Over on Technically Philly, Chris Wink has
The Center for Public Interest Journalism has received a generous grant from the Wyncote Foundation to fund ten Philadelphia-area journalists to…
This evening, Tuesday May 15, Hacks/Hackers Philadelphia hosts a session focused on “tips and tactics for locating, cleaning, and displaying…
The Center for Public Interest Journalism has received a generous grant from the Wyncote Foundation to fund ten Philadelphia-area journalists to attend the 2012 Investigative Reporters and Editors Conference, in Boston, from June 14-17. The grant will also send 25 local journalists to the Online News Association conference in San Francisco, Sept. … Read more →
This evening, Tuesday May 15, Hacks/Hackers Philadelphia hosts a session focused on “tips and tactics for locating, cleaning, and displaying data,” along with a brainstorming session for an upcoming Philly hackathon, hosted by Random Hacks of Kindness.
The event will also feature a brief demo of projects surfaced during the Open Gov hackathon held recently at Temple University as part of BarCamp News Innovation. … Read more →
Next Wednesday, May 16th, the National Constitution Center will host a closing ceremony for Philadelphia’s Prime Movers, from 10 a.m. till noon.
The Prime Movers program, which is based at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., sends veteran journalists and academics to urban schools to assist students in making media projects. … Read more →
This Wednesday evening I’ll be at the Pen & Pencil club for a Q&A session the club bills as part of its “off the record” series. I don’t want anyone to think the evolving plans for the Philadelphia Public Interest Information Network are a secret that can only be discussed off the record. … Read more →
Over on Technically Philly, Chris Wink has highlighted the products, mobile and otherwise, that surfaced during the News Hackathon held alongside the CPIJ-sponsored BarCamp News Innovation conference at Temple last weekend. Check it out below:
Six projects made it to the judging phase at the end of the fourth annual BarCamp NewsInnovation, which like last year again featured a hackathon focused on informing communities, particularly underserved ones.