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Announcements
Congratulations Corey Takahashi: Winner of the Hacks/Hackers scholarship to Poynter
We’re delighted to announce that freelance journalist Corey Takahashi is the winner of the Hacks/Hackers scholarship to Poynter’s workshop on programming for journalists / journalism for programming.
Based in Los Angeles, Corey is planning to apply the digital skills from the Poynter workshop to revisit demographic trends that
Hacks/Hackers Chicago is Now in Session
Hacks/Hackers goes to the heartland with its new Chicago group. This will be spearheaded by Rich Gordon, a Northwestern prof who is one of the original founders of Hacks/Hackers, and Tracy Schmidt of ChicagoNow.
We have high expectations for our Chicago group with Tracy’s organizing prowess and
Win a Scholarship to a Poynter Journalism Programming Seminar
Hacks/Hackers and The Poynter Institute are offering one full scholarship (a $795 value!) to attend the institute’s three-day seminar in St. Petersburg, Florida: Programming for Journalists / Journalism for Programmers (More info at http://hckhc.kr/doUlhi). The seminar takes place from August 25-27, 2010. Faculty includes Hacks/Hackers
Hacks/Hackers and Mozilla Foundation Team Up to Create a Course through Peer-to-Peer University
Hacks/Hackers is teaming up with Mozilla, the open-source-oriented nonprofit, to creating a course through Peer-to-Peer University, with the aim of collective eduction: the hackers teaching the journos, and vice versa.
The idea won a $1,000 seed prize at MIT’s Future of News and Civic Media conference in