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There are more than a few conferences happening like this. Check Poynter.org for listings of upcoming events. Also, there are quite a few solid hackers workin
by brandnewlow 18y ago
There are more than a few conferences happening like this. Check Poynter.org for listings of upcoming events.
Also, there are quite a few solid hackers working at the big papers.
I think sometimes that the money situation is a big deterrent for hackers. A reporter at a mid-sized paper is working his/her tail off and making maybe $40,000/year. That person's editor is making all the decisions and more or less running the show on the editorial side and MIGHT be making $60,000.
How many really talented hackers would work for less than $60,000.year? I wonder how big of a deterrent that is.
- gruseom 18y agoIf the newspapers were the sort of organizations who would pick up on a breakthrough idea that came from a lowly programmer employee, they probably wouldn't be on death's door in the first place. What we're talking about is much more likely to come from informal cross-pollination between communities. I looked at the website you linked to but didn't see anything like this.