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Welcome back, hacks and hackers! The Global Media Forum is happening this week in a hybrid format - meaning both online and in person. It's one of the first journalism/tech-related conferences to meet in person since NICAR 2020. Most attendees will be online, although you can attend

Hello, hacks and hackers! While some parts of the world are beginning to meet in person again, many are not, and Hacks/Hackers wants to encourage everyone to meet and greet safely. If you are an organizer of a local Hacks/Hackers group, please get in touch about using our

Hello, hacks and hackers! The Institute for Nonprofit News has announced their free, virtual INN Days conference is happening June 9th and 10th this year to talk about the future of nonprofit journalism. They also just released their first-ever impact report that shows how within 10 years, independent, nonprofit newsrooms

Welcome, hacks and hackers! There are a lot of local events next week, including workshops on Open Data Kit in Nigeria and Datasette in Taipei. You can also discuss ethical principles with H/H Nairobi and Covid misinformation with H/H Dar es Salaam. Happening this week: * Nigeria is using

Hello, hacks and hackers! This Friday, H/H LDN will be holding their first Ted Talk-style virtual  lunch meetup. It is lunchtime in the UK, but open for anyone to join, and the first topic will be local journalism. Happening this week: * London is talking about the state of local

Hello, hacks and hackers! The Washington Post is looking for reporters to contribute to a special issue surfacing local news in the US. If you missed it last week, the Solutions Journalism Network is also offering funding for local reporting in news deserts. Worth a read: * YouTube announced a plan