Amanda Hickman
Contact this reporter at amanda.hickman@buzzfeed.com
A Recap Of Year Two, In Print.
The Open Lab closed out our second year with a hand drawn zine. ✍️?✏️
In The Lab
Open Studios in Brooklyn, and a few things we're reading.
Meet The New Fellows
Look for lots of great machine learning, tools to address online harrassment, and expanding conversations in the second year of BuzzFeed's Open Lab for Journalism, Technology, and the Arts.
Buzz Bot: What We Learned
We launched Buzz Bot with big plans to play with a newsroom bot that is a reporting tool rather than primarily a distribution tool. We wanted to test a bot that is pull than push.
Under The Hood Of BuzzBot
We test drove a Bot reporter at the conventions. Now you can build your own.
Fine Dining At The DNC
Tales of glamour and pretzels for dinner.
Even BuzzBot Users Loved Michelle Obama's Speech
BuzzBot asked users what they thought of Michelle Obama's speech. In emoji.
Watching The Democratic Convention In Philly? So Is BuzzBot
BuzzFeed News is experimenting with a new way to cover the 2016 conventions.
In Cleveland, Or Watching The Republican Convention? Meet BuzzBot
BuzzFeed News is experimenting with a new way to cover the 2016 conventions.
A Day Of FOIA Data
Report from our Freedom of Information data hackday.
Join BuzzFeed Open Lab!
We are no longer accepting applications for 2016-2017 fellows, but we'll be back next year.
About The Open Lab
We offer year long fellowships in our San Francisco bureau to artists and programmers and storytellers who spend a year making new work in a collaborative environment.
Say Hello To Immersive Video News
The Open Lab's first video collaboration is live. And it is fantastic. Here's the story of how we made our first 360-degree video, a walk through the fire-ruined town of Middletown, California.
Welcome To The Open Lab
We are super thrilled to welcome our inaugural class of fellows to BuzzFeed's Open Lab for Journalism, Technology, and the Arts.