Your Chance to Go Hyperlocal at App-building Conference

Whilst the key issue for online journalism is figuring out how to make it pay, one of the other big ideas last year was hyperlocal journalism.

Many have experimented with the practice, having community bloggers and microsites for example on their news site, or self-publishing. In which case, they will be very interested in the conference on how to build useful apps and codes to assist news gathering being held in Birmingham later this month, as flagged up by journalism blog Journal Local.

The "Hacks and Hackers" event, at Birmingham Science Park in Aston (pictured) on Friday 23rd July intended to bring journalists and freelance publishers (such as hyperlocal site owners) together with developers to share knowledge on news gathering and coding for new gathering.

Publishers and hackers will be put into groups to share ideas about what data they would like to learn more from and together create projects which use the data in interesting ways. Prizes will be given for the best projects.

The event is free but places are expected to fill quickly, so Journal Local recommends booking asap. Registration is available through the Eventbrite page.