Hackathons are a great way of developing ideas and tools to improve the workflows and newsgathering processes in newsrooms, and have become a common practice in news organisations.
However, organising one takes time and resources, so what can you do if you can't get everyone together in a room for 72 hours?
In this Poynter post, former NPR digital strategist Melody Kramer highlights six ways in which you can encourage people across different departments to collaborate and brainstorm ideas with little or no budget, such as making online and offline communication easier or holding a paper hackathon where no coding is needed.
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