Embark on a new adventure for the new year
Happy holidays, hacks and hackers! If you're looking for new opportunities in the new year, check out opportunities for following the money, reporting on climate change, learning about agricultural issues, completing an artists' residency, covering political development, and other programs from HackPack.
Worth a read:
- After almost 10 years of free, embeddable interactives, Google is ending Fusion Tables at the end of next year (Computer World)
- GIJN rounded up the most popular tweets from 2018 using the #ddj data journalism hashtag. The list included projects like a map measuring laughter in the German parliament and an R program that extracts color palettes from photos (GIJN)
- Americans are split on whether or not it’s a good idea for social media sites to provide targeted internet content to people, according to a research initiative from the Knight Foundation and Gallup (Knight Foundation)
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7-11 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Digital Methods Winter School |
| January | 31 | Stirling | Scotland | MisinfoConX Scotland |
| February | 1-2 | Miami | US | Computation + Journalism Symposium |
| March | 7-10 | Newport Beach | US | CAR Conference |
| April | 1-5 | Valencia | Spain | Internet Freedom Festival |
| April | 3-7 | Perugia | Italy | International Journalism Festival |
| April | 12-13 | Austin | US | International Symposium on Online Journalism |
| June | 11-14 | Tunis | Tunisia | RightsCon Tunis |
| June | 13-16 | Houston | US | Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference |
| June | 19-21 | Cape Town | South Africa | Global Fact-Checking Summit |
| July | 19-21 | Toronto | Canada | International Conference on Social Media & Society |
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| UK | TES | Junior Designer |
| US | Boston Business Journal | Digital Editor |
| US | The Business Journals | Product Strategist |
| US | Creative Circle | Frontend Developer |
| US | Creative Circle | Senior UX Designer |
| US | Creative Circle | Web Developer |
| US | Modern Health | Digital Content Strategist |
| US | NBC Washington | Visuals Producer |
| US | The New York Times | Full-Stack Newsroom Software Engineer |
| US | Simons Foundation | Data Reporter |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| Rolling | Contest fees for submitting solutions stories |
| January | Journalism scholarships for software developers |
| January | Entrepreneurial Journalism cohort |
| January | Politico Journalism Institute applications |
| January | RJI 2019 Fellowships |
| February | Become a Report for America corps member |
