Newsmatics Hackathon Showcases Student Innovation in Brno
Newsmatics hosted its first Hackathon in Brno, Czechia, where students tackled data analytics, fake news
detection, and market analysis in a 24-hour challenge. Held at Masaryk University, 10 teams turned raw news data
into innovative digital tools.
The winning team, "AE," took home the grand prize of 25,000 CZK for their innovative financial market tracking
app, which analyzed connections between news events and price fluctuations.
With over 40 participants, the hackathon fostered an atmosphere of creativity, teamwork, and problem-solving.
Other
standout projects included trend analysis for marketing and a fact-checking tool for verifying public statements.
Judges
praised the participants' ingenuity, and Newsmatics is already planning a follow-up event in 2026.
Congratulations to all teams and a big thank you to all participants, mentors, judges, the Faculty of Informatics and KYPO, Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, for making Newsmatics Hackathon 2025 a success! Check out the event photos below to see the excitement firsthand!
Hackathon winner: AE
Team leader: Tomáš Hutňan
Team: Dávid Kepič, Adrián Mikolaj, Robert Hudák.
Main topic: Data Digest
Product: Financial market tracking app
Aim: Show connections between events - news and rapid price change
Aim: Analyzing the occurrence trend and sentiment of keywords in the news focussing on commercial products which could be used for evaluation of marketing for companies.
Aim: Chrome extension that tries to non-invasively and intelligently inform users about the article's bias and publisher credibility while browsing the site, and then recommend other articles based on the data collected from user behaviour. It is also intended to track and proactively recommend articles containing sudden changes/new information on topics of interest to the user.