Comments? Letters to the Editor? Discussion? Annotation? What is the new public forum? Join us at 6:30 p.m. on Nov. 30 for lightning talks and panel discussion with Lauren Bertolini & Mikolaj Szab (Kinja), Blair Hickman (The Marshall Project), Andrew Losowsky (The Coral Project) and Derek Mead (Motherboard).
They'll talk about how they approach the challenges of encouraging civil discourse: the product decisions, the engineering challenges and the whole crazy ball of wax that is human conversation.
Schedule:
6:30 p.m.: Doors, dinner + socializing
7 p.m.:Lightning talks, panel discussion + Q&A withLauren Bertolini & Nikolaj Szab, Blair Hickman, Andrew Losowsky and Derek Mead.
~8:15 p.m.: Hiring announcements, networking and socializing
To attend Hacks/Hackers NYC meetup on "What is the New Public Forum?" RSVP today ($10, payable in advance) to Hacks/Hackers NYC.
Refund policy:Cancel at least 24 hours before the event (that is, no later than 6:30 p.m. Nov. 29) to receive a full refund. We cannot issue refunds after Nov. 29.
About our speakers
Lauren Bertolini (@MsLaurenRae)is director of platform products at Gawker Media.
Blair Hickman (@amandablair)is the audience editor at The Marshall Project. Previously, she was a community editor at ProPublica, where she usedengagement tactics to aid reporting on investigations into patient harm and unpaid internships. Prior to that, sheworked on digital strategy at the Solutions Journalism Network. Hickman has a BA in nonfiction writing fromBrown University and a masters degree in digital journalism from NYU.
Andrew Losowsky (@losowsky) is project lead of The Coral Project.Previously: The Huffington Post, News Corp, John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University. He has written several books on design and editorial, plus one guidebook and one book on doorbells. Currently: Adjunct in the Journalism+Design program at The New School in New York; Co-Director, The Museum On Site.
Derek Mead (@derektmead) is editor-in-chief of Motherboard, a site about how the future is alternately wonderful and terrifying. He loves tigers, bicycles, and daydreaming about throwing his phone into the East River.
Mikolaj Szab(@privateblue) is senior platform engineer at Gawker Media.
