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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>ChiPy folks:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>You’re invited to the kickoff for the Chicago chapter of Hacks/Hackers (<a href="http://www.hackshackers.com">http://www.hackshackers.com</a>), a young but thriving organization that brings together journalists and programmer/developers interested in coding at the intersection of media, journalism and the public interest. RSVP for the kickoff event at <a href="http://meetupchicago.hackshackers.com/calendar/14512445/">http://meetupchicago.hackshackers.com/calendar/14512445/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>In addition to refreshments and conversation:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Chicago Tribune News Applications Editor Brian Boyer will talk about the first year of the Tribune’s news applications team (they work heavily in Python, more info here: <a href="http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/">http://blog.apps.chicagotribune.com/</a>) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>The Media Consortium’s Tracy Van Slyke will give a special sneak preview of its upcoming (Oct. 9-10) Independent Media Mobile Hack-A-Thon (<a href="http://mobilehackathon.eventbrite.com">http://mobilehackathon.eventbrite.com</a>).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Learn more about Hacks/Hackers at <a href="http://hackshackers.com/about/">http://hackshackers.com/about/</a>. Since our organization’s founding last year, we have launched chapters in the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, Boston, LA, London – and now Chicago. We’ve held a series of educational and “hackathon”-style events and launched a Q&A site (<a href="http://help.hackshackers.com">http://help.hackshackers.com</a>) for people doing work where journalism and programming meet. We’re also collaborating with the Mozilla Foundation to create an online class about journalism and technology (<a href="http://p2pu.org/general/open-journalism-open-web">http://p2pu.org/general/open-journalism-open-web</a>) entitled “Open Journalism and the Open Web.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Questions? Let me know …<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rich Gordon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Professor and Director of Digital Innovation<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Medill School, Northwestern University<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1870 Campus Drive<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Evanston, IL 60208<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>847-467-5968<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>