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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 10/09/2026

Journalism gets one shot to be right. Product work learns from what breaks. Frank Bi, our AI Strategy & Product Advisor, on shipping newsroom AI you'd let fail: sandbox it, set an end date, let readers opt in. Be wrong at the start, right at the end. hackshackers.com/go/newsroom-...

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 18/06/2026

Registration is open for the inaugural AI x Visual Journalism Forum, Aug. 25-26 in Los Angeles. In partnership with ASU's Narrative and Emerging Media program, with workshops and case studies on how AI is reshaping images and video. Join us: hackshackers.com/go/visual-forum

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 27/05/2026

We made Hacks/Hackers' site accessible to AI agents, and they're already showing up. An llms.txt file leads agents to our MCP server to search archives, and we added "Ask" AI buttons for readers to send pre-filled prompts to Claude or ChatGPT. What we did here: hackshackers.com/go/2026-05-a...

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 22/05/2026

Researchers tested 6 AI chatbots on daily news questions and they got 95%+ right. But when a user slipped a wrong detail into a question, GPT-5 got only 19% right, worse than random guesses. The chatbot wasn't just confused, it was actively misled. hackshackers.com/go/2026-05-c...

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 20/05/2026

Forget hotel ballrooms. Our AI x Journalism Summit was in a former warehouse, with no cushioned chairs and rooms where people sometimes sat on the floor. It fit the vibe we were going for: Not perfection, but ready to build. hackshackers.com/go/2026-05-u... hackshackers.com/go/2026-05-r...

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 07/05/2026

What does it take for a small newsroom to ship with AI? Cohort 2 of our Newsroom AI Lab — Bellingcat, Trusting News, Prison Journalism Project — shows the pattern: define the real problem, externalize the unwritten judgment, build only what fits. hackshackers.com/go/2026-05-c...

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 29/04/2026

Two weeks to the AI x Journalism Summit in Baltimore (May 13–14). Speakers from NYT, CNN, ProPublica, NPR, The Boston Globe, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Minnesota Star Tribune, Mother Jones/Reveal, Der Spiegel and Google. Close to selling out. luma.com/hh-aijournal...

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Burt Herman @burtherman.com · 22/04/2026

What does it look like when a story shapes itself based on who's reading? I built a demo that tailors summaries of new NYC mayor Mamdani's statements based on your context. Publishers need a new platform to enable experiences like this: a Context Management System: hackshackers.com/r/2026-04-co...

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The Content Management System Is Dead. Long Live the Context Management System.

Generative AI is unraveling the finished-article model. What replaces it is a system built on context: raw reporting, flagged analysis and journalism as the verification layer. Plus a proof-of-concept...

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 20/04/2026

Ads are coming to AI chatbots. Will anyone be able to tell they're looking at one? New Princeton + UW research: 18 of 23 models didn't disclose sponsorship 65% of the time. ChatGPT ads just launched — preview of what breaks when separation fails. hackshackers.com/r/2026-04-ai...

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 14/04/2026

12 new sessions at the AI x Journalism Summit: ProPublica on secure local models, Baltimore Banner's News Detector, WBEZ on Whisper, Boston Globe on build/buy/ignore, two Google sessions. $95 tickets end today. One month out — May 13–14. luma.com/hh-aijournalismsummit-2026

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Wisconsin Watch @wisconsinwatch.org · 18/10/2025

In partnership with the nonprofit @hackshackers.com Wisconsin Watch is experimenting ways to improve the audio descriptions of photos for those who use screen readers, known as alt text. Here's what we're doing -- and how you can give feedback or suggestions 👇

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How can we make news more accessible? We want to hear from you.

Wisconsin Watch is improving alt-text on images and exploring ways to deliver more stories via audio. Tell us can we make information more accessible to you.

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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 07/05/2025

Sawyer Bernath of Tarbell Center is discussing how much of mainstream reporting on AI focuses on national security and business angles, despite the fact AI is already impacting nearly all aspects of modern life. #AIJournalismHH

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Burt Herman @burtherman.com · 07/05/2025

We are live at the first-ever @hackshackers.com AI x Journalism Summit! Thanks to @therealnews.com for hosting us in Baltimore. Here’s our program for the next two days: bit.ly/hh-ai-journa...

