Category Archives: News-tech

INN Labs→ Do’s and Don’ts of WordPress Security

2019-10-04 With a great WordPress site comes great responsibility. WordPress offers journalists a distinguished platform to publish and distribute their content, but keeping your site safe and secure can seem like an overwhelming and daunting task. Luckily, …›

INN Labs→ NewsMatch Pop Up Best Practices

2019-08-30 There have been some changes since our last blog post around Pop Up best practices for NewsMatch and other special campaigns, so we're releasing an updated guide. Here are some general recommendations and best practices for using popups as part of …›

INN Labs→ Announcing Largo 0.6.4

2019-07-19 This week's release of updates to the Largo WordPress theme is all about improvements for images, pull quotes, and media. It also brings improved compatibility and editorial functions for the WordPress Block Editor. This release includes: An exa …›

INN Labs→ SRCCON 2019 – A first-timer’s recap

2019-07-15 Miranda with Jonathan Kealing (INN’s Chief Network Officer) and INN Members Candice Forman from Outlier Media and Asraa Mustufa from Chicago Reporter. We had a blast meeting and chatting in person! I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect going in …›

INN Labs→ New Plugin Launch: Republication Tracker Tool

2019-05-31 INN Labs is happy to announce our newest plugin, the Republication Tracker Tool. The Republication Tracker Tool allows publishers to share their stories by other websites and then track engagement of those shared stories with Google Analytics. The …›

Hacks/Hackers→ Farewell NICAR, hello SXSW

2017-03-04 Hope you’re all resting after MisinfoCon and NICAR, hacks and hackers. Well stop resting on your laurels, because The Awesomest Journalism Party Ever (VII) is coming! Come party like a... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and join our co …›

Hacks/Hackers→ MisinfoCon starts today

2017-02-24 Happy Friday, hacks and hackers! We hope to see you this weekend at MisinfoCon or next week at NICAR. If not, you can follow along at #MisinfoCon and #NICAR17. ICYMI yesterday: From saving democracy... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and joi …›

Hacks/Hackers→ See you at NICAR

2017-02-17 Hello, hacks and hackers! We made it through Valentine’s Day (at least, those of us who live in countries that celebrate it) and we’re now less than a month from the popular NICAR... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and join our c …›

Hacks/Hackers→ New Orleans becomes a hackathon hub

2017-02-10 Greetings, hacks and hackers! It was a packed week last week for Hacks/Hackers chapters, with Caracas launching its own two-day Data Party, Singapore building tools together and Philadelphia taking a... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and jo …›

Hacks/Hackers→ New Orleans kicks off hackathon series

2017-02-09 By Samantha Sunne New Orleans held its first hackathon this week, digging into dirty assessment data, partial wetlands maps, unanswered recycling questions and other problems just waiting to be... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and join our …›

Hacks/Hackers→ #JournalismJobs on every continent

2017-02-02 Welcome to February, hacks and hackers. We had a packed global call on Wednesday where we first unveiled the new website (still in prototype form). What do you think? Also, we’ve got journalism... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and jo …›

Hacks/Hackers→ Announcing MisinfoCon

2017-01-26 Welcome to another Friday, hacks and hackers! We’ve got a bigger announcement than usual this week: .@HacksHackers, @firstdraftnews and @niemanfdn present Misinfocon: A summit on misinformation... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and jo …›

Hacks/Hackers→ Hacks/Hackers enters 2017

2017-01-06 Welcome to a new year, hacks and hackers! 2016 was a tumultuous one for many Hacks/Hackers groups around the world, and 2017 may or may not be more stable. Last week we featured NiemanLab’s... Visit Hacks/Hackers to read the full post and join o …›