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.
The week ahead:
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).
The week ahead:
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.
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!
The week ahead:
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: