Google and YouTube launch fact checking fund
Google and YouTube recently announced a $13 million launching a new Global Fact Check Fund for the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at Poynter.
The fund will open up in early 2023 for IFCN member organizations, which includes 135 fact-checking organizations across 65 countries and 80 languages.
Worth a read:
- Data scientists compiled information from the players and clubs in the World Cup and created some network diagrams while detailing their process in a blogpost on Nightingale.
- Ben Cooley, a data viz professional and adjunct university lecturer, wrote a blogpost on what he learned while teaching his first classes on coding for data viz. He also writes his own data viz newsletter called Data Curious.
- Text-to-image AI generators have risen to popularity this year with many being available for free, public use. NiemanLab wrote about the problems they bring in the fight against disinformation.
Job postings:
- Anywhere - INN, Network Product Manager
- Anywhere - INN, Research Associate
- Anywhere - GIJN, Executive Director
- Anywhere - The Markup, Managing Editor
- Anywhere - The Markup, Reporters
- Germany - University of Bremen, Research Associate for Software Development
- Czech Republic - RFE/RL, Head of News Division
- UK - City AM, Political Reporter
- UK - Reuters Institute, Digital Journalist
- US - Honolulu Civil Beat, Criminal Justice Reporter
- US - Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, Part-Time Data Journalist
- US - OpenSecrets, Researcher
- US - Outlier Media, Sr. Science Reporter
- US - Politico, Data & Graphics Reporter
- US - Rest of World, Visual & UX Designer
Upcoming events:
- March 2-5, Nashville, US, NICAR
- April 14-15, Online & Austin, US, International Symposium on Online Journalism
- April 19-23, Perugia, Italy, International Journalism Festival
- September 19-22, Gothenburg, Sweden, Global Investigative Journalism Conference
