The Newsjam is an opportunity to rally community around games for reporting, playful infographics, data driven play, persuasive games and anything that's about helping improve the news through game design. Work and play with other game designers, programmers and artists to inspire the spirit of political activism and news reporting into games. The Newsjam is an event sponsored by the Knight Foundation , the American University Game Lab and the University of Miami School of Communication. In its second year, it is a 24 hour game jam with a very specific focus - the intersection of news, games. and community. It’s an opportunity to experiment with games as a way of connecting people with the news, empowering citizen reporters or re-envisioning the way we learn about the world around us.

The event will open on November 8th, 2019 at 5:00 PM, and end the following day at 6:00 PM. The rules are simple- on the day of the event each team will be given a collection of the week's news items on which they will make a quick game, toy or interactive. Beyond providing the opportunity to work with others, the event will be hosted by professionals who have made such games in the past. You won't go on this journey alone, you'll be well supported by people who have done it in the past.

More info at https://NewsJam.JournalismGames.org