[epaulson]

There's a lot of overlap between the open data/gov2.0 world and the journalism world. On a whim, I went to the main data journalism/"Computer Assisted Reporting"/newsroom developers conference last year (I had family in town so it was really cheap) and it was a great time.

It's up again at the end of next month: http://ire.org/conferences/nicar-2013/

They're also one of the friendliest communities I've ever met. I've been to many tech and academic conferences, but nothing's ever been as open and inviting as a journalism conference.