The Daily Beat

Premiere DateFeb 9, 2015
Series Page Download Sponsor: AT&T
Categories Culture Politics Talk
00:00 The Daily Beat Intro
01:54 The Daily Beat pt. 1 What is Civic Data Hacking?
04:46 The Daily Beat pt. 2 How anyone can be a Civic Data Hacker
06:44 The Daily Beat pt. 3 Government resistance to transparency
10:05 The Daily Beat Outro
10:35 Exit Verse Chrome
15:13 Finish

You’ve just tuned in to The Daily Beat!

The Daily Beat is a daily news podcast that gives you 15 minutes of digestible investigations into an ongoing weekly story. Tune in Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. with your host Lisa Autz to hear original reporting on events throughout New York City that speak to greater national and international issues.

Not to mention, we’ll also feature some of BTR’s top tracks.

This week on the Daily Beat will be looking at civic data hacking and the strive to create more transparency on government websites.

Don’t miss a beat!

Today: Monday, February 9, 2015 – The Daily Beat investigates civic data hacking and how anyone can be a hacker helping to create more transparency in our government. The New York Public Library hosted an event by Hack Hackers called the Civic Data Hackathon on Feb. 7, 2015. The event brought developers, designers, programmers, and even journalists together to help convert the city’s public records and websites into user-friendly sites for the modern world.

HOST Lisa Autz
Lisa Autz is a staff writer, as well as Host of The Daily Beat and Co-Host of Third Eye Weekly. Lisa has a background in journalism and economics. She enjoys working on stories that shed light on the…

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