July 10-11, Minneapolis, MN

A peer-led conference from OpenNews for journalists who want to transform their work, their organizations, and their communities.

Let’s build SRCCON together

It’s time for SRCCON 2025!

On July 10 & 11, SRCCON returns to the McNamara Alumni Center in Minneapolis. We’re so excited to be with everyone for two days of amazing workshops, social sessions, and so many conversations.

Here’s what you need to know as you head into SRCCON:

Check out the SRCCON schedule 🎉
Read our attendee welcome guide 👋
More about logistics & participation
Attendee social club/info share! 🌱

About this year’s program

Here’s our official conference schedule—we’ll get started at 9am on Thursday and close by 6pm Friday. In between, there’s so much to do:

More things to do

SRCCON attendees love to bring games, snacks, and other things to share, plus plan local activities together. Jump in here:

If you’re planning a meetup or related event while you’re in Minneapolis for SRCCON, let us know so we can share it with everyone!

COVID safety guidelines

We want everyone who comes to SRCCON to feel safe, and we know encouraging sensible precautions makes it possible for more members of our community to attend. We’ve kept an eye on journalism events since we last convened, and we’re seeing that we can come together in a group as long as we’re all doing our best to look out for others.

We will not require masking at SRCCON 2025, but some people may be masking. We ask participants to respect anyone wearing a mask, particularly in session spaces where people are gathering more closely together. We will have masks available, but we invite you to bring your preferred N95, KN95, or similar masks as well. We also strongly encourage attendees to be up to date on their vaccinations, test proactively and please consider staying home if you’re not feeling well. If you have any questions or need further information, reach out to us. Thanks for taking care of each other at SRCCON!

What you can expect at SRCCON 2025

The SRCCON program is focused on the practical challenges that news technology and data teams encounter every day.

At SRCCON, you’ll:

SRCCON events are highly participatory, where participants come first so they can can feel comfortable digging into complex problems. The conversations that happen here come from the community and reflect its values:

Who attends SRCCON events

Our participants represent organizations ranging from massive to tiny, and come from all over the U.S. and many other countries. SRCCON participants are developers, designers, journalists, editors, and allies: the practitioners and leaders who are transforming their newsrooms into more representative and innovative places to work. Participants come to SRCCON to change journalism by creating more intentional processes, better relationships with the communities they cover, and new ways to engage and inform people.

How much does it cost?

Ticket prices start at $295, plus ticketing fees. We’ll also offer a limited number of need-based, free scholarship tickets as well as $500 travel or caregiving stipends.

SRCCON events don’t have open sale dates or lotteries. If you want to come to SRCCON 2025, our call for participation is how to let us know.

What’s next

The OpenNews newsletter is a great way to stay up-to-date on tickets, our call for participation, and other event information. You can also keep in touch with us on social media: We’re on BlueSky and LinkedIn. If there’s anything else you’d like to know about our events, we’d love to hear from you.

About us

SRCCON events are produced by OpenNews. We connect a network of developers, designers, journalists, and editors to collaborate on open technologies and processes within journalism. OpenNews believes that a community of peers working, learning and solving problems together can create a stronger, more responsive, and inclusive journalism ecosystem. Incubated at the Mozilla Foundation from 2011-2016, OpenNews is now a project of Community Partners.