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Jennifer 8. Lee

August 18 NYC Meetup: Learning From Google’s Living Stories

Next meetup: Wednesday, August 18, at the NYC Google offices, where we will discuss the concept of “Living Stories.” Presentation starts at 7 p.m., but come early and socialize (and gawk) at 6 p.m. Google, in a three-month experiment with The New York Times and The Washington Post,

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the New York Times “Moment in Time” Project

The latest Hacks/Hackers NYC gathering was all about photojournalism, hosted in the breathtaking Open Plans penthouse (with a wraparound balcony and a fantastic view) on July 27. Jonathan Tepper, co-founder of Demotix, talked about his crowdsourced photo wire based in London, and the team behind The New York Times’

Data Viz Stars Wattenberg+Viégas Demo At Boston Meetup

Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg (“fm” as the two data viz specialists are known to call themselves) demoed their newest venture into the journalism space at the Boston groups first event Meetup on July 20. In front of a crowd of between 40 and 50 at the Microsoft N.E.

Hacks/Hackers Chicago is Now in Session

Hacks/Hackers goes to the heartland with its new Chicago group. This will be spearheaded by Rich Gordon, a Northwestern prof who is one of the original founders of Hacks/Hackers, and Tracy Schmidt of ChicagoNow. We have high expectations for our Chicago group with Tracy’s organizing prowess and

Boston Meetup Highlights Data Viz at Microsoft’s NERD Center on July 20

The Boston group is having its first speaker Meetup at the Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, on Tuesday, July 20, organized by Matt Carroll et al. Munchies are sponsored by Microsoft and The Boston Globe/Boston.com. Interested in learning more about the cutting-edge world of data visualization? Want

Win a Scholarship to a Poynter Journalism Programming Seminar

Hacks/Hackers and The Poynter Institute are offering one full scholarship (a $795 value!) to attend the institute’s three-day seminar in St. Petersburg, Florida: Programming for Journalists / Journalism for Programmers (More info at http://hckhc.kr/doUlhi). The seminar takes place from August 25-27, 2010. Faculty includes Hacks/Hackers

Daylife: You Create It. We’ll Sell It. You Keep 70% of the Proceeds

Let the API challenges begin. As part of his presentation at the Hacks/Hackers NYC Meetup yesterday, Vineet Gupta (vineet@daylife.com) of Daylife offered a special challenge just for Hacks/Hackers members nationwide: * You hack an application with the Daylife API, which receives over one billion calls per month,