Mozilla Festival – Media, Freedom and the Web

To gain knowledge, insight and foresight into the developing media landscape, the best forms of education lie outside the classroom. I am a huge proponent of self-learning through experimentation. So I constantly go to events, lectures, hackathons and conferences. I have recently been to HackHackersNYC and HacksHackerTO, as well as universities and newsrooms in the [...]

Scrape Up, Mash Up, Fuse Up

So I’m in the US, preparing to roll out events. To make decisions as to where to go I needed to get data. I needed numbers on the type of people we’d like to attend our events. In order to generate good data projects we would need a cohort of guests to attend. We would [...]

Hacktoberfest = Hacktoberfun

So I’m back from Berlin and in the US. I met some amazing people at the Knight Mozilla Hacktoberfest, a 4 day hackathon with people from all over the world and from all walks of life. It was the most fun I’ve had all year and I’ve made some friends for life. The project ideas [...]

Data Journalism Opportunities in the Real World

Just a couple of notices regarding journalism skills to be got in the real world, not just the virtual. HacksHackers London meetup tomorrow on their 1 year anniversary. Be there or be an equilateral quadrangle. Speakers include Alec Muffett from Green Lane Security and Martin Belam from The Guardian. Stanford University School of Engineering are [...]

Top 10 Things for getting Started in Data Journalism

Although “data journalism” can encompass infographics, interactives, web apps, FOI, databases and a whole host of other numbering, coding, displaying techniques; the road less travelled-by has certain steps, turns and speed bumps. In that sense, here’s a list of things to tick off if you’re interested in going down the data journalism road: Know the [...]

Event – London Hacks Hackers

Who? Hacks/Hackers London What? Journalists call themselves “hacks,” someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. When? Wednesday, 22nd June 2011 at 07:00 pm Where? The Shooting Star 125-129 Middlesex St London E1 7JF Why? [...]

Event – London Hacks Hackers

Who? Hacks/Hackers London What? Journalists call themselves “hacks,” someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. When? Wednesday, 25th May 2011 at 07:00 pm Where? The Shooting Star 125-129 Middlesex St London E1 7JF Why? [...]

Data Journalism: The Story So Far

And here’s what Tim Berner-Lee, founder of the internet, said regarding the subject of data journalism: Journalists need to be data-savvy… [it's] going to be about poring over data and equipping yourself with the tools to analyse it and picking out what’s interesting. And keeping it in perspective, helping people out by really seeing where it [...]

London Hacks Hackers Meet Again

Who? London Hacks Hackers run by the lovely Joanna Geary from The Times. What? The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. When? Wednesday, 27 April at 07:00 pm Where? The Shooting Star 125-129 Middlesex St London E1 7JF Why? Neal Mann, from Sky News, will [...]

Hacks/Hackers London Meetup

Who? Hacks/Hackers London What? Meetup When? Wednesday, 23 March at 07:00 PM Where? Artillery Arms 102 Bunhill Row Nr Moorgate, EC1Y 8ND Why? Martin Moore, director of the Media Standards Trust, and Ben Campbell, programmer at the Media Standards Trust, will be talking about Churnalism.com and journalisted.com – the design and creation of media monitoring platforms. They will speak [...]