Global call: The biggest Media Party is on its way
Hello again, hacks and hackers. It's now July and we will be holding our global planning call next Wednesday at 12 noon EST. Add it to your calendar here.
If you can't make it, please add your thoughts to the call notes: July 2017 Global Call Agenda. So far we're discussing Africa's StoryLab Academy and the Media Party in Buenos Aires, but we want to hear what you've got going on!
Worth a read:
- OpenNews ran an ambitious two-day sprint to publish some documentation, and shared what they learned (Source)
- Fusion, the Milennial-focused news site by Unvision, is rebranding as Splinter (Poynter)
- Audience analytics deeply affected radio productions, which may signal an upcoming change for podcasts (NiemanLab)
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Anywhere | ICIJ | Security engineer |
| China | Committee to Protect Journalists | Researcher |
| Germany | Correctiv | Data journalists |
| Europe | Orange Magazine | Data journalist |
| Jordan | ARIJ | IT intern |
| Serbia | BIRN | Regional director |
| UK | RT | Web journalist |
| UK | Reuters | Senior video producer |
| US | Orb | Editorial director |
| US | Center for Public Integrity | Audience engagement editor |
| US | Foreign Policy | Social engagement editor |
| US | CNBC | Social media director |
| US | Reuters | Tech correspondent |
| US | Radio Ambulante | Engagement editor |
| US | Axios | Product designer |
| US | Marketplace | Software engineer |
| US | ProPublica | Data reporter |
| US | ESPN | Senior designer |
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | 13-15 | Lima | Peru | Latin American Annual Meeting of Entrepreneurial and Innovative Journalism |
| July | 19-21 | New York | USA | textAV working group on audio and video |
| August | 17-19 | Denver | USA | WordCamp for Publishers, a Wordpress event |
| August | 31-1 | Grahamstown | South Africa | Highway Africa conference on media, accountability and local governance |
| September | 11-15 | Sao Paolo | Brazil | Social Media Week |
| September | 13-15 | Buenos Aires | Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires Media Party | |
| September | 14-16 | Miami | USA | Digital Humanities + Data Journalism Symposium |
| October | 4-5 | New York | USA | Future of Storytelling Summit |
| October | 13-14 | Evanston | USA | Computer + Journalism Symposium |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Name | Organization | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling | MisinfoCon micro-grant | MisinfoCon | Small grants for experimental projects that fight misinformation |
| Rolling | Freelance Fund | Solutions Journalism Network | Small travel stipends for reporters working on "solutions journalism" |
| July | Next Journalism Award | Nieman Foundation | Funding for innovative journalism project in Europe |
| July | FoST Prize | Future of Storytelling | Monetary award for innovative and cutting-edge storytelling projects |
| September | INN Days reimbursement | INN | Travel stipends for INN member newsrooms traveling to INN Days in Phoenix |
