Samantha Sunne

Hello, hacks and hackers! This year’s OpenNews Survey, previously called the News Nerd Census, is now open for journalists who work with technology to fill out. It takes about 15 minutes and asks about you, your work, your experience with OpenNews and priorities for the future. It's

Hello, hacks and hackers! Registration for this year’s Media Party is open! The party is happening from August 25-27 in Buenos Aires. The call for workshops and lightning talks closed on July 8, but you can still mark your calendars for in-person participation. Happening this week: * Nigeria is making

The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY is welcoming new cohorts of newsrooms in their Product Immersion for Small Newsrooms program. Applications are open for journalists in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Worth a read: * Northwestern published its annual State of Local News Report that looks at

Hello, hacks and hackers! The call for proposals is open for the Hacks/Hackers Media Party in Buenos Aires in August. The Buenos Aires group is accepting suggestions for both workshops and lightning talks. Worth a read: * Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism released its annual report

Hello, hacks and hackers! One of the premiere news nerd events is happening this week: SRCCON online. You can find the schedule on the SRCCON website and you can still fill out the call for participation. Worth a read: * A new paper by Hacks/Hackers Researcher-at-Large and NewsQ Initiative Director

We have news, hacks and hackers! H/H has joined the Partnership on AI, a non-profit partnership of over 100 academic, civil society, industry and media organizations across five continents working to use AI and machine learning responsibly. You can read more about the PAI in the partnership announcement. Happening