Features

1. 

   Event Roundup, Aug 5

   By Erika Owens

   Posted on August 5, 2013

   This week is quiet, which leaves you plenty of time to prepare session proposals for the Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires Media Party, Mozilla Festival, and PyCon.

2. 

   Event Roundup, July 29

   By Erika Owens

   Posted on July 29, 2013

   Start brainstorming ideas for the Hacks/Hackers Media Party and the Mozilla Festival.

3. 

   Event Roundup, July 22

   By Erika Owens

   Posted on July 22, 2013

   Meetups in DC, London, and Jerusalem on Wednesday. And Friday in New York, we’re holding an info session on the Knight-Mozilla Fellowship.

4. 

   Event Roundup, July 15

   By Erika Owens

   Posted on July 16, 2013

   This week is the summer OpenStreetMap editathon and a media mega mixer in NYC.

5. 

   Event Roundup, July 8

   By Erika Owens

   Posted on July 8, 2013

   Many summertime meetups are taking happy hour form, but in India on Sunday Hacks/Hackers will host lightning talks on data visualization.

6. 

   Event Roundup, July 1

   By Erika Owens

   Posted on July 2, 2013

   July is quiet for events, but there are a few great things happening and it’s never too early to apply for the Knight-Mozilla Fellowship.

7. 

   Event Roundup, June 24

   By Erika Owens

   Posted on June 25, 2013

   This week, open data in Latin America and Hacks/Hackers meetups in London and NYC.

8. 

   Event Roundup, June 17

   By Erika Owens

   Posted on June 17, 2013

   Big week for OpenNews: we opened up applications for 2014 Knight-Mozilla Fellows today and we’re hacking in Boston this weekend. Also this week, hack events in Romania, Chile, and France.

9. 

   Event Roundup, June 10

   By Erika Owens

   Posted on June 10, 2013

   DataBootCamp in Bolivia this week and municipal data hacking in Johannesburg on Saturday.

10. 

    Event Roundup, June 3

    By Erika Owens

    Posted on June 3, 2013

    Two local ONA chapter meetups this week, and later this June, join Knight-Mozilla OpenNews at MIT.

11. 

    Event Roundup, May 28

    By Erika Owens

    Posted on May 28, 2013

    This weekend is the National Day of Civic Hacking in cities around the U.S. including an event focused on supporting Hurricane Sandy recovery efforts in Rockaway Beach and one focused on immigration in Chicago.

12. 

    Event Roundup, May 20

    By Erika Owens

    Posted on May 20, 2013

    The final Editors’ Lab before the Global Editors Network Conference in June and data hacking in Spain this weekend.

13. 

    The New Yorker Launches Strongbox

    By Erika Owens

    Posted on May 15, 2013

    Strongbox uses Tor, and the coding savvy of Aaron Swartz, to help sources communicate more securely with the New Yorker. Its release today inspired a big reaction from the journalism code community.

14. 

    Event Roundup, May 13

    By Erika Owens

    Posted on May 13, 2013

    This weekend, Code with me comes to Austin and lo-fi hacking in Chile.

15. 

    Event Roundup, May 6

    By Erika Owens

    Posted on May 6, 2013

    Learning about Tor in South Africa, hacking in India, and last chance to pitch your ideas for the Online News Association conference.

16. 

    Event Roundup, Apr 29

    By Erika Owens

    Posted on April 29, 2013

    Harvesting data in Belgium and talking transparency in DC this weekend. Plus, session suggestions for the Online News Association conference due Tuesday.

17. 

    Apps + Code + Viz Roundup, April 24

    By Erin Kissane

    Posted on April 24, 2013

    The last month has brought us a spate of fresh news apps, updated and brand-new tools for journalist-developers, thoughtful analytical write-ups, and coverage of events.

18. 

    Visually Explaining a Bombing and Its Aftermath

    By Erin Kissane

    Posted on April 23, 2013

    After the bombings during last week’s Boston Marathon, newsrooms in the US and UK produced interactive maps and features to help their readers understand the locations and chronologies of the bombings themselves, the ensuing medical treatment of victims, and the hunt for the bombers—and in the days that followed, to collect and communicate the stories of the victims.

19. 

    Event Roundup, Apr 22

    By Erika Owens

    Posted on April 22, 2013

    Journalists gather in Italy this week, while Hacks/Hackers chapters hold meetups on balloon mapping and HTML 5, plus a cryptoparty.

20. 

    Event Roundup, Apr 15

    By Erika Owens

    Posted on April 15, 2013

    Events around the world this week: Spain, UK, and around the U.S.(not just the coasts).