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Journalism hackathons are computationally based events in which participants create news product prototypes. In the ideal case, the gatherings are rooted in local community, enabling a wide set of institutional stakeholders (legacy journalists, hacker journalists, civic hackers, and the general public) to gather in conversation around key civic issues. This study explores how and to what extent journalism hackathons operate as a community-based laboratory for translating open data from practitioners to the public. Surfaced from in-depth interviews with event organizers encompassing nine countries, the findings illustrate that journalism hackathons are most successful when collaboration integrates civic organizations and community leaders.

In the digital transition within American newspapers, newsroom librarians were among the first newsworkers to have their labor automated. In response, these practitioners operating in converged newsrooms shifted their on-the-job routines and roles to align with the increasing centrality of machines in journalistic production. Using an actor-network approach, this research integrates in-depth interviews to explore how American newsroom librarians interface with machines in acting as guardians of institutional knowledge within news organizations. Examining the modern duties of newsroom librarians can provide broader context for the next generation of industry automation in journalistic practice.

Americans are flocking to the Internet for news and information. However, the majority of online journalism targets a national audience, thereby lacking a proximate focus. 2 The Associated Press, "Newspaper Circulation Falls Again," 1 November 2004, [Accessed via Associated Press wire]. 3 Ibid. The Audit Bureau of Circulations' report, on which the AP article is based, encompasses 841 daily and 662 Sunday papers. Four additional metro newspapers-Newsday, the Dallas Morning News, The Chicago Sun-Times and Hoy-were excluded from the sample because of data irregularities. It should be noted the first three aforementioned papers would be considered among the nation's top 20 had they been included in the ABC's findings.