Civicmedialab 2018 digital innovation in the news room hackathon
A blast from the past!
The Civic Media Lab's 2018 Digital Innovation in the Newsroom Hackathon was a 24-hour event that brought together journalists, developers, designers, and other innovators to create new digital tools and solutions for the news industry.
Here are some key details about the event:
Date: November 16-17, 2018 Location: The Civic Media Lab, Toronto, Canada Objective: To develop innovative digital solutions that can be used in newsrooms to improve storytelling, reporting, and audience engagement.
Challenges:
- Fact-checking: Develop a tool to help journalists fact-check information more efficiently and effectively.
- Data visualization: Create a platform to help journalists visualize complex data and present it in an engaging and interactive way.
- Social media monitoring: Design a system to help journalists monitor social media conversations related to their stories and engage with their audience more effectively.
- Storytelling: Develop a tool to help journalists create immersive and interactive stories that engage their audience.
Winners:
- Fact-checking: "FactCheck" - a browser extension that helps journalists quickly verify information and identify potential biases.
- Data visualization: "DataViz" - a platform that allows journalists to easily create interactive and dynamic visualizations of complex data.
- Social media monitoring: "SocialSphere" - a tool that helps journalists track social media conversations related to their stories and engage with their audience more effectively.
- Storytelling: "StorySphere" - a platform that allows journalists to create immersive and interactive stories that engage their audience.
Partners:
- The Civic Media Lab
- The Toronto Star
- The Globe and Mail
- The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
- The National Post
Sponsors:
- The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC)
- The Canadian Media Fund (CMF)
- The National Film Board of Canada (NFB)
The Civic Media Lab's 2018 Digital Innovation in the Newsroom Hackathon was a successful event that brought together innovators from various fields to create new digital solutions for the news industry. The winning projects showcased innovative approaches to fact-checking, data visualization, social media monitoring, and storytelling, and demonstrated the potential for technology to improve the way journalists work and engage with their audience.