As we’ve previously reported, the Belfast Hacks and Hackers Hack Day in November was a great success with some brilliant projects emerging, and we’re thrilled to post this video, courtesy of the School of Media, Film and Journalism at the University of Ulster. Enjoy! Hacks and Hackers Hack Day Belfast short film, by Eleaner Mulholland […]
Hacks & Hackers Belfast: ‘You don’t realize how similar coding and reporting are until you watch a hack and a technologist work together to create something’
In November, Scraperwiki went to Belfast and participant Lyra McKee, CEO, NewsRupt (creators of the news app Qluso) has kindly supplied us with this account! The concept behind Hacks and Hackers, a global phenomenon, is simple: bring a bunch of hacks (journalists) and hackers (coders) together to build something really cool that other journalists and […]