Hackastory

Hackastory

Changing journalism for the better

Our mission

The internet is a powerful tool in the hands of journalists. Web technology and the possibilities of online storytelling are more important than ever before to be embraced by news media. Hackastory believes it is crucial for journalists to stay influential in this digital era.

We do trainings, provide you with resources and tools to create digital stories, bring together coders, designers and journalists during hackathons worldwide to build new projects. We believe the best is yet to come.

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Made with Hackastory

Storyweb is made for a younger generation story snackers who want to look at a story from different perspectives and choose their own path through a visual story.

Flight is a chat bot integrated with messaging app Telegram, where the user can individually carry a conversation with five fictional refugees to find out more about their experiences.

Wargifs is a story of a missing family member in Ukraine told by a stolen printer. A family tragedy of the maker formed the basis of this digital project.

Cross collects all available news articles of one event and place them on a matrix (left, right, progressive, conservative). Check out the news from different perspectives. Become aware of your bubble and expand your horizon.

Hacking journalism around the world

  • From ideation to concrete and creative plans in a day. It’s refreshing and mind-blowing what can be done in short time.

    RTL Nieuws — The Netherlands

  • You can feel your mind expanding as you’re working on your new product. It’s impressive to see and idea become reality. Within 48 hours we had a validated and tested digital prototype.

    Nuba Reports — Sudan

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