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Hi, hacks and hackers. Let's give a friendly welcome to Hacks/Hackers Havana (a.k.a. Periodistas y programadores de Habana), which just opened up shop in Cuba. Organizer and founder Barbara Maseda said they had higher than expected attendance for their first event. If you or anyone

Greetings, hacks and hackers. The Knight Foundation announced the winners of its misinformation prototype grants here at the IRE conference, and several Hacks/Hackers projects were among the awardees: Check out some of their blog posts on the MisinfoCon site. And if you missed this round of grants, ICFJ has

Hacks/Hackers Africa is taking part in a massive 12-country collaboration called StoryLab Academy. Members can sign up for MOOCs, public workshops and other training opportunities to advance their digital journalism efforts. Plus, Lagos held its very first meetup in Nigeria. The week ahead: * Manchester is talking about chatbots * IRE

Evening, hacks and hackers. A slew of innovation grants and residency programs, headed by one of Hacks/Hackers's original founders, Burt Herman, have been announced by the US-based Lenfest Institute. Priority is given to Philadelphia-area projects, but it's applicants can work from anywhere. Check out the

Greetings, hacks and hackers. We've got a open meeting next week for the global organizers - we'll be discussing MisinfoCon, this old newsletter and the Hack this Site documentation. Join us Wednesday at 1600 GMT or contribute to the agenda here. The week ahead: * IRE is

It's nearly June, hacks and hackers! School is out and conference season is in. This month, we've got eight events supporting media innovation, ranging from Canada to South Africa to Austria. Where will you be this summer? (Or winter, for those of you in the south.