Journalism and the law in Nigeria
Greetings, hacks and hackers! The Nigeria group shared a video recording of their January meetup.
The event covered journalism and the law, and you can follow the group on Facebook.
Worth a read:
- Edelman, a PR group, published its 22nd annual trust and credibility survey. The group found that nearly half of respondents believe the government and media are divisive forces in society, and that most respondents expect businesses to do more in addressing societal problems.
- Sarah Palin's defamation suit against the New York Times is taking the divide between print and online - and Twitter - corrections and apologies into the courtroom.
- The Hill wrote about how holding tech companies like Facebook accountable is not enough to fix widespread disinformation. The authors argue the U.S. also needs to invest in government efforts to educate citizens about life online with cross-sector collaboration to create and deploy new cyber citizenship tools.
Upcoming events:
- February 22-23, Online, Global eSummit: Journalism and the Climate Crisis
- March 3-6, Atlanta, US, NICAR
- March 7-10, Online, MozFest
- March 10-11, Online, News Product Alliance Summit
- March 17-19, Tunis, Tunisia, Assises Internationales du Journalisme
- March 18-19, Online/Boston, US, The Power of Narrative Conference
- April 1-2, Austin, US, International Symposium on Online Journalism
- April 1-3, Tønsberg, Norway, SKUP Conference
- April 6-10, Perugia, Italy, International Journalism Festival
- May 19-20, Chicago, US, Collaborative Journalism Summit
- May 19-22, Mechelen, Belgium, Dataharvest
- June 6-10, Online, RightsCon
- June 20-21, Bonn, Germany, DW Global Media Forum
- June 22-23, Minneapolis, US, SRCCON
- June 22-25, Oslo, Norway, Global Fact Conference
- June 23-26, Denver, US, IRE
- June 27-30, Honolulu, US, EWC International Media Conference
- June 27-July 1, Medellín, Colombia, World Conference of Science Journalists
- July 8-13, Shanghai, China, World Journalism Education Congress
- July 15-17, Couthures-sur-Garonne, France, Festival International de Journalisme
Other opportunities:
- Rolling deadline, Pitch freelance stories in US news deserts to Parachute
- Rolling deadline, Eyebeam grants for artistic contributions to journalism