Farewell NICAR, hello SXSW

Hope you’re all resting after MisinfoCon and NICAR, hacks and hackers. Well stop resting on your laurels, because The Awesomest Journalism Party Ever (VII) is coming!

Hacks/Hackers and other illustrious orgs like ONA and Google News Lab are putting on an epic party at SXSW. There will be an emoji-inspired menu, crafted drinks, lots of swag and a photobooth from SnapFiesta. RSVP here!

The week ahead:

• Kuala Lumpur is holding their first meetup
• Toronto is revving up for 2017
• Johannesburg is holding another #HacktheConstitution
• IRE in Missouri is holding its weekly open lab

Group spotlight:

Kuala Lumpur recently launched as the first Hacks/Hackers group in Malaysia, and it’s already maxed out attendance for its first meetup. Organizer Kuang Keng Kek Ser said finding another organization to sign on as a partner was important.

“Find out who is your local ally and get their support. In our case, we listed out local organizations that might share the same passion and reached out to them.”

Worth a read:

• If you missed MisinfoCon, check out a roundup from NiemanLab or a roundup of other blog posts on Medium (NiemanLab)
• One outlet has started making users take a quiz before they post a comment, so they’re calmer by the time they actually post. (NiemanLab)
• Latin American outlets are trying to reach milennials by expanding their video production and sense of humor (Knight Center)

Job openings:

• North America:
• Discourse Media in Vancouver, Canada, is hiring a data reporter
• The Gazette in Iowa is looking for a web developer
• CQ Roll Call is hiring a UX designer
• The Economist is also hiring a UX developer
• LATimes data desk is accepting internship applications
• Europe:
• Business Reporter in London is looking for a tech online reporter

Upcoming events:

• March:
• 2-5 – Jacksonville, USA – National Institute of Computer-Assisted Reporting (NICAR) conference
• 10-11 – Milan, Italy – Visualized Milan
• 10-16 – Austin, USA – SXSW Interactive Festival
• 12 – Austin, USA – The Hacks/Hackers-produced Awesomest Journalism Party Ever at SXSW
• 15-16 – London, UK – The Guardian Changing Media Summit
• 23 – Miami, USA – Journalists & Editors workshop on Mobile Media Culture in the Americas
• 29-31 – Brussels, Belgium – RightsCon for a freer Internet
• 31-1 – Tonsberg, Norway – SKUP conference for investigative reporters and editors in Norway
• April:
• 5-9 – Perugia, Italy – International Journalism Festival
• 15-16 – Austin, USA – International Symposium on Online Journalism (ISOJ)
• May:
• 1-4 – Jakarta, Indonesia – UNESCO’s conference for World Press Freedom Day
• 4-6 – Galway, Ireland – MoJoCon Mobile Journalism Conference
• 15-20 – San Salvador, El Salvador – Forum for Central American Journalism
• 18-20 – Hamburg, Germany – International Press Institute World Congress on media freedom in the digital age
• 18-21 – Mechelen, Belgium – Dataharvest, the European Investigative Journalism Conference