By Matt Carroll and Jennifer Lu It was an audacious hackathon challenge — reinvent mobile news. More than 100 developers, designers, and journalists from Boston, New York, Washington, and London accepted the test, eager to transform the world of journalism. In a weekend. Fast, wild, and a little loose, people pitched ideas […]
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By Caty Arevalo, Aleszu Bajak, and Matt Carroll It ended with dramatic, insightful presentations on video gaming and addiction, possible gender disparities in Medicare payments, and how drug cartels might hinder shale oil exploration in Mexico. The middle was a rush of frantic coding, reporting, and research, fueled with a […]