Introducing Hacks/Hackers NE England
Hi again, hacks and hackers! This week we're excited to announce our 116th chapter, Hacks/Hackers NE England. Their first meetup takes place this week in Newcastle upon Tyne. Welcome, Northerners!
In other news, please join us on our regular global call on Wednesday if you have any questions or anything to share about your local HH group.
Worth a read:
- The Knight Foundation announced that it will invest $300 million into building the future for local news over the next five years (Knight Foundation)
- The Membership Puzzle Project spoke to supporters of independent news sites and found 25 ways for community members to support news in non-monetary ways like helping with language translation, and testing products (GIJN)
- After Uganda implemented a daily social media tax, millions of Ugandans stopped using social media and critics argue that it was implemented to restrict free speech (The Guardian)
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 4-8 | San Francisco | US | RSA Conference |
| March | 6-7 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | WAN-IFRA Middle East Conference |
| March | 7-10 | Newport Beach | US | CAR Conference |
| March | 23 - 24 | Cairo | Egypt | Arab Data Journalist’s Network Conference |
| April | 1-2 | Vienna | Austria | Digital Media Europe |
| April | 1-5 | Valencia | Spain | Internet Freedom Festival |
| April | 4-5 | Gdańsk | Poland | Personal Democracy Forum |
| April | 3-7 | Perugia | Italy | International Journalism Festival |
| April | 5-6 | Kalmar | Sweden | GRAV Swedish Investigative Journalism Conference |
| April | 5-7 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | World Conference on Media and Mass Communication |
| April | 8-10 | Lisbon | Portugal | IPTC Spring Meeting |
| April | 12-13 | Austin | US | International Symposium on Online Journalism |
| April | 30-1 | San Jose | US | Facebook Developer Conference |
| May | 2-3 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | UNESCO World Press Freedom Day |
| May | 13-17 | San Francisco | US | The Web Conference |
| May | 16-19 | Mechelen | Belgium | European Investigative Journalism Conference |
| May | 17-19 | Prague | Czech Republic | Wikimedia Hackathon |
| May | 24-28 | Washington, D.C. | US | ICA Conference |
| May | 27-28 | Bonn | Germany | DW Global Media Forum |
| June | 1-3 | Glasgow | UK | World News Media Conference |
| June | 11-14 | Tunis | Tunisia | RightsCon Tunis |
| June | 13-15 | Athens | Greece | GEN Summit |
| June | 13-16 | Houston | US | Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference |
| June | 19-21 | Cape Town | South Africa | Global Fact-Checking Summit |
| July | 19-21 | Toronto | Canada | International Conference on Social Media & Society |
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Anywhere | ICIJ | Junior System Administrator |
| China | South China Morning Post | Lead Web Developer |
| US | Center for Public Integrity | Audience Engagement Editor |
| US | Fact Tank | Research Assistant |
| US | GateHouse Media | Data and Research Strategist |
| US | Muck Rack | VP of Engineering |
| US | Nieman Lab | Staff Writer |
| US | Politico | News Applications Developer |
| US | ProPublica | Collaborative Tools Developer |
| US | Simons Foundation | Data Reporter |
| US | Trimble | Software Engineer - Angular/Javascript |
Other opportunities:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| Rolling | Contest fees for submitting solutions stories |
| March | Princeton Center for Digital Humanities postdoctoral fellowship |
| April | Data Journalism Awards |
