Upcoming events

• Broadcast TV and New Media
  Hacks/Hackers Austin How are Austin's TV stations dealing with the drastic changes that have swept through the journalism industry? What should they be doing to keep up with the changes? How has social media changed broadcast reporting? Come hear answers to these questions directly from the producers, reporters and web editors who are putting it all tog […]
• Open by Any Means: How Sunlight's Open State Project Hacked for Democracy
  Hacks/Hackers Boston Knowing how your state legislator is voting - and what they're voting on - seems a fairly basic requirement for a functional democracy. Strangely enough, however, this information is often buried on state congressional websites, tied up in unsearchable PDFs or layered deep within an unnavigable subsection of the net. The Sunlight Fo […]
• Hacks/Hackers London: Monthly Meetup
  Hacks/Hackers London 7.00pm   Disruptive business Duedil.com More details to follow... **PITCH SESSION**  (Two-minute pitches on any topic that might be of interest to the Hacks/Hackers community. Apply to take a pitch slot by emailing joanna.geary@guardian.co.uk)  PITCH 1: Free - please apply PITCH 2: Free - please apply   8.00pm  TBC tbc  London E1 7JF - U […]
• How to Keep Your News Site Sticky
  Hacks/Hackers Boston DESCRIPTION: It’s a lot of work to capture audience share. And once you have those hard-won readers, you want them to stay – not click away. Our panel will discuss tools that can help make a news site more “sticky.” From embedding third-party content on the fly to adding community and real-time social media activity to the news page, we’ […]
• Journalism 2.0: Pros, Cons & Ques of Using New Media Tools to Tell the Story
  Hacks/Hackers Boston DESCRIPTION: No longer is it enough to research, write and file a story; today’s journalists, bloggers and storytellers must engage their (now worldwide) audiences through new media tools and digital toys, both within their stories and as public figures. But these tools and toys can be a double-edged sword: While they have opened up new […]