Meetups in Singapore, San Francisco, New Orleans
We're nearly at the end of February, hacks and hackers! We've got a big lineup of local events this week - Brisbane is questioning whether data reporting is a fad, Singapore is Visualizing Singapore, and New Orleans is holding an Open Data Day hackathon.
There are hundreds of #OpenDataDay events happening around the world - to find one near you, check the registry here.
The week ahead:
- Singapore is visualizing datasets
- Brisbane is discussing data journalism
- DC is learning Git
- Miami and IRE are holding their regular open labs
- San Francisco is swapping tips for data collaborations
- New Orleans is celebrating Open Data Day 2018
Worth a read:
- Fed up with their dependence on Facebook, a Dutch TV station took a hiatus - and found they weren't as dependent as they'd assumed (NiemanLab)
- There is no real value to reporting on something for "trending," which makes the term an enabler for misinformation, Brian Feldman writes (NY Magazine)
- ProPublica is producing some of the definitive reporting on how social media algorithms impact our society - by writing algorithms of their own (Fast Company)
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | Code for Africa | Interactive developer |
| Africa | Code for Africa | Data journalist |
| Russia | Komsomolskaya Pravda | Deputy head of creativity |
| UK | Arab News | Graphics editors |
| US | Harvard Business Review | Editorial developer |
| US | MinnPost | Audience development editor |
| US | Texas Tribune | Audience analyst |
| US | Public Radio International | Audience engagement specialist |
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 | 22 | Campinas | Brazil | Digital Media, Technology and Society Conference |
| 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 | US | ISOJ International Symposium on Online Journalism |
| April | 19-22 | Montreal | Canada | The International Conference on Narrative |
| April | 21 | Montreal | Canada | Data Visualization on Mobile Devices workshop |
| May | 3-4 | Accra | Ghana | UNESCO World Press Freedom Day |
| May | 10-11 | Montclair | US | Collaborative Journalism Summit |
| May | 16-18 | Toronto | Canada | RightsCon journalism security conference |
| May | 24-27 | Mechelen | Belgium | Dataharvest European investigative journalism symposium |
| May | 30-1 | Oakland | US | Code for America summit |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | MisinfoCon micro-grants |
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| February | International Fact-Checking Network Fact Forward funding |
| February | Community Listening and Engagement Fund |
| February | "Finding Common Ground" engagement project funding |
| February | Digital Lab Africa grants for multimedia projects |
| March | MENA prize for media entrepreneurship |
| March | #Disrupt Journalism Education fellowship |
