IMPORTANT: VENUE CHANGE
THE VENUE FOR THIS MEETUP IS:
Mozilla, 101 St Martin's Lane, WC2N 4AZ
The theme of this month's meetup is verification and vulnerability.
We will hear about some of the hoaxes and misinformation that provide challenges for journalists.
There's also a talk looking at how vulnerable our data is.
Important: To sign up for this event, you also need to fill this Google Form. If you have a +1 (or more), you'll be asked to give their name too. Thank you!
There are drinks from 6.30pm. Talks start at 7pm.
Hoaxed and Hacked: How vulnerable is journalism in a digital age?
We will hear from:
Trushar Barot, assistant editor of the BBC's UGC and social media hub, @Trushar
The BBC's user-generated content (UGC) hub was set up in 2005 and has grown into a 20-strong team of journalists who verify facts and root out fakes.
Trushar will share examples of images, videos and facts his team has been tasked with checking.
Daniel Cuthbert, chief operating officer of Sensepost, @Sensepost
Daniel is the chief operating officer of Sensepost, a leader in offensive security and training, vulnerability management and research.
Daniel will show the true power of the attacker once you have been hacked. It's not just about you having to change your password, but understanding what techniques are in use by attackers today. He will demonstrate just how far attackers can go, and outline the risks.
Lightning talks:
Drinks are provided by Journalism.co.uk, which organises the news:rewired digital journalism conference (the next event is on 20 September). There are crisps and a few snacks but no hotdogs / pizza (as have been provided at the last few meetups).
Don't forget to fill in the Google Form.
May 22, 2013
It was a really interesting evening, thanks tons for organising! Look forward to the next one :-)
May 22, 2013
A couple of links relating to things discussed at last night's Hacks/Hackers. Here's info on Marksta, John D McHugh's app: http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/app-for-journalists-marksta-for-watermarking-photos/s2/a552453/
And for those wanting to find out more about news:rewired, here's some info: http://www.newsrewired.com/2013/05/20/first-speakers-confirmed-for-newsrewired-digital-journalism-conference-20-sept/ It's on 20 Sep and early bird tickets for the one-day conference are £95
May 22, 2013
My second hack/hackers meetup.....really enjoyed the last one. If there are any app developers coming tonight, tweet me when at the venue @AnandPajpani. I'd like to have a chat about my memories website, www.memfy.com
May 21, 2013
Hi Anand, very sorry I will miss you at the meetup - I had too much lot to do with work. I was going to say, have you considered thinking about using the Vine API for Memfy ?
May 21, 2013
My apologies, this is late but I hope someone else can take my place as due to work now I am not going to be able to make it.
May 21, 2013
happy to talk to interested people about our new freelancer commissioning site, NewsFixed.com
May 21, 2013
Can I jump in and ask to hold Sam's spot for Mike Deri Smith? He's an investigative journalist. Doesn't have a Meetup account so I'm requesting on his behalf to save time.
May 21, 2013
Unfortunately I will not attend today's meetup due to unforseen developments. You can free up my spot for someone else
May 21, 2013
Hello! We're looking for participants for our Accessibility Hackathon on 8 and 9 June at Google Campus. Over the weekend programmers and designers will work with leading disability charities - including Help for Heroes, RNIB, Age UK, Action on Hearing Loss, Macmillan Cancer Support, Alzheimer’s Society - to design apps, tools and utilities that could be adopted for use by disabled communities. There are some fantastic prizes on offer including up to £4.5k of Rackspace cloud service credits.
See: http://accessibilityhack.com/ or tweet @accesshackathon for more info.
May 17, 2013
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