Greetings, hacks and hackers! The website is still powering full steam ahead, as are some exciting new tools from the team at MisinfoCon. Check out this new blog post by Christa Field, the head designer on the website team at Alley.
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Germany is taking a broad approach to the fake news problem: the legislature may soon pass a law to make it illegal (WaPo) The AP, which has been on the forefront of news automation, released a report detailing best practices (NiemanLab) Recode posits that journalists should move backward, from social media to email, as a way to avoid being “beholden to social networks” (Recode) Job openings: * Europe: * Times of London has an opening for a data journalist * Buzzfeed is taking applications for a software engineer intern * North America: * CQ Roll Call is hiring a graphics editor and * Sunlight Foundation is looking for a Storyteller for its Open Cities project * Ball State University is seeking a professor of Emerging Media Design & Development * Toronto Star has an opening for a digital product developer * Reveal is looking for a front-end developer * Boston Globe has an open position for a newsroom developer * Axios is hiring a systems architect and technical product manager * Better Government Association is looking for a graphic designer * U.
Welcome to April, hacks and hackers! As always, a new month means a new global call: twttr.widgets.createTweet( '847105821011918848', document.getElementById('tweet-container-847105821011918848'), ); We’ll be talking about the huge rollout of the new website, including new logos!
The week ahead:
South West x South Wales is meeting up with MySociety and the Bristol Cable Venice is discussing news on Facebook Warsaw has scheduled its fifth meetup Portland is starting a monthly hangout Seattle is discussing infosec for journalists IRE is holding its regular weekly lab Chapter spotlight:
Hope you had a good March, hacks and hackers! If you haven’t yet, check out the new H/H logos and make one for your local group. All you need is Photoshop, Illustrator or a free program and some elbow grease. Get ‘em while they’re hot!
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Boston is holding a baseball hackathon as well as Conversations, a series on new frameworks for public discourse London will be discussing political bots, messenger bots, and interactive stories Brisbane is exploring The Algorithmic Life Philly is hosting lunch for remote workers Dublin is listening to an expert on data vis IRE is holding its regular weekly lab Chapter spotlight:
Beware the ides of March, hacks and hackers! (Whatever that means.) In case you missed it, we launched a new website last week:
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— Hacks/Hackers (@HacksHackers) March 10, 2017--- --- This week we’re adding and updating content, like a comprehensive list of groups and blog posts on the site’s development and layout.
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It’s finally here, hacks and hackers: the new HacksHackers.com!
We’ll be sharing some behind-the-scenes insights later on about our vision for the site, its development and the people who contributed. But for now, check out the updated directory of groups and the snazzy interactive layout.
We’re launching it just in time for the Awesomest Journalism Party Ever, Sunday at SXSW. Come say hi to our site development team from Alley Interactive.
Welcome to your new hackshackers.com! The new site makes a lot of changes that community members have long been asking for, and is the result of months of collaborative work with Hacks/Hackers organizers and members from around the world. We’ve also got an updated logo that cleverly modernizes our visual identity.
The site now includes:
A resources page for organizers A directory of local groups A space for blog posts and community news A taxonomy system for finding local groups and topics An updated about page with our mission and history A style guide with the new design and logos Nearly 100 local groups making up Hacks/Hackers have inspired change and jumpstarted media innovation over the last seven years, but the website has been outdated for a while.
Hope you’re all resting after MisinfoCon and NICAR, hacks and hackers. Well stop resting on your laurels, because The Awesomest Journalism Party Ever (VII) is coming!
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Happy Friday, hacks and hackers! We hope to see you this weekend at MisinfoCon or next week at NICAR. If not, you can follow along at #MisinfoCon and #NICAR17.
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Hello, hacks and hackers! We made it through Valentine’s Day (at least, those of us who live in countries that celebrate it) and we’re now less than a month from the popular NICAR conference. If you’re planning to go, join us for lunch in the hotel restaurant and catch up with organizers.
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Nairobi is holding a talk called “think before you post“ Austin is talking about using drones for journalism London is discussing facts, fake facts and alternative facts IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly open lab Chapter spotlight:
Greetings, hacks and hackers! It was a packed week last week for Hacks/Hackers chapters, with Caracas launching its own two-day Data Party, Singapore building tools together and Philadelphia taking a peep at some awesome National Geographic projects.
Plus, New Orleans‘ first hackathon generated so much interest among journos, coders and others in the area it looks like the beginning of a beautiful series of hackathons in the Gulf region. Organizer Samantha Sunne wrote about the hackathon and the cool projects it brought into the world for the Hacks/Hackers website.