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Farewell, SRCCON 2017
Two days of work and culture sessions with newsroom nerds from all over
This year’s SRCCON—our fourth—brought together another incredible group of humans to talk, draw, play, work on solving hard problems, and spend time together in the midst of a pretty fraught moment in journalism. The short version:
We came (back!) to a beautiful space in Minneapolis.
The #srccon venue is downright gorgeous pic.twitter.com/XxOSL8PjDN
— Joel Eastwood (@JoelEastwood) August 4, 2017
Some of us had to work incredibly hard to get here.
Lol all NYC flights 🛫🛫🛫🛬🛬🛬 #SRCCON pic.twitter.com/BDffwLYZVJ
— Sisi Wei (@sisiwei) August 2, 2017
Folks went outdoors and pulled data out of the air.
Such a fun morning getting the #SRCCON crowd into software defined radio! Thanks to @TowCenter for providing the radios! #yougetadongle ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/HvifyohMxh
— Jon Keegan (@jonkeegan) August 4, 2017
People drew things. (Some of us had never drawn anything before, but it didn’t matter.)
Found this left after a #SRCCON session I couldn't attend. Love it so much. pic.twitter.com/cshdEfSwMn
— Lisa Waananen Jones (@lisawaananen) August 4, 2017
Participants burned, laserlike, through stacks of hard problems.
Loving this #srccon session by @brianboyer @livlab on Goals & Roles: Explicit better than implicit. https://t.co/p4eyPWesCV @JSKstanford pic.twitter.com/N8JMzmCTVk
— Dawn Garcia (@degarciaknight) August 4, 2017
And others reminded us about critical things we forget.
Hearing @losowsky @JSKstanford fellow @ #srccon @coralproject: help newsrooms focus on mission, audience, diversity. pic.twitter.com/Hb9vKKwaXY
— Dawn Garcia (@degarciaknight) August 4, 2017
More than anything, everyone who made it to SRCCON set aside time to put energy and attention and support back into the community, which is what this whole thing is about.
We will miss seeing you in this glorious spaceship.
The Temples of Syrinx #SRCCON pic.twitter.com/avRbbj49Sr
— Jon Keegan (@jonkeegan) August 4, 2017
Later this month, we’ll be posting articles and resources based on many SRCCON sessions, ICYMI. For now, have a look at the transcripts and notes and turn your eyes toward SRCCON:WORK, coming this December 7 & 8 to Philadelphia.
Credits
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Erin Kissane
Editor, Source, 2012-2018.
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Lindsay Muscato
Editor of Source from 2015-2020