Hacks/Hackers Connect takes Toronto

Greetings, hacks and hackers! Toronto just wrapped up a maximum-capacity Connect event:

At the same time, the Jakarta hosted the Global Forum for Media Development, the NYC Media Lab held its Annual Summit in New York, Y Combinator’s Startup Conference took place in New Delhi, and the Asian Investigative Journalism Conference happened in Kathmandu. It was a big weekend for media innovation all over the world.

The week ahead:

• Hong Kong is inviting representatives from several media outlets to talk about their work
• Singapore is teaching attendees to make self-updating visualizations
• Brisbane is showcasing GovHack tools
• Zurich is exploring Switzerland’s new open data portal
• Miami and IRE are holding their regular weekly open labs

Group spotlight:

Birmingham, UK, recently rebooted after a few months off, and co-organizer Maria Crosas is tyring to introduce a variety of advanced and beginner concepts in a variety of meetup types. Just last week they tackled text analysis, Tableau and Telegram in a series of lightning talks.

“If you are tackling a topic that requires some level from the attendees, make it clear on the meetup page,” Crosas said. “However, if you are bringing a particular speaker because of their background, try to bring new and different approaches that would suit the interest of the attendees and will not bore or overwhelm them.”

Worth a read:

• The NYT broke with tradition by running a “news analysis,” rather than a “news story” on its front page, accusing Donald Trump of years of lies (Atlantic)
• An app for sharing news tips won the Gannett award for innovation in the service of digital journalism (ONA)
• The Columbia Journalism Review published a guide to covering terrorism in an era of social networks (CJR)

Job openings:

• North America:
• New York Daily News is seeking an interactive developer
• The Boston Business Journal is hiring a tech reporter
• The Outline, a new media venture, is hiring a developer and a designer
• Africa:
• CodeforAfrica is hiring a community and knowledge lead

Other upcoming events:

• September:
• Sept 28-29 – Chicago, USA – INN workshop on Tech and Product Design for News Leaders
• Sept 29-Oct 1 – Miami, USA – Digital Humanities + Data Journalism Symposium
• Sept 29-Oct 1 – Chicago, USA – Local indie online news publishers are gathering for the LION summit
• Sept 30-Oct 1 – Palo Alto, USA – Computation + Journalism Symposium
• October:
• Oct 6-8 – Washington, DC, USA – Double Exposure, an investigative film festival and symposium
• (Hacks/Hackers community members can register with a 10% off discount code: HACK10)
• Oct 7-9 – New York, USA – Future of Storytelling Festival
• Oct 14-15 – Washington, DC, USA – TransparencyCamp, the Sunlight Foundation’s unconference for open government
• Oct 17-17 – Vitoria, Brazil – Brazilian Conference of Citizen Media
• Oct 21-23 – Cape Town, South Africa – Media Party Africa, co-run by Hacks/Hackers Africa and Code for Africa
• Oct 25-27 – Casablanca, Morrocco – d|bootcamp, a three-day civic hacking workshop
• November:
• Nov 7-9 – Johannesburg, South Africa – African Investigative Journalism Conference