Build The News 2

Build The News will be a chance for web developers to team up with student journalists to compete with others in order to produce the best digital journalism project. Check out a video from our last event.

When?

9:30 am Saturday 18 October to 6pm Sunday 19 October 2014. 

We advise attendees to find suitable accomodation in London for Saturday evening.

Where?

Hub Westminster, 1st Floor New Zealand House, 80 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4TE 

Who is it for?

We’re looking for teams of 3 to 5 from universities around the UK. Each team should contain at least one person who is either:

• A developer proficient in using HTML, CSS and Javascript, or server-side frameworks such as Python, PHP, Java etc.
• A designer proficient in Photoshop/Ilustrator to create wireframes and/or concept-art.

We have 60 places available for students - if we sell out then you'll be automatically placed onto a waiting list. We will confirm attendance for all signups two weeks before the event and you'll be notified if any places become free.

How much does it cost?

We charge a small fee to help cover costs - for that you'll get free food and drink all across the weekend as well as some Times, Sunday Times and Sun goodies. 

What will happen on the day?

The aim is to see how student journalists and developers can work together to create innovative forms of storytelling.

No matter what category you chose to tackle we want you to consider it from a mobile point of view. It's an area lots of news organisations have been slow to tackle and their mobile experience is often an afterthought.

You can pick from one of the following categories:

Actions - Many news organisation often just dump a comment box at the end of every article - what if you had a way to place more considered calls to action at the end of an article?

Campaigning - Media organisations love a cause - can you build a tool or platform that helps news organisations harness the power of their readership quickly and easily. 

Longform - We tackled longform at our last event - but a lot of companies still can't get it right for mobile. Can your group be the one? 

Throughout the two day event, teams will benefit from the expertise of Times, Sunday Times and Sun staff, as well as companies (to be announced) with interesting APIs and tool kits to give feedback and assistance with your projects. We'll send out a more structured timetable of the event nearer the time.

Final projects will then be presented to the whole group on Sunday afternoon, with prizes awarded for the best in each category.