Pan Latin hackathon seeks to follow the money

MIAMI (AP) — Coders and reporters in Miami will join forces in the first Pan Latin Hacks/Hackers data journalism event.

The hemisphere-wide hackathon’s theme: the money trail. Organizers say Saturday’s event seeks to encourage the grass-roots, civic-minded Hacks/Hackers groups to work across borders in Latin America. It’s also an acknowledgement that increasingly journalists will need to work across traditional geopolitical limits to track where governments and corporations are channeling their funds.