Scraperwiki/RBI launch first in-house Hacks & Hackers event – for B2Bs
Tickets are now available for a Scraperwiki hack day at Reed Business Information (RBI) on Monday 29th November in Quadrant House, Surrey, from 9.30am (registration) – 7.30 pm.
B2B journalists, developers and designers are invited to attend the one-day ‘Hacks and Hackers’ event hosted and sponsored by RBI, B2B publisher of titles including FlightGlobal, Farmers Weekly and New Scientist.
The idea is that business journalists and bloggers (‘Hacks’) pair up with computer programmers and designers (‘Hackers’) to produce innovative data projects in the space of one day. Food and drink will be provided throughout the event. Prizes for the best projects will be awarded in the evening.
Any journalist from a B2B background, or developer/designer with an interest in business journalism is welcome to attend. We’re especially keen to work with people who are interested in producing data visualisations.
“Data journalism is an important area of development for our editorial teams in RBI,” said Karl Schneider, RBI editorial development director:
“It’s a hot topic for all journalists, but it’s particularly relevant in the B2B sector. B2B journalism is focused on delivering information that it’s audience can act on, supporting important business decisions.
“Often a well-thought-out visualisation of data can be the most effective way of delivering critical information and helping users to understand key trends.
“We’re already having some successes with this kind of journalism, and we think we can do a lot more. So building up the skills of our editorial teams in this area is very important.”
The event is the first in-house hack day that Scraperwiki has organised as part of its UK and Ireland Hacks & Hackers tour.
5o places are available in total: half for RBI staff; half for external attendees. People wishing to attend should select the relevant ticket at this link.
Past hacks and hackers days have run in London, Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester. For a flavour of the projects please see this blog post.
If you have any questions please contact Aine McGuire via Aine [at]scraperwiki.com.