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Alex Mahadevan @alexmahadevan.com · 07/05/2025

Great event on the future of facts at @poynterinstitute.bsky.social last night. Totally worth the 5 a.m. flight to make it to the @hackshackers.com AIxJournalism Summit today!!

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Max Resnik @maxresnik.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Hello from Baltimore! I’m here at the @hackshackers.com AI Journalism Summit My session is tomorrow morning, talking about @citybureau.bsky.social @documenters.org and equipping residents to monitor local government. If you’re at the conference- come and say hi!

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 07/05/2025

Our first-ever AI x Journalism Summit is underway! See our Summit Schedule page to keep track of the 40+ presenters who are sharing insights about the future of journalism, and share your updates with the summit hashtag: #AIJournalismHH www.hackshackers.com/ai-x-journal...

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AI x Journalism Summit Schedule

Hacks/Hackers and our host partners are convening the first-ever AI x Journalism Summit in Baltimore from May 7–8. Get the full schedule here.

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National Press Club Journalism Institute @npcinstitute.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

May 16: Join us at @pressclubdc.bsky.social for a half-day workshop on AI skills for journalists. With @vaniaandre.bsky.social, @thehaitiantimes.bsky.social; @pcheung630.bsky.social, @hackshackers.com; @andrewwallender.com, @bloomberglaw.com Tickets on sale: www.eventbrite.com/e/intro-to-a...

Intro to AI for Journalists at the National Press Club. A workshop on basic, practical AI skills. May 16, noon to 4 pm ET. In person. Tickets on sale.

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 01/05/2025

🚨Last call for regular tickets! 🚨We're holding our first-ever AI x Journalism Summit in Baltimore May 7-8 (that's next week!) and the deadline for regular tickets is EOD, Friday May 2nd! Come and join us to plan the future of journalism. Tix here: lu.ma/gxdhtufs

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 01/05/2025

At our Summit next week (!) panelists Paris M. Brown, Marie Gilot, @rubinafillion.nytimes.com & @vaniaandre.bsky.social, all instructors & participants in the AI Journalism Lab: Leadership, will share the techniques and tools that help them wield AI effectively as newsroom managers & leaders.

How to Become a Better Manager with AI
Explore how AI is reshaping managerial roles and decision-making processes in newsrooms and media organizations. In this panel, instructors and participants in the AI Journalism Lab: Leadership will share the specific techniques and tools that helped them leverage AI effectively in their leadership with confidence and foresight.
- Marie Gilot, Executive Director J+, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY
- Rubina Fillion, Associate Director of A.I Initiative, The New York Times
- Vania André, Chief Operating Officer and Editor-in-Chief, The Haitian Times
- Paris M. Brown, Publisher, The Baltimore Times

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 30/04/2025

Journalists: What if you could instantly test story ideas w/ diverse reader views? On May 7, verso.ink 's Patrick Swanson demos how AI personas reveal audience blind spots in real time—no surveys needed. Learn to build focus groups w/ ChatGPT while considering ethical limits.

Vibe Check: AI Focus Groups That Never Ghost You
Traditional audience research is expensive, slow, and often limited—what if you could instantly test your stories with diverse reader perspectives? In this demo-driven session based on Stanford research, Patrick Swanson of Verso will show how AI personas react to headlines in real-time, revealing audience blind spots that other metrics miss. Learn how to create your own synthetic focus groups using basic tools like ChatGPT, and join a candid discussion about the potential and ethical boundaries of this emerging approach to audience understanding.
- Patrick Swanson, Co-founder, Verso

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 30/04/2025

What does it actually take to personalize news at scale? On Thurs May 8 at our upcoming AI x Journalism Summit, Chi-Chi Zhang of @yahoonews.com breaks down the tools and the tradeoffs (spoiler: LLMs aren’t always the answer). See the Summit schedule here: www.hackshackers.com/join-us-for-...

