Follow CredCon this weekend
Congrats, American hacks and hackers, for making it through a much-hyped midterm election cycle! Check out Poynter’s roundup of innovative election coverage to find ideas to use in your newsroom for the 2020 elections.
And don't forget, CredCon is happening this weekend! Hacks/Hackers' first credibility hackathon will feature a number of speakers and exciting projects you can follow at #CredCon.
Happening this week:
- IRE is holding its regular open lab
- Brisbane is electing its management committee
- Austin is hosting CredCon
Worth a read:
- Even though Civil failed to meet its sale goals, the cryptocurrency company managed to bring 14 newsrooms to life in less than a year with $6 million in investment (Medium)
- At what point does an illustration become an infographic? Scientific American published a talk from its senior graphics editor on the intersection between science and design (Scientific American)
- Apple employs humans to make decisions about which articles to show in its Apple News app, rather than using an automated algorithm (NYT)
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 16-18 | Austin | US | CredCon |
| November | 16-18 | Philadelphia | US | News Foundry inaugural event |
| December | 8-9 | Glasgow | Scotland | Creating the Media Scotland Deserves |
| December | 13-14 | Philadelphia | US | SRCCON: POWER |
| January | 7-11 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Digital Methods Winter School |
| February | 1-2 | Miami | US | Computation + Journalism Symposium |
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| UAE | The National | Deputy Creative Director |
| US | NPR | Senior UX Designer (Editorial) |
| US | Reuters | Graphics Editor |
| US | The Gazette | Interactive News Developer & Data Researcher |
| US | The Markup | DevOps Engineer |
| US | The Markup | Investigative Data Journalist |
| US | The Markup | Lead Designer |
| US | Trib Total Media | Multimedia Artist |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| Rolling | Contest fees for submitting solutions stories |
| December | Journalism scholarships for software developers |
| January | Entrepreneurial Journalism cohort |
