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'''Mozilla is encouraging Hacks/Hackers chapters and others to run 'news innovation meetups' during our first News Innovation Challenge cycle.''' We're buyin' the beer.
#REDIRECT [[OpenNews/2011 Archive/meetups]]
 
Contact Nathaniel James <njames at mozillafoundation dot org> for details.
 
===How to organize a meetup===
 
===Sample event write up===
 
'''Knight-Mozilla News Innovation Meetup'''<br>
''May 2, 7pm, MIT MediaLab''
 
Are you a web developer with ideas about how news should work on the web? Or a news junkie with a hankering to hack? If so, join Mozilla, Hacks/Hackers and the MediaLab on May 2 for beer, pizza and brainstorming about the future of news online.
 
'''Especially for students and young hackers:''' enter the Knight Mozilla News Innovation Challenge at the meetup, gives you a chance at a paid app development fellowship at the Boston Globe, the BBC and other major news outlets.
 
For more info on the challenge, check out:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Drumbeat/MoJo
 
'''Agenda:'''
 
''700pm - Beer, pizza and brainstorming kick off''
 
Brainstorm around Mozilla's first news challenge topic: 'How can we use open video to tell stories on the web in new ways?'
 
''730pm - News innovation talks and demos''
 
Mozilla executive director will answer the question: why does a browser org care about news? He will also talk about the Knight Mozilla News Innovation Challenge. A mystery guest will provide a demo of Mozilla's popcorn.js open video technology.
 
''800pm - Napkin-sketch-athaon (plus more beer)''
 
Sketch out your brainstorm ideas. Enter them in the Knight Mozilla News Innovation Challenge on the spot. We'll have paper and markers on hand.
 
'''Location:'''
 
MIT MediaLab
6th Floor
Building E14
75 Amherst Street
Cambridge, Massatushets
 
'''Organized by:'''
 
Hacks/Hackers Boston
MIT MediaLab Centre for Future Civic Media
Mozilla

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