Hackshackers

By Keziah Kinuthia and Paul Amisi The East Africa HackHackers virtual session for March focused on Social Inclusion and was facilitated by John Cornwell, Susan Waruingi, and Francis Wamwangi from the Umoja na Usawa network. This interactive session marked the first phase of two other sessions. John introduced the session…

Media Party is calling for journalists, developers, entrepreneurs and civic hackers to apply to lead sessions at the first-ever event in Chicago from June 8–10. The deadline for workshops and lightning talk proposals is March 31, 2023. The core of Media Party is “media innovation” and this year the conference will focus on the intersection between AI, journalism and democracy. Some of the themes around this include: generative AI, AI ethics, AI security and privacy. Alongside that focus, we will also explore wider issues in journalism such…

HOW SENIORS MAY BE PROCTED FROM ONLINE SCAMS,HACKS The vast majority of seniors today are using the Internet at least once a week to check email, pay bills online and keep in touch via social media. …

Building a comprehensive guide on Membership takes time and care. The team behind the newly published Membership Guide explained to Hacks/Hackers London how their final handbook is relentlessly ‘user-centric’, was built on reviewing a specific set of recommendations and what they call ‘user personas’. …

The largest media innovation event in Latin America took place virtually in the midst of a global pandemic from September 16–18, 2020, attracting more than 2,000 participants from 45 countries. This year, Media Party, supported by Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires, launched an unprecedented virtual format with a global premium speaker line-up…

Google News Initiative has renewed its support to Hacks/Hackers London to continue our activities — and offer more support to our community affected by the economic uncertainty caused by Covid-19. 2020 has been a challenging year. Our lives, health, work, habits — everything has been affected by a global pandemic. …

And some advice for those who are re-entering work — Keeping your career on some kind of track when you have young children is difficult for everyone — and it comes with particular challenges for parents in the journalism and tech industries, which often involve shift work and unfriendly hours. In response to huge interest from members, Hacks Hackers London…

Scraping and cleaning data for informative, insightful stories. — By Crystal Mwangi Raw data is quickly becoming a pivotal source of information for journalists. Stephen Levitt, the co-author of Freakonomics really put it into perfect perspective when he said “Data, I think, is one of the most powerful mechanisms for telling stories.” I walked into Nairobi Garage about thirty…

The February meet-up focused on free apps and easy skills for creating and sharing stories using smartphones. By Kenneth Muimi The media landscape is constantly evolving. The mobile revolution has reintroduced the mobile phone as a complete tool for storytelling, as is evident in the number of media houses and…