:
IRE is holding its regular weekly lab Seattle is discussing data viz Singapore is building a meritocracy scale Worth a read:
The newest AP Stylebook includes a chapter on data (AP) SPJ published a blog post on how freelancers can pitch and sell collaborations (SPJ) Nicholas Diakopoulos spoke at Dataharvest about holding algorithms accountable (GIJN) twttr.
It’s nearly June, hacks and hackers! School is out and conference season is in. This month, we’ve got eight events supporting media innovation, ranging from Canada to South Africa to Austria. Where will you be this summer? (Or winter, for those of you in the south.)
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '868186051378020354', document.getElementById('tweet-container-868186051378020354'), ); The week ahead:
Birmingham is holding an election hack day London is holding its May meetup Buenos Aires is hosting a security workshop IRE is holding its regular weekly lab twttr.
Hope you had a good weekend, hacks and hackers. It’s been a long week for journalists, even for those not in the U.S.
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The week ahead:
Brisbane is discussing Facebook bots Singapore is building a social privilege calculator IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly open lab Worth a read:
Greetings, hacks and hackers! We have more updates from our MisinfoCon project - we’re offering small $1,000 micro grants for projects that fight misinformation. Send in your ideas!
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '862005391042936834', document.getElementById('tweet-container-862005391042936834'), ); Besides that, we’ve got exciting new funding opportunities from ICFJ, the Solutions Journalism Network, and other orgs that support media innovation. Skip to the bottom for more 👇
The week ahead:
Venice is holding a meetup on Growth Hacking IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly open lab Worth a read:
Welcome to May, hacks and hackers! We’ve got a theme for this week’s newsletter: collaboration. The Collaborative Journalism Summit just wrapped up in New Jersey with the announcement of a sizable grant for journalism outlets pursuing collaborative projects.
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The week ahead:
Birmingham is telling stories with chatbots Rosario is holding a hackathon IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly open lab twttr.
Greetings, hacks and hackers! We’re holding an open call for new Hacks/Hackers organizers!
The leadership teams in these cities could use a little extra help. Do you know any students, nerds, journos or especially organized people in any of the following cities?
Miami Denver Hong Kong Seattle Austin Buenos Aires You don’t need any kind of technical, hacking or organizing experience - just an interest in helping journos and techies help each other.
Welcome to the latest Hacks/Hackers newsletter!
We’re adding a section on funds for cool journalism projects - like immersive storytelling, innovative projects and so on. If you have any, please let us know. Jump down to the very bottom for what we’ve got so far 👇
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '855822255648980993', document.getElementById('tweet-container-855822255648980993'), ); The week ahead:
Brisbane is gathering for Hacks/Hackers 2017 Londin is having its April meetup IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly open lab Worth a read:
Evening, reporters! (Or whatever time of day it is where you are.) Before you move on to digest the delicious content of this newsletter, take a moment to check out another one:
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '852982850123182080', document.getElementById('tweet-container-852982850123182080'), ); The formidable team behind MisinfoCon has put together an impressive collection of events, grants and published pieces surrounding fake news.
The week ahead:
New Orleans is holding a press freedom event with SPJ Zurich is learning R Barcelona is hosting a startup media party IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly open lab Taipei is holding its first hackathon twttr.