Hacks/Hackers opens group in Cuba
Hi, hacks and hackers. Let's give a friendly welcome to Hacks/Hackers Havana (a.k.a. Periodistas y programadores de Habana), which just opened up shop in Cuba. Organizer and founder Barbara Maseda said they had higher than expected attendance for their first event.
If you or anyone you know is interested in starting a group where you are, check out the Start a Group guide on the website.
Also, the global planning call, which is usually held the first Wednesday of the month, is postponed, for those celebrating the U.S. independence day. July's call will be held Wednesday the 12th.
The week ahead:
- IRE is holding its regular weekly lab
- Caracas is holding a workshop on design thinking
- Dublin is sharing an [intro](Hacks/Hackers Dublin: Workshop: Introduction to Data Journalism @datajconf) to data journalism
- Brisbane is holding an open meeting
- South Wales x South West is participating in the Data and Computational Journalism [Unconference](Hacks/Hackers South Wales x South West: The European Data and Computational Journalism Unconference - @datajconf 2017)
Worth a read:
- A museum opened in Sweden celebrating the failures of the digital innovation process (NiemanLab)
- Germany passed a law requiring social media platforms to delete hate speech within 24 hours, or pay a penalty (NYTimes)
- Reuters released its Digital News Report for 2017, finding that, among other trends, news apps are making a comeback (Reuters)
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Anywhere | Vox | Front-end engineer |
| South Africa | Journalism and Media Lab | Community Manager |
| UAE | Sky News | Radio producer |
| UK | Small Media Foundation | Data researcher |
| US | American University | Data journalist in residence |
| US | CNBC | Technology video producer |
| US | Newsweek | Tech reporter |
| US | WSJ | Assistant producer for mobile |
| US | UNICEF | Interactive consultant |
| US | Mother Jones | Digital art director |
| US | Hearken | Engagement consultant |
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | 5-7 | Madrid | Spain | Global Fact-Checking Summit |
| July | 6-7 | Dublin | Ireland | European Data and Computational Journalism Conference |
| July | 6-7 | Warsaw | Poland | 360/OS open source confernce |
| 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 | 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 |
