Multimedia
The ICDCITMM 2021 was held from November 18th-19th. The conference was entirely virtual, and designed to bring together some of the most prominent academics in their respective fields to exchange ideas and strategies for dealing with some of the key issues in the Information Age. Digital Humanities in Oman
Events
Looking to network and improve your professional knowledge through data and digital journalism events? Worry not; Interhacktives has done all the research for you. Here's list of unmissable events taking place from February to April you can pop into your diary. Stay tuned as we'll be
Audience & Social
The last time I checked, WhatsApp was not one of the most popular social media apps among journalists. It was trailing Twitter, Facebook, Messenger, and Line by far. Many a journalist have written off this chat app with a disputed 800 million monthly active users after efforts to broadcast through
Events
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:
Data
Piktochart is a website that allows you to create infographics in an easy way. With its simple and clear style, it’s perfect for small datasets that can be explored from a number of different angles. I am going to take you through the process of creating an infographic using
News
This morning the Boston Police Force accredited social media for their increase in crime solving. The Boston Police Department has seen a rise in crime solving tips thanks to social media and the department’s large Twitter following. The Boston Police Force has more than 39,200 followers on Twitter.
Events
Social Media Week is a multi-city real-time conference that aims to take the global social networking conversation to the next level. As Martin Bryant explains, it's an international celebration of the way online social tools are transforming the world we live in. #SMW allows people around
Audience & Social
In story on the Guardian website today, 70% of people (in a survey of 973 adults) suggested they would be in favour of shutting down the social networks Twitter, Facebook and Blackberry Messenger during civil unrest. It comes off the back of the prosecutions for inciting riots (even though they
News
Antonia Kanczula Yet again, it’s been a busy week for quirky tales – from using social media to track disease outbreaks to a Mexican football team replacing their players' shirt names with Twitter handles. Proving that amongst its myriad benefits, Twitter can be a conduit for reliable, level-headed