Harnessing AI for Personalized News Experiences
Everyone’s talking about AI and personalized content—but how do these systems actually work in practice? In this talk, I’ll share how Yahoo News is using generative AI to deliver tailored news experiences at scale. I’ll dive into real-world examples of AI-driven content personalization, structured data tagging, and how we measure success across launches. You’ll hear what’s working, what’s not, and where we see the future of AI in journalism headed. Spoiler: LLMs aren’t always the best answer.
- Chi-Chi Zhang, Senior Director of Product for Machine Learning, Yahoo News

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 28/04/2025

There is just over one week until our first-ever AI x Journalism Summit, and we're almost sold out! Hosted by our friends @TheRealNews , the Summit is in Baltimore on Wed May 7 & Thurs May 8. Get your tickets here, or share with someone you know: lu.ma/gxdhtufs

Join pioneering journalists, technologists and innovators for two transformative days exploring how AI can enhance journalism and information. Through hands-on workshops, real-world case studies, and collaborative sessions, discover how to leverage AI to strengthen reporting, streamline workflows, create more impactful stories and build innovative new products.

Three tracks:

Reporting on AI: With AI being integrated into more parts of everyone’s lives, journalists will play an essential role in documenting the effects of algorithms on people’s lives and holding institutions accountable

Using AI: Learn practical ways to incorporate leading AI tools into your workflow - from automated transcription and translation to using large language models for research and analysis.

Building with AI: What do future media products look like when they leverage the power of generative AI? How will we reimagine user interfaces, discovery, distribution and monetization of news and information products?

Whether you're a reporter, editor, product manager, or technologist, gain practical skills and insights to thrive in the evolving media landscape.

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 25/04/2025

In her session on Thurs, May 8 at our upcoming AI x Journalism Summit called “Watch Your Language: AI and Bias Detection,” Janet Coats shares findings from her research and introduces a machine-learning tool designed to help journalists identify and reduce bias in their writing.

Watch Your Language: AI and Bias Detection
Our research at the University of Florida focusing on language use in news coverage identified common word choices that can convey unintended bias. Based on this research, we've developed a machine-learning tool journalists can use to make more intentional, precise language choices.
- Janet Coats, Managing Director, Consortium on Trust in Media and Technology, University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 25/04/2025

"Media organizations need to recognize that high-quality journalism is increasingly valuable in an AI-driven ecosystem." @pcheung630.bsky.social shares key takeaways about #AI and the future of #journalism from this year’s SKUP Conference in Norway. www.hackshackers.com/edit-or-be-e...

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Edit or Be Edited: Why Journalists Must Master AI Before It Masters Them

Key takeaways about AI and the future of journalism from this year’s SKUP Conference in Norway.

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 24/04/2025

Glad to hear this hits the bulls-eye, sorry you can't make it! I do not think there are plans so far to record the sessions, although we may publish some recaps if we can. If there are any sessions you're particularly interested in, let us know in the replies here. -- Nevin Thompson

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 24/04/2025

@thecity.nyc Where is your newsroom *not* showing up? At our upcoming AI x Journalism Summit on May 7, Tazbia Fatima & Scott Klein share how @THECITYNY used ChatGPT to map out neighborhood-level blind spots in its coverage. Smart, reflective journalism starts with asking better questions.

Lessons from The City: Using AI to Map Coverage Blind Spots
Do your newsroom’s coverage choices reflect the diversity of the community you cover? Generative AI can help you answer that question better than ever before. In 2023, THE CITY used ChatGPT to analyze its entire archive of more than 4,000 stories and to identify the New York City neighborhoods it covers, and presented the results on a map of the city. In this session, two of the people who worked on the project will walk you through their process and share how you can apply the technique to your own archive.
- Scott Klein, Entrepreneur in Residence, Automattic
- Tazbia Fatima, Newsroom AI and Automation Engineer, Hearst Newspaper

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 23/04/2025

This May 7 workshop at our AI x Journalism Summit introduces 'red teaming'—a cybersecurity practice to identify vulnerabilities—and a hands-on exercise to help build robust, responsible newsroom AI strategy. See the full Summit schedule here: www.hackshackers.com/join-us-for-...

