Fighting fake news in Casablanca
Happy Sunday, hacks and hackers! And if you're in a locale that celebrates it, Happy Halloween!
And give a warm welcome to Hacks/Hackers Casablanca, which just held their first event last weekend, a workshop on how "fake news" spreads across the internet. Spread the word if you know anyone in Morocco.
Worth a read:
- If a reader knows a news article was produced by a robot, a new study says, they trust it less than they would a human-written one (Digital Journalism)
- News subscriptions among young Americans, under the age of 34, are increasing at a staggering rate (Politico)
- Actual, whole-cloth fabricated stories are not what the average consumer considers "fake news" (CJR)
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong | South China Morning Post | Backend developer |
| Nigeria | Africa Check | Deputy editor |
| Kenya | BBC | Software engineer |
| Kenya | BBC | Interactive journalist |
| South Africa | OpenUp | Backend developer |
| UK | Thomson Reuters Foundation | Social media producer |
| Ukraine | Radio Free Europe | Multimedia journalist |
| US | WSJ | Data reporter |
| US | Triad Business Journal | Data reporter |
| US | Gannett | Engagement editor |
| US | Gannett | Data reporter |
| US | South China Morning Post | US tech correspondent |
| US | Seattle Times | Digital and interactive intern |
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 5-8 | Chicago | USA | Science of Innovation Summit for Journalists |
| November | 9-11 | New York | USA | Catalyst media entrepreneurship program |
| November | 11-12 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 3i Festival of digital and innovative journalism |
| November | 11-13 | Berlin | Germany | OpenCon for open access to education |
| November | 15-17 | Tbilisi | Georgia | DataFest Tbilisi 2017 |
| November | 16-19 | Johannesburg | South Africa | Global Investigative Journalism Conference (GIJC) |
| November | 23-24 | Sao Paolo | Brazil | Symposium on Journalism on Multiplatform Environments |
| November | 23-25 | Cape Town | South Africa | Media Indaba Africa |
| November | 24-26 | Tunis | Tunisia | New media conference |
| December | 1-3 | Panama City | Panama | Futuro de Periodismo regional conference |
| December | 7-8 | Philadelphia | USA | OpenNews' SRCCON:WORK |
| December | 9 | Toronto | Canada | Data Driven symposium |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | MisinfoCon micro-grant |
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| October | South Africa Media Innovation Program |
| October | Matter media accelerator |
| October | ICFJ Eurasia Media Innovation Challenge |
| November | Bournemouth University New Media Writing Prize |
