Join Hacks/Hackers webinars online
Welcome again, hacks and hackers! While some countries and regions are starting to meet in person again, online meetups are continuing apace.
London has reached more than 100 people with their online webinars, and you can join the next one on Wednesday.
The week ahead:
- London is discussing investigative journalism techniques online
Worth a read:
- Three disinformation experts talk about how social media platforms are responding to the infodemic caused by coronavirus-related disinformation being spread online (NBC News)
- Poynter compiled a list of resources, training and funding to assist journalists with coronavirus coverage, and plans to keep it updated as opportunities open (Poynter)
- The Atlantic published an in-depth feature on QAnon, a conspiracy theory group whose origins and spread are directly related to the prevalence of internet communities such as 4chan (The Atlantic)
Job openings:
- UK - Senior Software Engineer, Bloomberg
- US - Multimedia Journalist, Alaska Public Media
- US - Freelance COVID Data Reporter, Idaho Statesman
- US - Project Coordinator, Injustice Watch
- US - Research Intern, National Journal
- US - Designer and more jobs, Postlight
- US - Data Reporter, Richmond Times Dispatch
- US - Data Reporter, WBUR
Upcoming events:
- June 2-4, Online, Data + Narrative Workshop
- June 24-27, Online, Global Fact 7
- June 25-28, Online, Allied Media Conference
- July 4, Düsseldorf, Germany, JournoCon
- July 16-17, Online, SRCCON
- July 19-Aug 1, Washington DC, US, AAJA Conference
- Aug 5-9, Online, NABJxNAHJ Convention
- Aug 27-30, National Harbor, US, IRE Conference
- Sep 10-12, Washington DC, US, Excellence in Journalism Conference
- Sep 10-13, Chicago, US, The Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGA)
- Sep 13-16, Phoenix, US, National Native Media Conference
- Sep 21-25, Geneva, Switzerland, AI for Good Summit
- Sep 23-27, Boise, US, Environmental Journalism Conference
- Sep 30-Oct 3, Atlanta, US, Online News Association Conference
- Nov 5-8, Mechelen, Belgium, EIJC & Dataharvest
- Dec 4-6, Austin, US, Journalism & Women Symposium
Other opportunities:
- June 15, Data journalism award on Amazon Forest coverage
- Rolling deadline, National Geographic grants to cover COVID-19
- Rolling deadline, FIJ grant for Americans to cover COVID-19
- Rolling deadline, IWMF relief grant for COVID-19 struggles
- Rolling deadline, ECFJ grants for stories on elections, AI, disinformation, etc.
- Rolling deadline, Solutions Journalism Network travel fellowship
- Rolling deadline, Ukraine Media Development Fund
- Rolling deadline, Contest fees for submitting solutions stories
- Rolling deadline, Fund for Environmental Journalism Rapid Response Grants