Red Team: AI Threat Assessment for Modern Newsrooms
Presented by News Product Alliance
As newsrooms adopt AI-powered tools to enhance editorial workflows and better serve their audiences, they open themselves up to new risks around protecting sensitive user data and adhering to strong ethics policies. Understanding the potential ways these tools can impact news organization’s relationships with their users is crucial to ensure that we don’t repeat the mistakes of the past: Relying on tech companies to protect the values of good journalism. This workshop will introduce the concept of 'red teaming' – a practice used in cybersecurity to find weaknesses in software before it is launched – and will guide participants through the process with a hands-on exercise to identify risks and help newsrooms of all kinds build more robust AI strategies and policies.
- Greg Emerson, Product lead, NPA

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 22/04/2025

At our upcoming AI x Journalism Summit (May 7-8), Hong Qu will demonstrate how to build a no-code AI agent that automatically tracks executive orders, analyzes their impact, and organizes it all in a Google Sheet. See the full Summit schedule here: www.hackshackers.com/join-us-for-...

Building AI Agents for Journalism: From Idea to Automated Workflow
Learn to create your own AI monitoring system through a case study tracking presidential executive orders. This session shows how to combine Google AI Studio and Zapier to build an AI agent workflow that automatically scrapes government publications, analyzes their constitutional implications, and organizes findings into a Google Sheet—all without coding expertise. You'll see how to establish real-time connections between data sources, configure generative AI for document analysis, and create dynamic configurable workflows that free you to focus on reporting rather than routine monitoring. Whether you cover politics, courts, business, or any beat with recurring, time-sensitive documents and data, you'll leave with practical steps to build similar automated systems for your own reporting needs.
- Hong Qu, Adjunct Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 21/04/2025

On Wed, May 7 at our upcoming AI x Journalism Summit in Baltimore, @subbuvincent.bsky.social explores how LLMs are revolutionizing the analysis of source attribution in journalism. See the daily Summit session schedule here: www.hackshackers.com/join-us-for-...

Source Detective: Using LLMs to Analyze Journalistic Attribution Patterns
Explore how large language models are revolutionizing the analysis of source attribution in journalism. This session demonstrates how advanced prompt engineering can help newsrooms systematically examine their sourcing practices, from expert citations to anonymous sources. Subbu Vincent, Director of Journalism and Media Ethics, Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics will share new research benchmarking different LLMs' abilities to extract and analyze attribution patterns, with practical applications for both individual reporters and newsroom-wide content analysis. Join us to see how this technology could transform source diversity tracking, ethical reporting practices, and the distinction between various forms of journalism through their sourcing patterns.
- Subbu Vincent, Director of Journalism and Media Ethics, Santa Clara University’s Markkula Center for Applied Ethics.

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 18/04/2025

With the hype around #AI, it’s difficult for newsrooms to know where to start. At our AI x Journalism Summit (May 7-8), Elite Truong, VP Product Strategy at @ampress.bsky.social will discuss how newsrooms can use AI to solve problems in different ways. More here: www.hackshackers.com/ai-x-journal...

Maslow’s toolbox: A framework for understanding and prioritizing problems that could—or shouldn’t—be solved by AI
Maslow’s saying goes: With all the excitement, emphasis and wariness around AI as a tool for journalists, it’s difficult to remember where to start to solve problems. Join VP of product strategy at American Press Institute and former emerging technologies editor at The Washington Post, Elite Truong, in this workshop, where you’ll think through your organization’s biggest problems and center them first. Then, you’ll learn a framework to evaluate how AI can and can’t help solve the most important your newsroom has, identify reporting, production and administrative bottlenecks without distracting from your newsroom’s top editorial and audience goals, and remember that you can benefit from having a robust toolbox that can solve those problems in many different ways, even when certain tools are highlighted.

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 18/04/2025

Announcing the full Summit schedule: More than 40 speakers presenting hands-on, real-world applications of AI in journalism in Baltimore, May 7-8: www.hackshackers.com/ai-x-journal...

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AI x Journalism Summit Schedule

Hacks/Hackers and our host partners are convening the first-ever AI x Journalism Summit in Baltimore from May 7–8.

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 07/04/2025

"The upcoming AI x Journalism Summit in Baltimore in May is a huge opportunity for me to learn about how newsroom processes will adopt – and adapt to – these new technologies." www.hackshackers.com/three-ai-x-j...

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Three AI x Journalism Summit Sessions I Don’t Want to Miss

What do I, a journalist at the start of my career, really want to see?

