Global call and opportunities for cutting-edge journalism
Welcome to June, hacks and hackers! As always, we've got our monthly call coming up next week:
You can join via phone, online, or just contributing to the Google Doc.
In the meantime, two new cool opportunities opened this month: IJNet is offering a mentorship program to media startups in the Middle East, and Journalism 360 is holding a competition for immersive journalism projects.
The week ahead:
- Santiago is talking about urban mobility
- Miami and IRE are holding their regular open labs
- Johannesburg is attending the Duke Menell Media Exchange
- Rosario is planning hackathons for 2018
Worth a read:
- Mary Meeker released her highly anticipated Internet trends report for 2017, including, among other trends, that voice-controlled devices like Amazon's Alexa are one of the fastest-growing markets for Internet usage (Recode)
- The Canada Broadcasting Company found extraordinary success in launching a limited-run newsletter on the Royal Wedding - but can those subscribers be converted to loyal followers of the CBC at large? (J-Source)
- Mexico's national elections are coming up, and 90 - yes, almost a hundred - different news and civic organizations converged to create a wide-ranging fact-checking network (Lenfest)
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June | 4-5 | New York | US | Ops conference on digital media revenue |
| June | 13 | Bonn | Germany | Global Media Forum |
| June | 14-17 | Orlando | US | Investigative Reporters and Editors conference |
| June | 20-21 | Cardiff | UK | European Data and Computational Journalism Conference |
| June | 29-30 | Hamburg | Germany | NDR Annual Conference - Alternative: Facts! |
| July | 24-25 | New York | US | Journalism 360 Unconference |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | MisinfoCon micro-grants |
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| June | IJNet Arabic media startup mentorship |
| June | Journalism 360 Challenge for immersive journalism |
| July | Open Society Fellowships |
