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A prototype of a tool that seeks to detect biased reporting of scientific research has emerged tops at the first City University London Hackathon. The aim of the model, christened Neutron, is to help detect “churnalism”— reproduction of press releases sent to newsrooms by scientists and research institutions. “Neutron will
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The first City University London Hackathon will take place this weekend as part of the BBC News Labs’ University Challenges. Organised by BBC News Labs & Connected Studio in collaboration with City, the event brings together 23 participants from the university’s Journalism and Computer Science programmes. The goal, according
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Are you a journalist with a data-driven project you are proud of? Apply to the Data Journalism Awards (DJAs) 2016 now The Data Journalism Awards are the biggest competition to reward the world's best data journalism. Submission is open until 10 April 2016. Interhacktives is a proud
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City University played host to a book launch and panel discussion that included Nick Phipps of Sky News, Megan Lucero of The Times and The Sunday Times, and City University lecturer Tom Felle last week. All of whom contributed to the book entitled, Data Journalism: Inside the Global Future. The
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October’s edition of Hacks/Hackers was a bustling affair held at Twitter’s London HQ. Organised by the Wall Street Journal's Sarah Marshall, Twitter's Joanna Geary and PixieLab's Peter MacRobert, a healthy cohort of interhacktives were in attendance. Here’s what we learnt:
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Pioneers from the frontiers of social media newsgathering and user-generated content (UGC) shared their wisdom at News:rewired's 'in focus' event last week. Below are my seven takeaways from "The Wild West of Social Media" panel event, featuring Aine Kerr, managing editor of
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Love data? Ever wondered what a data journalist actually does? Just want free booze? The Interhacktives are pleased to announce TWO upcoming events this April that will satisfy either or both of these needs. Brace yourselves. The sessions will be focused on giving you some data skills you can use
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Postgraduate and job application deadlines are drawing near. Maybe you've already got an interview or a place at a newspaper lined up and want to be a bit more prepared. Maybe you're embarking on a year of freelancing and want the best advice. Whatever your reason,
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It was over donuts and sushi that Interhacktives found out more about corporate networks and how to access company data. Last Wednesday, a pack of 13 of us attended the meetup "Flash Hacks: Map the Banks", an initiative by the London-based organisation Open Corporates that aims to
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Looking for the best infographics of 2013? Malofiej22 is a world infographic summit held annually in Pamplona, Spain. Missed it? Interhacktives have storified of the highlights that came out of the latest Malofiej22, held on 26 - 28 March. The best of Malofiej22 Want to know more? Check out the full
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Gerard Baker, editor of the Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones, spoke at City University about business journalism and the online publishing strategies they must take to survive...
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Our tutorial on data journalism will start at 6pm today (Monday 24th March) – click here for the link. To see last week's tutorial on social media verification, click here. The time for our first hour of Interhacktivity is almost upon us. The tutorials will be held via a