2018 begins with new groups, new job opps
Welcome to 2018, hacks and hackers. We've updated the Groups page with a few new groups: Yaounde, Cameroon, and Abuja, Nigeria, and have a few more in the works. Welcome!
Worth a read:
- Just one more 2017 roundup: Journalist's Resource put together a review of the year's research on social media and digital spaces (NiemanLab)
- The German government is about to start enforcing its ban on misinformation and hate speech, mostly targeting Facebook, Twitter and YouTube (BBC)
- CJR profiled five local news networks that have sprouted in the U.S. in the last year (CJR)
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| China | Bloomberg | Producer |
| China | South China Morning Post | Front-end developer |
| Eastern Europe | OCCRP | Data reporting fellow |
| Latin America | ICFJ | Data researcher |
| Russia | Ex Libris | Cryptocurrency media analyst |
| South Africa | Sanef | Executive director |
| US | Bloomberg | News product manager |
| US | Politico | Deputy tech editor |
| US | WSJ | Future of Everything editor |
| US | Play Newsstand German editor | |
| US | Business Insider | Tech reporter |
| US | WSJ | Graphics editor |
| US | Quartz | Data scientist |
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February | 27-28 | New York | NY | Digital Strategy Innovation Summit for publishers |
| March | 3 | Everywhere | Everywhere | Open Data Day |
| March | 7 | London | UK | The Guardian Changing Media Summit |
| March | 7 | London | UK | Newsrewired digital journalism conference |
| March | 8-9 | London | UK | Digital Media Strategies event |
| March | 8-11 | Chicago | US | NICAR data journalism conference |
| March | 10-15 | Austin | US | SXSW technology festival |
| March | 15-17 | Stockholm | Sweden | NODA Nordic data journalism conference |
| March | 21-23 | Vail | US | DigiDay Publishing Summit |
| March | 23-25 | Boston | US | The Power of Narrative conference |
| March | 30-1 | Boston | US | Journalism unConference |
| April | 11-15 | Perugia | Italy | International Journalism Conference |
| April | 13-14 | Austin | USA | ISOJ International Symposium on Online Journalism |
| April | 19-22 | Montreal | Canada | The International Conference on Narrative |
| May | 3-4 | Accra | Ghana | UNESCO World Press Freedom Day |
| May | 16-18 | Toronto | Canada | RightsCon journalism security conference |
| May | 24-27 | Mechelen | Belgium | Dataharvest European investigative journalism symposium |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | MisinfoCon micro-grants |
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| January | Global Editors Network Startups for News |
