Hello, hacks and hackers! Hacks/Hackers Colombo, Sri Lanka, hosted their first event last week on Zoom. Their guest shared tips on how to solve journalism problems with technology.
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '1288205873840418817', document.getElementById('tweet-container-1288205873840418817'), ); You can also follow them on Twitter and Facebook. Welcome to the H/H family, Sri Lanka!
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Australia is establishing a mandatory code that may be a template for other nations to compel tech giants to share ad revenue with news producers Young Millennials and Gen Z are turning to Instagram for news more than any other source, according to new research by the Reuters Institute The amount of Coronavirus misinformation is large, but its effects on people’s actions may be small, Irish researchers found twttr.
Hello, hacks and hackers! H/H Buenos Aires is virtually hosting their Media Party conference from September 16-18, and it’s open to anyone around the globe.
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '1285420537313931264', document.getElementById('tweet-container-1285420537313931264'), ); The annual Media Party brings a couple thousand journalists each year to talk tech and journalism, and you can watch their teaser video here.
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Uganda is talking about the significance of open data Worth a read:
Hello, hacks and hackers! H/H Nigeria is meeting up this week to talk about open data, while Dar es Salaam is discussing digital security.
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '1283008611690721281', document.getElementById('tweet-container-1283008611690721281'), ); And if you can’t get enough African open data, Wednesday is the deadline for the African Fact-Checking Awards. And GIJN is hosting its weekly webinar this week on “Open Source Investigations in Africa” in both English and French.
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Welcome to July, hacks and hackers! More conferences have, unsurprisingly, moved to online. Many organizations are experimenting with a long series of workshops rather than a packed few days where sessions overlap.
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '1273150081823375361', document.getElementById('tweet-container-1273150081823375361'), ); See the events list below for the most up to date information.
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The National Institute of Health in the U.S. launched a secure national database for doctors, scientists and researchers to study demographics of COVID-19 patients in hopes of better understanding the disease Lokal is a mobile news app in India that jumped from 1,600 users to millions in less than two years.
Greetings, hacks and hackers! SRCCON is going online for the first time ever later this week.
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Some of the most shared COVID-19-related misinformation across Europe include cures/remedies and 5G conspiracy theories. Read about this study and other recent fake news news (Nieman Lab) Objectivity, or remaining neutral, is often heralded as a principle of journalism, but it can often shut out minority voices and experiences in journalism (The Objective) An economics professor collected traffic data from cities across the U.
Good news, hacks and hackers! The jobs outlook is looking up - this week we have more openings than usual in the UK and remote.
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This Thursday, GIJN will be hosting a free one-hour webinar in both French and English on tracking African government budgets during the pandemic.
Happy Sunday, hacks and hackers! SRCCON just opened its call for participation, where you can pitch a session, apply for a stipend or just say why you’d like to attend. The form closes this Wednesday, and the conference will be held online July 16-17.
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Hello, hacks and hackers! The Institute for Nonprofit News is hosting an online conference this Tuesday and Wednesday for anyone interested in nonprofit news media and public service journalism.
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '1270805761229074432', document.getElementById('tweet-container-1270805761229074432'), ); And Hacks/Hackers London is hosting their latest meetup online. if you are a local organizer who would like to remote events, please get in touch. H/H has a paid Zoom account for local groups who want to meet online.
Hey all you cool hacks and hackers! The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is accepting applications for remote fellowships.
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '1263113620457754624', document.getElementById('tweet-container-1263113620457754624'), ); Applications will be accepted through the end of June. Up to 20 fellowships will be announced at the end of July.
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The University of Miami created a coronavirus tracking website specifically for Latin American countries. Founder and CEO of O’Reilly Media, Tim O’Reilly, published a piece musing on the global effects of COVID-19, the post-COVID future and how to prepare for the unknown.
When a door closes, hacks and hackers, another one opens! Recently ONA announced its 2020 conference will be happening online. Not only that, but the event has been spread out over the first two weeks of October, so you can attend while balancing other needs in your life.
twttr.widgets.createTweet( '1263561737447501824', document.getElementById('tweet-container-1263561737447501824'), ); The AI for Good Summit followed a similar principle. Instead of attending the summit in Switzerland, you can register for an ongoing series of talks and interactive discussions.