Get Ready for Open Data Day
It's back, hacks and hackers! The Open Knowledge Foundation’s Open Data Day this year will be on March 7th, and if you’re interested in organizing an open data-related event in your area, you can apply for a mini-grant of up to $300 to help with funds. The deadline to apply is tonight.
Also, registration for MisinfoCon @ NASEM is full, but we will be live streaming it here. More details to come soon.
Worth a read:
- GIJN compiled some of their most popular How-Tos for investigative reporting, including guides on extracting data from PDFs, using Tweetdeck for investigations and building gifs from satellite imagery (GIJN)
- Thanks to the R Foundation’s task force for supporting underrepresented groups in the R community, there will be events across Southern Africa this spring to teach people how to use R for data analysis (R-Bloggers)
- Publications like Le Monde and The Guardian have grown their digital audiences by producing fewer, but more substantial, articles (Digiday)
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia | BBC | Researcher |
| Netherlands | Bellingcat | Data Scientist |
| South Africa | News24 | Reporter - Port Elizabeth |
| South Africa | News24 | Business Journalist |
| South Africa | News24 | Data Engineer |
| South Africa | News24 | Afrikaans Social Media/Newsletter Producer |
| South Africa | News24 | Senior C# Asp.Net Developer |
| UK | IDG | Online Editor |
| US | Dallas Morning News | Computational Journalist |
| US | KMGH | Investigative Producer |
| US | Injustice Watch | Data Reporter |
| US | Injustice Watch | UX/UI Designer |
| US | The 19tth | Creative Director |
| US | The 19th | Experience Designer |
| US | The Mercury News/East Bay TImes | Web Designer |
| US | Reynolds Journalism Institute | Director of Innovation |
| US | SmartNews | Associate, Content Operations & Analysis |
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February | 17-19 | Fort Worth | US | Mega-Conference |
| February | 18-20 | Chiang Mai | Thailand | Splice Asian Media Conference |
| February | 22 | Washington, DC | US | MisinfoCon @ NASEM |
| February | 25-26 | London | UK | DataViz Live |
| March | 5-8 | New Orleans | US | NICAR Conference |
| March | 6-7 | Johannesburg | South Africa | satRday |
| March | 20-21 | Boston | US | Computation + Journalism Symposium |
| March | 20-22 | Boston | US | Power of Narrative |
| April | 1-5 | Perugia | Italy | International Journalism Conference |
| April | 3 | Bloomington | US | Midwest Journalism Conference |
| April | 5-6 | Washington, DC | US | Society for News Design Conference |
| April | 20-23 | London | UK | O’Reilly Strata Data & AI Conference |
| April | 24-25 | Austin | US | International Symposium on Online Journalism |
| May | 4-8 | Geneva | Switzerland | AI For Good Summit |
| May | 14-15 | Charlotte | US | Collaborative Journalism Summit |
| May | 14-17 | Mechelen | Belgium | EIJC & Dataharvest |
Other opportunities:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| February 15 | Africa Digital Rights & Inclusion Media Fellowship |
| February 15 | IJP Germany-Africa Fellowship |
| February 16 | Women’s/LGBTQ Rights Data Journalism Fellowship |
| February 28 | $3,000 prize for freedom of information reporting |
| February 29 | Congo Basin Rainforest Journalism Fund |
| April 3-5 | Information Ethics Roundtable in Boston |
| Rolling | ECFJ grants for stories on elections, AI, disinformation, etc. |
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| Rolling | Contest fees for submitting solutions stories |
