How can we innovate digital journalism, not only improve it but create it from scratch?

Spend one weekend thinking outside the box and find new ways of storytelling and new tools. Become part of a team of journalists, designers and developers and develop a prototype, a new gadget or a new form. Your goal: Create a new kind of journalism that is purely digital and goes beyond improving the present but radically pushes forward into the future.

Topics

-       News Bots: How can we use them in publishing?

-       360°-Storytelling: How do we have to tell stories?

-       Contextual Delivery: How can news reach every user just on time and at the right location?

-       X: Your ideas!

 

We have: media production equipment (i.e. 360° camera), great food and of course fantastic prizes.

You bring: Great ideas and great vibes! 

 

Schedule

 

Friday, 10. Juni
19.00, Beer, Challenge-Input & Idea-Pitches

- Challenge-Input: What to build with bots? What you can do with 360° video?

- Pitch your Idea, find your team (1-minute-Pitch)

- Have a beer and start brainstorming

 

Saturday, 11. Juni

09.00 – Breakfast

10.00 – Hacking starts

13.00 – Lunch

14.00 – Hack, hack, hack

19.00 – Dinner

 

Sunday, 12. Juni

09.00 – Breakfast

10.00 – Hacking continues

12.00 – Lunch

13.00 – Deadline Hacks & preparing presentations

14.00 – Pitches

15.30 – Award Ceremony

16.30 – Networking

 

More info: www.medialab-bayern.de/djhack

Eligibility

Participants: Individuals (over 18 years in age) journalists, developers, designers, visitors

 

Hackathon Sponsors

Prizes

$1,962 in prizes
Speakerslot at the Lokalrundfunktage + Amazon Coupons
1 winner

Ticket Medientage + Amazon Coupons
1 winner

tn3 subscriptions + Amazon Coupons
1 winner

Devpost Achievements

Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:

Judges

Johann Romefort

Johann Romefort
Tech Evangelist / Stylight

Elyse Bellamy

Elyse Bellamy
Interaction Designer / Google

Richard Gutjahr

Richard Gutjahr
Journalist, Moderator

Judging Criteria

  • Innovative Idea
  • Innovative Storytelling
  • Use of innovative Technology for News

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