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 13/03/2025

Thanks for coming, Aimee! We appreciated your insights. - NT

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Burt Herman @burtherman.com · 10/03/2025

Wrapping up the day with Der Spiegel at the @hackshackers.com AI x Journalism House during SXSW. We have a full day coming up tomorrow, join us: lu.ma/aj74ayou

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Burt Herman @burtherman.com · 10/03/2025

Kicking off our AI x Journalism House here during @sxsw.com at @texastribune.org with @cnti.bsky.social. Join us if you’re in Austin: lu.ma/aj74ayou

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 07/03/2025

After a success workshop earlier this week, we’re sharing a workshop prototype for newsrooms where participants design AI solutions for tackling information overload. www.hackshackers.com/when-politic...

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When Politicians "Flood the Zone": A Template for Brainstorming AI Solutions to Information Overload

We’re sharing a workshop prototype for newsrooms where participants design AI solutions for tackling information overload.

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 07/03/2025

Join us and an all-star lineup of journalism & technology all-stars for two days of workshops, speakers and networking alongside the SXSW conference. Take a deep dive into how artificial intelligence is changing how we create and distribute news and information. www.hackshackers.com/ai-x-journal...

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Our All-Star Speaker Lineup for AI x Journalism House

Join us for a deep dive into how artificial intelligence is changing how we create and distribute news and information.

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 26/02/2025

Is there Just Too Much News these days? Are you feeling overwhelmed? Are you checking constantly checking Bluesky but can never quite keep up? Join @burtherman.com and @pcheung630.bsky.social on March 3rd to brainstorm AI solutions for information overload. lu.ma/HHaihandling...

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When politicians "flood the zone": Join us to brainstorm AI solutions to information overload · Luma

When information overload is a political strategy aimed at saturating news coverage to exhaust the public and avoid accountability, how can AI help people…

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When politicians "flood the zone": Join us to brainstorm AI solutions to information overload · Luma

When information overload is a political strategy aimed at saturating news coverage to exhaust the public and avoid accountability, how can AI help people…

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 24/02/2025

Join @burtherman.com and @pcheung630.bsky.social March 10 & 11 at #SXSW, as Hacks/Hackers once again presents AI x Journalism House, this year hosted by our friends @texastribune.org. Get details on our all-star lineup of presenters + how to register for tickets. www.hackshackers.com/ai-x-journal...

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Our All-Star Speaker Lineup for AI x Journalism House

Join us at SXSW for a deep dive into how artificial intelligence is changing how we create and distribute news and information.

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 21/02/2025

This weekend: Hacks/Hackers' Quito, Ecuador affiliate, in collaboration with OpenlabEC is hosting MediaHack, a hackathon that brings together journalists and technologists to find solutions that address the effects of disinformation on the Internet. openlab.ec/mediahack#no...

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MediaHack

MediaHack es un hackatón de tecnologías ciudadanas y cívicas, mediante un enfoque de intersección entre el periodismo y la tecnología. En un formato presencial de 36 horas de duración que combina el ...

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Benjamin Toff @benjamintoff.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

What is the future of AI in news? Looking forward to exploring that w/ @hackshackers.com at their AI x Journalism Summit in May. I'll be speaking about some of my research, but excited to learn from all these other smart people. Early bird tickets available: www.hackshackers.com/join-us-for-...

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 21/02/2025

The winning project of the AI + Local Newsackathon held at the Minnesota Journalism Center earlier this month, MinneDigest makes local news more accessible by using AI tools to provide personalized, concise and easy-to-digest news summaries. www.hackshackers.com/hackathon-wi...

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Minnesota hackathon winners design journalism tool that aggregates personalized local news stories

MinneDigest makes local news more accessible by using AI tools to provide personalized, concise and easy-to-digest news summaries.

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Hacks/Hackers @hackshackers.com · 13/02/2025

[Early-bird tix end on Sun, Feb 15] Our 1st-ever AI x Journalism Summit is in Baltimore May 7-8. Tracks include 1) Reporting on AI 2) Using AI 3) Building with AI -- all aimed at giving reporters, editors, product managers, technologists practical skills. Tix: www.hackshackers.com/join-us-for-...

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