Five years of journalism and tech in Africa
Hey, hacks and hackers! H/H Africa recently celebrated its fifth anniversary. The umbrella group launched in 2015 and has since spread to more than 10 groups across the continent.
If you'd like to learn more about your African colleagues, the leaders recently shared the group's origin's and the impact they’ve had on data journalism in a Twitter thread.
Happening this week:
- Brisbane is discussing the business side of news
Worth a read:
- The AI+Art project from Harvard’s metaLAB explores the impacts artificial intelligence will have on our daily lives, as it becomes more and more present in society.
- This GIJN writeup from a webinar on thinking visually in investigative reporting gives tips on finding images from Instagram using only a date and place, searching for instances of a logo across sites, and more.
- U.S. journalists are still experimenting with counteracting ‘fake news’ claims, such as increasing the amount of transparency in their reporting process and limiting the use of anonymous sources.
Job postings:
- Anywhere - Senior Editor, Nieman Reports
- Anywhere - Audience Development Director, Devex
- Anywhere - Software and Downloads Editor, TechRadar
- Anywhere - Database Construction Contractor, INN
- Anywhere - Project Officer for Environment & Health, Internews
- Anywhere - Senior Product Engineer, OCCRP
- Africa - Copy Editor, Code for Africa
- Africa - Fact-Checker, Code for Africa
- Canada - Agile Development Lead, Global News and Corus Radio
- South Africa - Intern, Jacaranda FM Radio
- US - Data Journalist Intern, Associated Press
- US - Audience Engagement Director, Colorado News Collaborative
- US - Project Manager, Covering Climate Collaborative
- US - Data Reporter, Detroit News
- US - Data Reporter, Documented
- US - Data Journalist, Georgia Public Broadcasting
- US - Metpro Fellow, Los Angeles Times
- US - Data and Graphics Journalist, San Diego Union-Tribune
- US - Data Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
- US - Digital Designer, Minneapolis Star Tribune
- US - Head of Product, Vox
- US - Data Lab Global Director, World Resources Institute
Upcoming events:
- February 17, Online, D3’s 10th Birthday Celebration
- February 19, Online, Computation + Journalism Symposium
- March 3-5, Online, NICAR
- March 1-3, Online, Knight Media Forum
- March 8, Online, MozFest
- March 30-31, Online, News Product Alliance Summit
- April 26-30, Online, International Symposium on Online Journalism
- June 7-11, Online, RightsCon
Other opportunities:
- February 12, Grants to cover economic mobility in the US
- February 22, Student journalist scholarships to attend conferences
- Rolling deadline, Funding from Google to fact-check vaccine misinformation
- Rolling deadline, Funding to cover Covid in Black Sea countries
- Rolling deadline, FIJ grant for Americans to cover COVID-19
- Rolling deadline, IWMF relief grant for COVID-19 struggles
- Rolling deadline, Eyebeam grants for artistic contributions to journalism
