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About Hacks/Hackers

Advancing media innovation and fostering public trust

Advancing media innovation and fostering public trust

Since 2009, Hacks/Hackers has united diverse communities to advance media innovation and foster public trust in the information ecosystem. We do this by: Convening hackathons, ideathons, and workshops that bring together talent from diverse backgrounds, including journalism, technology and academia to ideate and innovate. Incubating innovation in media, and

Introducing Our Expanded Mission

Introducing Our Expanded Mission

Founded in 2009 as a meetup for journalists and technologists to improve the information ecosystem, Hacks/Hackers initially aimed to create a network of journalists ("hacks") and technologists ("hackers") to rethink the future of news and information. Over the past 15 years, we have significantly expanded