This is your last update until 2016 — the newsletter will be on hiatus until the new year. Happy holidays and may the rest of your 2015 be full of good cheer.
The week(s) ahead:
In D.C., the group has its holiday mixer with DC Media Innovations and The DC MUG. Hacks/Hackers Portland hears from KBOO News Research Club about how and why to access public records. In Miami, the group will be taking part in the Massive Journalism Holiday Extravaganza.
Ten events in the next seven days! And in the past week, we’ve also had several great events, including Hacks/Hackers Vancouver powering through their meetup by only candlelight:
The week ahead:
Hacks/Hackers Halifax launches. As part of the WordCamp US Community Summit, Hacks/Hackers Philly is co-hosting a meetup about the intersections of WordPress and media. In Montreal, tonight’s event is all about maps: how to use map templates, satellite imagery, gather and distribute geographic data, and more.
Hacks/Hackers Connect, the launchpad event series for news-media entrepreneurs developed in partnership with Google News Labs, is on the road again. Mark your calendars now for the next three events:
San Francisco: Jan. 22-23, London: Feb. 5-7, New York City: Feb. 26-27 Until then…
The week ahead:
Hacks/Hackers Vancouver holds its inaugural media startup showcase. The São Paulo group discusses infographics with Beatriz Blanco at its next gathering.
After a few months spent toiling in the Hacks/Hackers laboratory, we’re back and happy to announce the details for Connect events in San Francisco, London, and NYC.
Hold the date The San Francisco event will take place on the weekend of January 22 at the startup co-working space Runway, followed by events in London on the weekend of February 5 at Rainmaking Loft, and New York City on the weekend of February 26 at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
Happy Wednesday! Watch for news soon from Hacks/Hackers about the next Connect events in New York, San Francisco and London.
The week ahead:
Hacks/Hackers IRE in Columbia, Mo., will hear about research into the page load times of news websites. In Los Angeles, the group will hear about three projects during a Show and Tell with the L,A, Times Data Desk. In Lima, Hacks/Hackers chats with the Electronic Frontier Foundation about defending digital privacy.
A wonderful moment happened last week: Hacks/Hackers folks from all over the world met up in London at MozFest to brainstorm the future of Hacks/Hackers. They chatted about how they what Hacks/Hackers mission, structure and activities could look like in 2017. For more about the group talked about, notes are here: bit.ly/hhroots Check out all their smiling faces:
Photo by Phillip Smith.
The week ahead for Hacks/Hackers:
In Buenos Aires, the group brings together several speakers on “cybersurveillance, big data and human rights.
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The week ahead for Hacks/Hackers:
In London, folks from several different groups attend MozFest and host a session about Hacks/Hackers. If you’re a Hack/Hacker in London or at MozFest, you may also be interested in this pre-event event hosted by OpenNews and News Labs. The groups in Columbia, Mo.
Happy Wednesday. Starting next week, we’ll include job postings as a section of this newsletter. If you’re hiring for a position that’d be of interest to Hacks/Hackers members, send it our way.
The week ahead for Hacks/Hackers:
In Montréal tonight, they’ll be learning about Crypto 101 – Secure communication for journalists – including understanding encryption and tools to use for protection from government surveillance. In Zürich, the group will hear how Neue Zürcher Zeitung built this beautiful 3-D interactive about the first ascent of the Matterhorn.
Happy Wednesday. Hacks/Hackers Austin celebrated its 5th birthday last night with cake, tacos and an event on media innovation. Cheers to another 5 years!
The week ahead for Hacks/Hackers:
The Miami Hacks/Hackers group holds a Q&A with the founders of the media startup The New Tropic. In Vancouver, the local group is meeting up for a social event, to commiserate about the seasons changing (and relax now that the national election is complete).
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The week ahead for Hacks/Hackers:
Hacks/Hackers-IRE in Columbia, Mo., gathers to discuss CSS preprocessors LESS & SASS. Hacks/Hackers Austin is celebrating its 5th birthday with an event on media innovation, with speakers Burt Herman, Trei Brundrett and Anna Tauzin.