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Aarhus, Denmark, to Host MediaHackDays

Friday 25. April 2014 - MediaHackDays, a weekend hackathon event open to journalists and developers from around the world and organised by the Danish Chapter of Hacks/Hackers with sponsorship from CCI Europe and WAN-IFRA, is set to take place from 2 to 4 May, in Aarhus, Denmark, at CCI's headquarters.

The aim of the hackathon is to bring together innovation-minded journalists and developers and give them the opportunity to build new things within a journalistic framework, but without the constraints that tend to stifle innovation in the conventional work environment.
The event is supported by the Media Innovation Hub and the World Editors Forum within the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).
“Hacks/Hackers is a global, non-profit grass-roots movement working with the intersection of journalism and technology,” said Signe Jepsen of the Danish chapter of Hacks/Hackers. “We’re not related to any media organisations – or anyone, actually. What we are all about is developing journalism with technology and through technology.”
The event is open to a maximum of 100 participants.
At MediaHackDays, participants will also have the opportunity to work with media metadata courtesy of the Guardian, which is also a partner of the event, along with Knight-Mozilla OpenNews.
“Our goal is to do radical innovation. We don’t know what’s going to happen, but that’s our goal,” Jepsen said.
Adds CCI’s Kim Svendsen: “We are honoured and excited that Hacks/Hackers has chosen CCI to be the epicenter of journalism and technology that weekend. We share a common goal, which is to help the news industry move faster into the digital reality, so the partnership for this event is a great opportunity.”