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Jennifer 8. Lee

Hacks/Hackers Chicago + Chicago Python Users Group on 4/14

The Chicago Tribune News Applications team wants to introduce hacks to hackers, thus hosting the April meeting of the Chicago Python Users Group (ChiPy, http://chipy.org) and planning an agenda that should be of crossover interest to journalists and coders alike. Time: Thursday, April 14, 2011 7 pm Place:

Line-up Announced for NYC Demo Day on April 5

The line up for the April 5 Demo Day has been announced. You’ll hear from: * Toby Murdock, Kapost publishing system * Matt Terenzio, Localeaks anonymous news tips * Jonathan Hall, SenseCast Kinect-driven news displays * Nathan Freitas, The Guardian Project open-source mobile security * Larry Adams, Narrative Science data-driven story generator * Steven Romalewski

Hacks/Hackers Heartland launches with lightning talks

Hacks/Hackers Heartland had a lightning talk event on March 24 at the Harper Center of Creighton University in Omaha. Among the presenters: Matt Waite, formerly of St. Petersburg Times and Politifact (now a professor at University of Nebraska), who sees a need for more fundamental hacking. Here is pdf

Full House for “Coding for Beginners” by Dan Nguyen of Pro Publica

We kicked off the “Coding for Beginners” intro course at New York City’s General Assembly with Dan Nguyen tonight. It sold out in a day. And we are working on scheduling more classes.. It was packed.

NYC SeedStart Incubator Deadline for Media Startups: March 31

Great opportunity for hacks and hackers. Early stage investor NYC SeedStart is taking applications now for its 12-week media-focused bootcamp. The program offers seed funding to two-person (or more) teams based in New York focused on creating media products for digital content, mobile technology, advertising infrastructure or e-commerce. The application

Hacks/Hackers Toronto Meetup on March 29 at Radiolaria

Join Hacks/Hackers Toronto on March 29th for an evening of presentations, demos and chatter on the topic of online communities and journalism. We have three terrific talks planned, and we have an exciting new space to host the event and foster conversation afterwards. Craig Silverman, Ivor Tossell, Kim Fox,

Do You Want to Play a Game? News + Gaming hackathon on April 22-23

We’re hosting a News+Gaming hackathon on April 22 and 23, at CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, sponsored by Seattle-based BigDoor, which offers a gamification API. To participate, register on our Meetup.com page. We will have great food. The agenda: – Friday, April 22, 6:30 p.m.: Social