On Sat. April 26, the sixth annual Barcamp News Innovation was the largest yet — more than 250 people attended throughout the day. Of the more than 30 sessions, they included: A track of learning from Google. Another round of pre-planned sessions to help foster ideas. A second year of partnership with Content Camp, an … [Read more…]
We pulled together a bunch of the numbers and math for pulling together this year’s Barcamp News Innovation.
As we’ve done the last couple years at Barcamp News Innovation, we pulled together a few high-quality, pre-planned sessions to get your mind flowing. We’ll expect you to fill out the rest of schedule in proper unconference style come next Saturday. There will be SIX (updated!) rooms in each of five 45-minute blocks during the … [Read more…]
The legacy of Barcamp News Innovation has been a gathering of smart people thinking and working on the future of informing communities in a welcoming, informal and organic way. It’s the spirit of the unconference. That means we’ve long attracted interested people from as far as Vermont, Florida and Washington state and beyond. We know … [Read more…]
This year’s keynote address at Barcamp NewsInnovation will be Amanda Zamora, the senior engagement editor at ProPublica. The past BCNI attendee will share case studies Amanda Zamora is senior engagement editor at ProPublica. Previously, she led The Washington Post’s online election coverage as national digital editor. She first joined the Post in 2003, spending six … [Read more…]