300 issues of Hacks Hackers news
Welcome, hacks and hackers, to the 300th issue of the Hacks/Hackers newsletter!
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Happening this week:
- Uganda is examining the Digital Human Rights Lab's work
Worth a read:
- GIJN compiled a list of investigative newsletters from the US, Venezuela, Switzerland, France and Mexico to help investigative journalists be able to start their own.
- The online game Breaking Harmony Square, a collaborative effort by the US government, university psychologists and a Dutch gaming initiative, helps teach players how to fight misinformation by utilizing manipulation techniques and exploiting societal tensions for political purposes.
- Datajournalism.com wrote about the importance of having a hypothesis when doing data journalism, and how best to form one with specific examples from international news organizations.
Jobs:
- Anywhere - Product Analyst, Al Jazeera
- Anywhere - Editorial Illustrators, Axios
- Anywhere - Research Program Manager, Consumer Reports
- Anywhere - Web Design Manager, EdSource
- Anywhere - Project Manager, News Revenue Hub
- Kenya - Coordinator/Translator, InfoNile
- Kyrgyzstan - Journalism Professor, American University of Central Asia
- South Africa - Digital Journalist, The Citizen
- South Africa - Sr. Digital Journalist, The Citizen
- South Africa - Podcast Producer intern, Volume
- UK - Audience Development Manager, Archant
- UK - Product Manager, Springer Nature
- UK - Digital Production Journalist, The Telegraph
- UK - Graduate Designer, The Times
- UK - Editor, World Nuclear News
- US - Multiple roles, 6AM
- US - VP of Data and Analytics, Al Jazeera
- US - VP of Engineering, Al Jazeera
- US - Audio & Podcast Program Manager, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- US - Product Manager, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- US - Innovative Storytelling Digital Producer, Barron’s
- US - Multiple jobs, Canary Media
- US - Creator in Residence, CUNY
- US - Multiple jobs, The 19th
- US - Sr. Front End Software Engineer, Washington Post
Upcoming events:
- Aug 18-21, Online, NABJ Conference
- Aug 24-28, Online, AAJA Conference
- Aug 26-28, Ukraine, Lviv Media Forum
- Sep 28-30, Taiwan, World News Media Congress 2021
- Sep 29 - Oct 2, France, Assises Internationales du Journalisme de Tours
- Oct 3-5, Africa/Online, African Investigative Journalism Conference
- Nov 1-5, Online, GIJN Conference
- Nov 3-4, Online, News Philanthropy Summit
Other opportunities:
- Rolling deadline, Pitch freelance stories in US news deserts to Parachute
- Rolling deadline, Funding from Google to fact-check vaccine misinformation
- Rolling deadline, Funding to cover Covid in Black Sea countries
- Rolling deadline, IWMF relief grant for COVID-19 struggles
- Rolling deadline, Eyebeam grants for artistic contributions to journalism
