Greetings, hacks and hackers! There’s been significant interest in starting new Hacks/Hackers chapters from North America to Latin America to Asia over the past few months. One of the newest members of the family, Caracas, held their first event last weekend: #DataYTequeños (cheesy sticks):
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Welcome to October, hacks and hackers! The Investigating Asia conference took place in Kathmandu last week, as did digital journalism convenings on practically every other continent.
While we’re still digesting the tips and tools from those events, investigative journalism conferences in Africa and the Middle East have already been announced for the upcoming months.
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Caracas has its first event in Venezuela Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting Philadelphia is attending Barcamp News Innovation Chapter spotlight:
Hello, new hacks and hackers! As of last week, he have 1,000 subscribers on this newsletter. So if you haven’t already heard, we hold global open calls for the entire Hacks/Hackers community on the first Wednesday of every month. Please join us next Wednesday, October 5!
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Hacks/Hackers is holdings its monthly global open call. Everyone welcome! Montreal is sharing the best cloud-based tools for journalists Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting Chapter spotlight:
Greetings, hacks and hackers! Toronto just wrapped up a maximum-capacity Connect event:
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The Online Journalism Association held its yearly conference this weekend in Denver, Colorado, and Hacks/Hackers was there to celebrate. Abigail Edge has managed to drum up significant interest – including sponsors! – for the relatively new Colorado chapter by holding happy hours during national events like NICAR.
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London is discussing “interactive imagery” for its September meetup Birmingham is hosting a series of lightning talks Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting Chapter spotlight:
Welcome to another week, hacks and hackers. The Media Party last month saw the creation of several new exciting Meetup groups, like Caracas, Venezuela, and Quito, Ecuador. Spread the word to your friends in the LatAm community!
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Mendoza, Argentina, is holding an open gov hackathon Nairobi is discussing cyber security Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting Colorado is hosting an afterparty for the ONA conference Halifax is getting together to plan their next session Atlanta is teaching “non-coding for hacks” at the Atlanta Press Club Chapter spotlight:
Welcome to September, hacks and hackers, and happy Labor Day to those laboring in the U.S. Tomorrow we’ll be holding our monthly global call at 1500 GMT. Please join in!
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New York is featuring new journalism endeavors on its eighth Demo Day Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting It’s another #HacktheConstitution day in Johannesburg Chapter spotlight:
Happy Monday, hacks and hackers. Quite a few chapters are taking a break this week after a whirlwind of activity last week, and Buenos Aires just wrapped up the Media Party yesterday. Check out the Chapter Spotlight for some of the highlights of that conference.
In other news, registration has officially opened for Connect Toronto! Go here to reserve your spot today.
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Get ready, hacks and hackers: there are meetups on every continent of the world this week (not counting Antarctica). Not to mention the HHBA Media Party, the biggest Hacks/Hackers event in the world.
The Media Party will bring thousands of hackers, technologists, journalists and media leaders to determine the future of media in Latin America. If you’re attending, don’t miss the Hacks/Hackers organizers breakfast on Saturday morning.
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Greetings, hacks and hackers. Storyology swept Australia’s media scene last week, and the Hacks/Hackers Media Party is already coming up next week! This week, New Orleans is opening a new chapter, with drinks to celebrate. Spread the word if you know any journos or techies in the Big Easy.
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Hong Kong is talking about gamifying the news New Orleans is hosting a welcome party to celebrate its new chapter Miami is holding its regular OpenHack Miami IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly meeting Chapter spotlight: