Global call postponed one week
Welcome to February, hacks and hackers! Typically, the first newsletter of the month is where we announce the global planning call, but this month we're pushing it back to the following week.
We'll see you Wednesday, February 14th at the usual time:
Worth a read:
- A lot of Internet users say they get their news from social media and not "The Media," but this latest Pew survey shows mainstream media is the most popular source for social media posters (NiemanLab)
- What, exactly, is an engagement reporter? (MediaShift)
- A "Related Content" feature, found on many social platforms and news websites, could be a great way to navigate users away from misinformation - or at least get them to consider context (MisinfoCon)
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Anywhere | Axios | Systems architect |
| Anywhere | Axios | Senior director of mobile |
| Anywhere | Axios | Product manager |
| US | Desert Sun | Data and investigations editor |
| US | Bloomberg | Graphics data editor |
| US | Quartz | Things editor |
| US | Philadelphia Media Network | Visuals director |
| US | Philadelphia Media Network | News lab editor |
| US | Philadelphia Media Network | Engagement editor |
| US | South China Morning Post | Social video producer |
| US | By the Bay | Developer/Designer |
| US | Reuters | Data viz developer |
| US | DataMade | Developer |
| US | Solutions Journalism Network | Community manager |
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February | 7-9 | Guayaquil | Ecuador | Off the Record social journalism workshop |
| February | 27-28 | New York | NY | Digital Strategy Innovation Summit for publishers |
| March | 3 | Everywhere | Everywhere | Open Data Day |
| March | 7 | London | UK | The Guardian Changing Media Summit |
| March | 7 | London | UK | Newsrewired digital journalism conference |
| March | 8-9 | London | UK | Digital Media Strategies event |
| March | 8-11 | Chicago | US | NICAR data journalism conference |
| March | 10-15 | Austin | US | SXSW technology festival |
| March | 15-17 | Stockholm | Sweden | NODA Nordic data journalism conference |
| March | 21-23 | Vail | US | DigiDay Publishing Summit |
| March | 22 | Campinas | Brazil | Digital Media, Technology and Society Conference |
| March | 23-25 | Boston | US | The Power of Narrative conference |
| March | 30-1 | Boston | US | Journalism unConference |
| April | 11-15 | Perugia | Italy | International Journalism Conference |
| April | 13-14 | Austin | USA | ISOJ International Symposium on Online Journalism |
| April | 19-22 | Montreal | Canada | The International Conference on Narrative |
| April | 21 | Montreal | Canada | Data Visualization on Mobile Devices workshop |
| May | 3-4 | Accra | Ghana | UNESCO World Press Freedom Day |
| May | 16-18 | Toronto | Canada | RightsCon journalism security conference |
| May | 24-27 | Mechelen | Belgium | Dataharvest European investigative journalism symposium |
| May | 30-1 | Oakland | USA | Code for America summit |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | MisinfoCon micro-grants |
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| February | International Fact-Checking Network Fact Forward funding |
| February | Community Listening and Engagement Fund |
| February | "Finding Common Ground" engagement project funding |
| March | MENA prize for media entrepreneurship |
