Newsmatics Hosts 24-Hour Student Hackathon Showcasing News-Analysis Projects
Students from Brno, Czechia competed in Newsmatics’ 24-hour hackathon on Feb. 27–28, 2026, transforming Newsmatics news data into visual analyses and tools. Eleven teams (44 participants) presented projects on fake-news detection, trend forecasting and investigative tooling; the first-place Radek 12 team won 25,000 CZK for its PolyTics prediction-visualization project. The event was streamed on YouTube and supported by Masaryk University’s Faculty of Informatics.
Key Points
- 1Showcases 11 teams and 44 students converting Newsmatics data into news-analysis projects in 24 hours
- 2Highlights emphasis on fake-news detection, forecasting, and investigative tools relevant to media integrity
- 3Demonstrates practical student-ready approaches (PolyTics, debate tool, causality analysis) for newsroom intelligence and research
Scoring Rationale
Local, official hackathon coverage provides practical demos and student outcomes; however, it's a single-source press release.
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