Hacks/Hackers is booting up its Chicago Chapter on Wednesday, Sept 15 from 6-8 p.m. at the Holiday Club (4000 N Sheridan Road). Meet up, geek out, and enjoy complimentary food and beverages with programmers, journalists and others in Chicago’s media and tech communities who want to explore and strengthen the connections between technology and journalism.

Hacks/Hackers is a community of people who seek to inspire each other, share information (and code) and collaborate to invent the future of media and journalism.

In addition to refreshments and conversation, Chicago Tribune News Applications Editor Brian Boyer will talk about the Apps team’s first year, and The Media Consortium’s Tracy Van Slyke will give a special sneak preview of it’s upcoming Independent Media Mobile Hack-A-Thon.

Hacks/Hackers has organized groups and events in San Francisco, New York, and Boston. The Chicago Hacks/Hackers kick off event is organized by Rich Gordon, Director of Digital Innovation at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism and co-founder of Hacks/Hackers; Tracy Van Slyke and Erin Polgreen of The Media Consortium, a network of the country’s leading progressive, national media outlets; and Tracy Samantha Schmidt of ChicagoNow, a network of local blogs sponsored by the Chicago Tribune.

Special thanks to the McCormick Foundation for supporting this event.