Support Hacks/Hackers: Help us champion media innovation and foster public trust
All our events are free, both online and in-person, because of generous supporters who want to make sure as many people as possible will benefit.
As 2024 draws to a close, Hacks/Hackers is asking for your support as we continue to advance media innovation and foster public trust in the information ecosystem. We hope you’ll consider donating to Hacks/Hackers during this giving season – we're setting an ambitious goal of $10,000. This is our first crowdfunding campaign ever, so we hope you'll help us achieve our target!
Over the past 12 months, Hacks/Hackers has helped thousands of journalists understand and adopt generative AI in their newsrooms. We’ve hosted regular panels and webinars, and have worked with partners to host eight hackathons, ideathons and workshops all over the country where people working in media collaborated to build new tools.
All our events are free, both online and in-person. We are able to keep them free because of generous supporters who want to make sure as many people as possible will benefit.
If you have attended one of our events, we would be grateful for you to think about the value you received, in terms of the learnings, connections and tasty food and to consider a donation to help keep these events free for others.
We founded Hacks/Hackers in 2009 as a meetup for journalists and technologists to improve the quality of media. Since then, the non-profit organization has brought together people from diverse backgrounds in order to spark collaborations, incubate media projects and then scale solutions across every level of the media ecosystem: journalism, platforms, communities, verification, fact checking and reader experience.
But the need for our work has only become greater. The continuing rapid evolution of powerful new technologies — combined with the anticipation of new deregulation by the incoming U.S. administration — all demonstrates that disruption is a feature, not a bug, of the media and information sector.
Hacks/Hackers will continue to empower journalists, technologists, thinkers and entrepreneurs to be ahead of the curve and be at the forefront of innovation, working together to foster trust, and build spaces where people can share their knowledge and connect with others.
We hope you will support us this giving season.
Thank you and best wishes for the year ahead,
Burt Herman, Co-founder, Hacks/Hackers
Hacks/Hackers is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and donations are tax deductible in the United States. Our EIN is 45-5351484.