We’re midway through the coldest months – unless, of course, you live on the southern hemisphere – and techs and reporters are burrowing into projects or warm coats, or both. Montreal, who we featured in October, met for a Pandas and D3 party last week. Check out the chapter spotlight for how organizers in Quebec have been experimenting with their events.
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Roberto Rocha, one of the organizers of Hacks/Hackers Montreal, said the group has been experimenting with meetup formats in order to make it easiest on organizers.
Season’s greetings, hacks and hackers! The holidays are closing in on us – at least on those of us in the western world, and many groups and people are slowing down and starting to hibernate. But not Hacks/Hackers! There’s still time to help us pick a new logo, if you’re so inclined – and check out what local groups are up to next week and onward:
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It’s a new month, hacks and hackers, and if you’ve been reading this a while, you know that means one thing: a Hacks/Hackers global call. Check out the agenda to see what we’ll be chatting about.
If you can’t make it, please take this super short (i.e., four-question) survey to give us some feedback on a new logo:
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Hacks/Hackers is holding its December open call Taipei is talking about Github Johannesburg is drinking in some city budgets Montreal is demonstrating Pandas and D3 New Orleans holding a hackathon planning party New York is building better news notifications San Francisco is discussing infosec for journalists Madrid is holding a data journalism workshop Munich is discussing Facebook bots and prediction models after Trump Miami and IRE are holding their regular weekly open labs Chapter spotlight:
Greetings, hacks and hackers. A lot of the suggested reads this week follow the same trends as last week: cybersecurity and privacy, fake news and press freedom. On the plus side, there’s a veritable deluge of journalism job postings this week, from San Francisco to Hong Kong to Johannesburg.
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Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting Chapter spotlight:
Good morning, afternoon, evening or night, hacks and hackers. After a year of news events like Brexit, the European refugee crisis and the U.S. election, journalists are getting more concerned about the spread of fake news and an apparent lack of trust from the public. Organizations and private companies are starting to take action, but it’s going to be a long road ahead.
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Brisbane is socialising at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation London is holding its November meetup Zurich is talking about storytelling Miami and IRE are holding their regular weekly open labs Chapter spotlight:
Happy Friday, hacks and hackers, and welcome to post-U.S. election life. Many of us have been living it for well over a year – perhaps two – and it’s time to move on to newer challenges.
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Buenos Aires is hosting a hackathon on institutional violence Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting Chapter spotlight:
Greetings, hacks and hackers. By the time you read this next newsletter, the American president will have been chosen (finally), so let’s take a look at what other countries are up to in the meantime.
Hacks/Hackers Dublin is promoting the Investigative Journalism on the Digital Frontier Conference taking place in Ireland, but they’re not the only ones pushing digital boundaries this weekend. Buenos Aires, a veritable hotbed of hackathons, is holding its first hackathon on “institutional violence,” a threat to human rights in Latin America and everywhere.
It’s almost election time in the U.S., hacks and hackers! Please join us next Wednesday as reporters catch up after Media Party Africa and batten down the hatches for the American election. The global open call will take place at 1500 UTC (find your local time here).
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The Hacks/Hackers global call takes place on Wednesday Helsinki is meeting to discuss a media innovation contest Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting Chapter spotlight:
This weekend, a third Hacks/Hackers group held its own Media Party, this time in South Africa. The sold-out event is bringing 350 attendees plus speakers from around the world to Cape Town to discuss African media innovation and civic technology. Miami held its second Media Party in April, and of course Buenos Aires holds the trophy for the original Media Party, which celebrated its fifth anniversary this year in Argentina.
by Cedric Sam
Hello hacks and hackers! I’ve had a grand time organizing Hacks/Hackers Hong Kong with my co-organizers Jane, Olivia, and Darcy, since we founded the chapter in 2013.
(Shout-out to Yolanda, who first got in touch with the organization, and all of our participants throughout the years, including super-dedicated Isao, who flew in three times from Nagoya to attend!)
It’s been a fun ride, but I’ve now moved to New York.