Grants still available for local events
Hey, hacks and hackers! You may notice a few events in the week ahead are involved in the fight against misinformation. That's because H/H is offering small grants to local groups who want to do a misinformation-related event.
There is still a hefty pile of money in the pot, so please apply:
The week ahead:
- Dar es Salaam is fighting fake news
- Johannesburg is holding a StoryLab Academy event
- Miami and IRE are holding their regular weekly open labs
- Freetown is discussing inclusive reporting
- Austin is Doing Cool Things with Data
Worth a read:
- Squares are out, circles are in, web designers say. Or at least squares with rounded corners. (The Ringer)
- If Americans are considering the media more and more untrustworthy, according to recent polls, why are librarians experiencing the reverse? (Poynter)
- The Bell and other news startups in Russia are trying to find business models that can resist influence by the Kremlin (Calvert Journal)
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Anywhere | Blockchain News | Publisher |
| Japan | Senior news editor | |
| Russia | Moskovsky Komsomolets | Front-end developer |
| UK | CNN | Motion graphics intern |
| US | KABB | Investigative/data producer |
| US | CNN | Tech editor |
| US | Business Insider | Tech reporter |
| US | Poynter | Multimedia designer |
| US | By the Bay | Developer-designer |
| US | NBC | Dataviz engineer |
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 | 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 |
| January | OpenNews ticket+travel scholarship |
| January | Global Editors Network Startups for News |
| February | International Fact-Checking Network Fact Forward funding |
| February | Community Listening and Engagement Fund |
| March | MENA prize for media entrepreneurship |
