List of hackathons about media in 2016

This is a photo hackathon that will take place at the International Center of Photography, a place with a long tradition of engaged photography in telling the most important stories since 1974. The New Media Narratives Program continues this tradition by inviting all creative visual storytellers including photographers, filmmakers, developers, designers, makers, journalists and visual artists to come together and collaborate on the future of storytelling. You will learn about multimedia, mobile, video, VR, how to create engaging content and tell your stories. You should bring a valid ID for admission, your laptop, mobile phone, whatever inspires and of course, your good energy and enthusiasm!

This VR Hackathon is inviting all developers, designers, and visual/graphics/sound artists to build apps and VR experiences for the VR Passport campaign, a campaign to make a positive impact on others' lives. There will be mentors present at the event with experience on different aspects of VR development during the two workshops and the hackathon. You will have access to the WearHacks hardware library and will be able to use Project Tango's Development kit for your project. There will be two workshops organized prior to the hackathon for those of you who do not have a lot of experience with VR platforms. You will get familiar with Project Tango tablet dev kit and other wearables/VR/IoT devices. Anyone is welcome to participate, but as the event can only support a limited number of participants, there is an application process dependent on some criteria including: previous experience with developing on VR platforms, review of previous work, project proposal, and general team makeup (engineers, designers, artists).

​This is a 12-hour event open to all female high school and college students to come and work on websites, games, or mobile apps that address a real world challenge. There is no prior programming experience required! programming is allowed until the day of the event. ​Projects will be judged in 4 categories: Appropriateness to Theme, User Experience & Functionality, Originality & Impact, and Technical Difficulty.

This hackathon for journalists, designers, technologists and artists to come together and develop solutions for public service journalism. A challenge to find a solution a solution for journalists to connect the dots between the complex forces driving the state of Europe in ways that help communities engage with fact based reporting and information. The solution can be technological, network, story-based or design in nature.  It can be of an app, a network initiative or editorial collaboration. Teams have the freedom to imagine totally unique approaches!

The Telegenic Hackathon hosted by Black Sails Technology Inc and sponsored by Techcode is inviting all tech experts and anyone who is interested in coding to demonstrate their talents, challenge themselves in coding and win amazing prizes! Get the chance to connect with potential co-founder, partner or investors along top industry experts. The hacking topic will be revealed on the day of the event!

This night hackathon includes fun, games, music and amazing prizes while getting to know a bit more about the world around you. You will discover the fun side of Pakistan which not many are familiar with. Come along with your friends, by yourself or with your family, there will also be activities for kids. The main focus of this event will lie on entertainment, then on to ideathons, networking and finally the hackathon.

The Halifax hackathon is the next hackathon ever since the Global Game Jam in January, and this time it will be open to anything: hardware, software, games, etc. In other words, if you can hack it, you can make it! The main aim of this event is for you to make something awesome, meet fellow developers, designers, techies, and startupers in Halifax, show off what you made and win amazing prizes!

The Operation Innovate Youth Hackathon is open to all Ages between 12 and 17. This is a partnership with Sierra College and the City Of Rocklin hosting a STEAM related youth hackathon. In other words, a two and a half day event based around Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math for educational fun!

This is a hackathon where teams of designers, developers, tinkerers and thinkers are invited to get together and build something from start to finish in just 24 hours. You are free to create any technology you like including apps, software or physical products. At the end of the weekend, teams will be asked to pitch their ideas and completed products to a panel of notable judges. There will be a cash prize for overall winner.

This is a hackathon organized for the development of an innovative ideas for developing a mobile app for EFSA. You may participate as an individual or as a team by submitting a prototype of a mobile app that gives access to EFSA’s recent work. The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2016. You should work on your idea before applying. You may not have a fully functioning product when you apply, but as long as the idea is in place, you’re in good shape. The creators of the five best prototypes will be invited to present them at EFSA’s premises, in Parma. By this time, your app should fully work! This is a competition but it’s also a place to meet interesting people and learn something new. Just have a good time and do your best!