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The Moody Hackathon began as an idea pitched to the Dallas Morning News in 2016 by the School of Journalism’s Innovation team in order to obtain an innovation endowment. After receiving the funds, the team worked on small projects while beginning to plan for the Hackathon.
Two years later, the event is in its final planning stages. The Hackathon will be the first big event to showcase the forward-thinking, technological side of the department, said Robert Quigley, senior lecturer and innovation director.
“I want people to know that the UT (Journalism) school is an innovative leader,” Quigley said. “The Dallas Morning News has funded something pretty great here, and we’re building something that will become our legacy in a lot of ways.”
Like other Hackathons, the event will last all day and focus on collaboration. What sets it apart is its focus on the media, non-competitive nature and availability to people of all skill sets...
Participation in the event is open to students of all majors, something that Sabrina LeBoeuf, journalism and radio-television-film sophomore and Moody Hackathon employee, said she hopes will encourage collaboration across campus.
“Our dream is to bring together people from different parts of campus to work on one project together,” LeBoeuf said. “We would love to have the impact be students realizing the need for collaboration among your peers and also just helping engage the community for the upcoming election.”
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Source: UT The Daily Texan
