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Event Roundup, May 31

By Erika Owens

Posted on May 31, 2016
Hack events this weekend in Belgium, Chicago, Miami, and Buenos Aires. Plus, a new travel scholarship program from OpenNews to help you get to all these great events.
Source Project Roundup, May 27

By Lindsay Muscato

Posted on May 27, 2016
Here’s a few things we especially appreciated recently: green spaces, small multiples, and forking paths of perception.
Event Roundup, May 16

By Erika Owens

Posted on May 16, 2016
This is the week to enter the SRCCON ticket lottery, and learn about Panama Papers at two Hacks/Hackers events in Germany.
Source Project Roundup, May 13

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Posted on May 13, 2016
Here’s a few things we loved recently: arresting words, opposing parties, how landfills fill in Minnesota, how housing stays empty in China, and more.
Event Roundup, May 2

By Erika Owens

Posted on May 2, 2016
A bunch of conferences this week, plus a Coral Project hackathon.
Botweek’s Closing Circle

By Erin Kissane and Lindsay Muscato

Posted on April 29, 2016
A few of our favorite bits of thinking and linking around bots.
When Bots Get Together: Part 2

By Ryan Pitts

Posted on April 28, 2016
Here’s the second half of our report-back from Austin’s code convening, introducing five more bot-centered open source projects from our participants.
When Bots Get Together: Part 1

By Ryan Pitts

Posted on April 27, 2016
Code convenings have been regular events on the OpenNews calendar for a little more than two years now, each of them bringing a small group of designers and developers together to work on projects that fit a particular theme. Given a chance to step away from normal routines and daily deadlines, participants spend a couple days writing code and documentation before releasing fresh open-source projects and updates into the journalism community. The Austin event earlier this month definitely was our largest so far, with nine projects. It was a fantastic mix of people, with developers and designers from all sizes of news organizations, and fields like education, finance, and civic tech. Here’s what everyone is working on.
Event Roundup, Apr 18

By Erika Owens

Posted on April 18, 2016
The Coral Project hosts its first hackathon, plus SRCCON call for proposals deadline this Wednesday.
Source Project Roundup, April 14

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Posted on April 14, 2016
Here’s a few things we loved recently: beautiful data, inspiring investigations, a boring winter, and six spoonfuls of sugar.
Event Roundup, Apr 4

By Erika Owens

Posted on April 4, 2016
The International Journalism Festival kicks off this week, while we’re looking for your pitches for SRCCON this July.
Source Project Roundup, Mar 24

By Lindsay Muscato

Posted on March 24, 2016
Here’s a handful of inspiring projects that we especially loved and appreciated, these past few weeks.
Event Roundup, Mar 21

By Erika Owens

Posted on March 21, 2016
It’s deadline day for submissions to the Knight News Challenge on libraries and the Ford-Mozilla fellowships. Plus, OpenNews wants your code convening pitches, as do many other upcoming events.
Event Roundup, Mar 7

By Erika Owens

Posted on March 7, 2016
NICAR will bring hundreds of news nerds to Denver this week, plus bunch of conferences and fellowships looking for your applications.
Source Project Roundup, March 3

By Lindsay Muscato

Posted on March 3, 2016
Here’s a handful of our favorite pieces from the past few weeks, created within the newsroom-code universe.
Event Roundup, Feb 29

By Erika Owens

Posted on February 29, 2016
A couple events this week plus a ton of conferences looking for your talk proposals.
Event Roundup, Feb 22

By Erika Owens

Posted on February 22, 2016
Meetups, proposal deadlines, and the fourth in the Hacks/Hackers Connect series.
Event Roundup, Feb 16

By Erika Owens

Posted on February 16, 2016
It’s a busy week of meetups, plus your last chance to pitch conversations and lightning talks for NICAR.
Source Project Roundup, Feb 11

By Lindsay Muscato

Posted on February 11, 2016
Here’s a roundup of our favorite projects and pieces from the past couple of weeks, all worthy of another look.
Event Roundup, Feb 9

By Erika Owens

Posted on February 9, 2016
In gearing up for NICAR, there’s a bunch more ways to participate such as pitching proposals to lightning talks and the conversations track. Plus, events all over the world this month.