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Journalism of Ideas
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Journalism of Ideas

by Daniel Reimold
June 2013
Beginner
368 pages
10h 8m
English
Routledge
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CHAPTER 18

Journalism Hackathon

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Ready to hack?

Congratulations. If you made it to this page, you have mastered the initial story brainstorming and discovery phase. Your ultimate assignment: the journalism hackathon; a closed-door, extended, hands-on brainstorming session extraordinaire.

It is built atop a modern Silicon Valley invention. As Wired notes, hackathons are “[r]elentless programming sessions fueled by hope and coffee. Usually days long, hackathons bring together Silicon Valley's brightest and most sleep-deprived as they attempt to grind out software (and companies based on it).”

By comparison, this hackathon is focused on stories, ...

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