New logos and a New Orleans hackathon

Hope you had a good March, hacks and hackers! If you haven't yet, check out the new H/H logos and make one for your local group. All you need is Photoshop, Illustrator or a free program and some elbow grease. Get 'em while they're hot!

The week ahead:

• Boston is holding a baseball hackathon as well as Conversations, a series on new frameworks for public discourse
• London will be discussing political bots, messenger bots, and interactive stories
• Brisbane is exploring The Algorithmic Life
• Philly is hosting lunch for remote workers
• Dublin is listening to an expert on data vis
• IRE is holding its regular weekly lab

Group spotlight:

New Orleans, which launched in the middle of last year, has already reached over 200 members. Organizer Samantha Sunne wrote about their last hackathon, which drew an unexpectedly large crowd.

Last week, they did a special hackathon for Sunshine Week, which coincided with New Orleans Entrepreneur Week.

Worth a read:

• A study says Americans trust news based more on who shared it than who published it (NiemanLab)
• Voice recognition devices like Siri and Alexa struggle to understand speech from users with accents, which may become problematic as voice-activated technology becomes more widespread (Backchannel)
• OpenNews added two more Source Guides to its collection, covering collaboration and census reporting (OpenNews)

Job openings:

• North America
• Politico is looking for a tech reporter
• Alley Interactive, who made the new Hacks/Hackers website, is hiring a software engineer
• USA TODAY Network is offering internships for UX design
• Dallas Morning News is seeking a data editor
• Wired is hiring an engineering manager
• National Geographic has an opening for a senior creative developer
• Europe
• The Globe and Mail is hiring a design editor
• The Guardian is looking for an interactive developer

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