GonzoCamp is back

Serra Media is proud to announce the second edition of GonzoCamp: Programming the future of news.

It’s like a hack day, code sprint, barcamp, barn raising or many other tech-geek terms for unstructured events. This one-day event brings journalists, programmers, entrepreneurs, web designers and students together to build something cool and, hopefully, useful. The first event, held in May, “sold out” quickly and produced three interesting prototypes by three different teams in a matter of hours.

This time, we’ll be under the globe at the Seattle P-I. How’s this for irony? A news innovation event at the headquarters of the first metropolitan daily newspaper to go completely digital.

If you can make it to Seattle on Nov. 12-13 (or are already in the area), visit the GonzoCamp site and reserve a ticket.

If you’re not local, sit tight. We’re working on plans to bring GonzoCamp to more than a dozen cities in 2010. If you are interested in sponsoring an event in your town, drop me a line.

I’ve been asked why Serra Media sponsors and organizes this event. What’s in it for us, you wonder? By facilitating such an event we fulfill the mission our company: to support innovation in news, journalism and community publishing. Plus we get access to great ideas (for inspiration, not stealing), great people (we’re a growing company, after all) and it’s just a kick-ass way to give back to the community.

- Mark Briggs