Please join us on May 21 at the Austin American-Statesman for another joint meetup of Hacks/Hackers ATX and ONA Austin for Student Innovations in Data Journalism. Jake Batsell, a professor at SMU, will be visiting with us to discuss his students’ award-winning Light of Day Project: Campus Crime. The project analyzes and publishes data associated with crime in the SMU area.

And, Cindy Royal and her Advanced Online Media students from Texas State will be launching their Texas State of Change project at the meeting. This project highlights Texas State’s recent designation as Hispanic Serving Institution with multimedia and data reporting.

Please support these student organizations and join us to learn more about what is being taught in Texas journalism schools to prepare future journalists.

Refreshments will be sponsored by Texas State University via the AEJMC/Knight Building a Bridge (www.aejmc.org/topics/archives/3412) grant that Royal’s class received to complete the project.

We hope to see you on the 21st.

Join us at:
Austin American Statesman
305 South Congress Ave., Austin, TX
Park in the parking lot in the back, easiest to enter via Riverside. Go to the entrance on the right when you walk between buildings. We’re in the conference room to the right as you walk in. Someone should be there to open the door.

We’re dual posting, so feel free to RSVP on either the Hacks/Hackers or ONA Austin meetup invitation.

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Hi there,

I know. I’ve been busy. No. Don’t say that. I’m completely dedicated to this relationship. You are amazing. And I’ve missed you. Let’s make it right. How about a get together at the Laughing Man Tavern on May 29th…say 6:30 PM. We’ll reunite (like Peaches and Herb.) We’ll talk about Good Times (and Kid Dynomite.) The beautiful curve of your bottle, the way you splash over ice, or mix with sweet vermouth…I can’t wait. See you soon.

Love, Tiff.

Oh….hi ONADC group. I didn’t hear you come in. This is awkward. I was just talking to my bourbon. Like you, we’ve been apart. I’ve been toiling with a bottle of Tito’s. No, it’s not ok. I know that now.

Come join me, my bourbon, Matt and Laura and the rest of your ONADC pals at our May 29th happy hour. That’s right — no program, just lovely chit-chat with your peers. We’ll get back on the learning next month. We don’t even care about your last name this time.

Join us at:
Laughing Man Tavern (downstairs)
1306 G St NW, Washington, DC

Cheers.

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When: Friday, June 1, 2012 (2-7 PM)

Where: The World Bank HQ – Main Complex C2-131 (1818 H Street NW Washington, DC)

How can open financial/spending data be used/enhanced to positively impact international development?

RSVP Required – Sign Up Here (Space Limited)

Are you interested in international development? Have questions about open financial data? Have ideas on how to better use development data?

Please join the World Bank Finances team, the Open Aid Register, Development Gateway, Open Corporates, AidInfo, and the International Center for Journalism for an afternoon of ideation, inspiration, and learning to help unleash the untapped potential of open financial/spending data for development impact!

Open financial data embodies the intersection of many global trends- including greater demand for transparency, accountability, and citizen engagement. The availability of data and rapid evolution of new technologies to support these trends provides an opportunity to make significant progress towards greater innovation and large scale public participation in development processes. Through the Development Data Challenge (DDC) ideation event on June 1, we are seeking to begin sourcing solutions through a collaborative brainstorming process involving civil society, open data practitioners & enthusiasts, data owners, and technologists.

Ideation themes/categories to include*:

· Transparency
· Aid Effectiveness
· Assurance & Anti-Corruption
· Citizen Engagement/Community
· Connectivity/Big Data
· Procurement/Contracts
· Mobile & Web Applications
· Data Journalism
*Selected ideas to be presented to Random Hacks of Kindness for development on June 2-3, 2012. Ideas to be selected on the basis of creativity, innovation, potential impact, collaboration, and feasibility/implementation plan.

Join us to learn more about open financial data and its current uses, brainstorm with others on important development issues, and potentially be a part of a development solution! Refreshments, snacks, and light reception to be provided.

Tweet: #DDC12

Have a suggestion for a new topic? Know of financial data we should highlight? Want to get more directly involved? Leave a comment below or e-mail slee23@worldbank.org or Tweet@SamuelSLee1

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ONA PDX Meetup: Find Your MoJo! Best Tools & Practices for Mobile Journalism

Join us for a panel discussion about mobile journalism. Also mingle with other local professionals over light refreshments.

Confirmed panelists:
Tony Thomas, The PDXGuy, video blogger for Comcast’s VidBlogger Nation
Brian Conley, Baghdad Brian, Co-Founder, Small World News
Kristian Foden-Vencil, Reporter, OPB News
Moderator, Frank Mungeam, Director of Digital Media, KGW

Wednesday, June 13, 2012
The Appy Room at OPB, 7140 SW Macadam Ave, Portland
6:30 p.m. Social
7 p.m. Panel Discussion
8 p.m. Short Q and A followed by more networking until 9 p.m.

Sponsored by Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB), The Oregonian News Network, and Online News Association.

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Ready to move beyond using run-of-the-mill widgets available online and expand your use of APIs?

This one-hour Webinar will help you take the next step and build your first Twitter application using the basics of JavaScript and HTML. You’ll get great tools and tips on building custom Twitter applications that match your website design. You’ll also get a good look at the Twitter API and all of the options for using it. You’ll see how you can customize the ways you display posts, and search for terms and parse the data onto your webpage.

This webinar is for journalists, developers and others who have at least a working knowledge of HTML and have used Twitter widgets available online. If you want to learn the basics of APIs, Poynter’s NewsU also offers an introductory Webinar, Programming for Non-Geeks: The Basics of Using APIs.

WHAT WILL I LEARN:

Understand how to use Twitter API and tweet data object
Run a Web page with your own Twitter search
Plot basic geodata in a Google map
Build a simple Twitter application to add to your Web page

WHO SHOULD TAKE THIS COURSE:

Online producers, designers, developers and anyone who wants to include social media to stories.

COURSE INSTRUCTOR:

Katharine Jarmul
Katharine Jarmul is lead developer at Loud3r, a content-curation start-up based in Los Angeles, California. She spent four years at the Washington Post and USA TODAY building applications as part of several open-source teams, primarily utilizing Python and Django. She spends her free time helping the PyLadies, an organization working to increase diversity within the Python community through outreach, education and community-building.

Register for the webinar at the link below. Registration is $29.95 or $9.95 for ONA members. Access the discount code on the ONA member site.

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