Hacks/Hackers Brings "A Different Voice" to African Newsrooms

By: Kendall McCabe | 05/24/2013

Grassroots journalism organization Hacks/Hackers helps bridge the gap between news media and rapidly advancing technologies.

Knight International Journalism Fellow Justin Arenstein is a driving force behind the organization’s presence and growth in Africa. Hacks/Hackers pairs journalists (“hacks”) with programmers and other technologists (“hackers”) to collaborate on projects that inform the public.

In an interview with DW Akademie, Arenstein explained that the Hacks/Hackers model is beneficial to media organizations with few resources.

“They take this synergy back to their newsrooms," Arenstein says, "and suddenly you have a completely different voice at the newsroom desk."

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