Managing is a function, leadership is a practice, plus more takeaways from SRCCONLEAD
Greetings, hacks and hackers! You may have seen conversations from #SRCCONLEAD floating across your timeline, as there were a lot of media leaders there, and they had a lot to share.
You can find tons of leadership advice on the hashtag, or read transcriptions from the event itself.
The week ahead:
- Brisbane is discussing digital journalism jobs
- Lagos, Benin and Abuja are talking about why data matters
Worth a read:
- NiemanLab compiled the results from several studies on the neuroscience behind fake news and found that humans are more likely to notice and remember new, outlandish claims over expected ones (NiemanLab)
- In an interview about data journalism tools, an NYT economics reporter said he still believes "the best stories almost always emerge from talking to people" (NYTimes)
- A data reporter from NJ Advance Media created a Github repo documenting his process as he works on cleaning the data from the media salaries spreadsheet (CJR)
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December | 6 | Munich | Germany | News Impact Summit: Identity and Inclusion in Local News |
| December | 13-15 | Kyiv | Ukraine | Conference on Investigative Journalism |
| February | 18-20 | Chiang Mai | Thailand | Splice Asian Media Conference |
| March | 5-8 | New Orleans | US | NICAR Conference |
| March | 20-21 | Boston | US | Computation + Journalism Symposium |
| March | 20-22 | Boston | US | Power of Narrative |
| April | 1-5 | Perugia | Italy | International Journalism Conference |
| May | 14-17 | Mechelen | Belgium | EIJC & Dataharvest |
| June | 2-5 | Seoul | South Korea | International Anti-Corruption Conference |
| June | 9-12 | Heredia | Costa Rica | RightsCon |
| June | 18-21 | National Harbor | US | IRE Conference |
| June | 24-27 | Oslo | Norway | Global Fact 7 |
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | News Corp Australia | Editorial Designer |
| Nigeria | Code for Africa | Project Manager |
| US | Kaiser Health News | Data Journalist |
| US | The Marshall Project | Several Jobs |
| US | NYT | Manager, InfoSec Operations & Engineering |
| US | Sacramento Business Journal | Lead Designer |
| US | Seattle Times | Graphic Artist |
| US | Washington Business Journal | Creative Director |
| US | WSJ | Full Stack Engineer |
Other opportunities:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| December 4 | Apply for Stanford fellowship to address journalism problems |
| December 13 | Submit student data viz examples and get free conference entry |
| December 13 | Apply for European Press Prize |
| April 3-5 | Information Ethics Roundtable in Boston |
| Rolling | ECFJ grants for stories on elections, AI, disinformation, etc. |
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| Rolling | Contest fees for submitting solutions stories |
