Burt Herman

Hacks/Hackers has surpassed the 10,000 member mark just two and half years after its start as a Meetup group in the Bay Area.

(english post coming soon, try Google Translate for the moment) La mañana soleada del sábado 14 de abril era ideal para salir a correr. Pero en este caso no se trataba de cuerpos bien entrenados físicamente (aunque también los había) sino más bien intelectualmente preparados para un buen hackatón. Convocados por Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires cerca [...]

Share Awesome quadricopter to report on an event from the sky. #hackshackers Xavier Damman Thu, Mar 29 2012 21:56:29 Journalists are often called on to report on events where a view from above would be useful. And local TV news shows have long had their own eyes in the sky with helicopters reporting on traffic or [...]

We believe that software can be used to tell stories in ways unthinkable for traditional journalism. Several journalists, designers and software developers related with Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires are working on projects where they need to visualize data in time lines. We need tools to develop automatic or semi-automatic timelines that could be combined with other [...]

Hacks/Hackers has grown in ways we never predicted. It was just over two years ago that the first event was held at a San Francisco bar. Since then, we’ve expanded across the U.S. and the world, and now have more than 9,500 members in Meetups across four continents. We’ve long sought to bring everyone together [...]

Based on the number of job postings we are hearing about at Hacks/Hackers meetups, we are trying to compile a newsletter of jobs at the intersection of journalism x technology. The email may be frequent or sporadic depending on jobs volume. It may or may not be targeted. Have a job opening you want to [...]

Come to the Awesomest Journalism Party. Ever. Which returns again. RSVP here. Where Journalism x Technology @SXSW R.S.V.P. Saturday, March 10, 5-8 p.m. The Palm Door 401 Sabine St, Austin, Texas 78701 Organized by Hacks/Hackers Platinum Sponsors The Huffington Post, Webbmedia Group and MailChimp. Gold Sponsors The New York Times and SoundCloud Silver Sponsor NewsCred With [...]

Happy New Year! Exciting changes are in the works for Hacks/Hackers ATX in 2012, joining up with a newly formed Online News Association local group. The two organizations hosted a debut meetup at Opal Divine’s Penn Field on January 5 to kick off the collaboration. The plan is to broaden the scope that was originated [...]

Since the start of Hacks/Hackers in 2009, we’ve heard from lots of people interested in the ways journalists and developers can help each other push what’s possible at the intersection of news and technology. So we’re very pleased to kick off 2012 with the new version of Help by Hacks/Hackers, a forum for you to [...]

Public Journalism Club and Microsoft Innovation Center Armenia, the organizers of Hackathon[YAN] Yerevan contest which will take place on 17-18 December 2011, have received over 50 applications from teams willing to take part in the competition. 50 teams submitted projects that aim at solving the issues of Yerevan, Armenia’s capital. Projects will be hacking issues [...]