Media Indaba Africa expands to four cities
Media Indaba was started by Hacks/Hackers Cape Town a few years ago, and this year the conference is expanding to include multiple cities in Africa. Applications are open for day one, day two and day three of hands-on sessions focused on the media, land use and revenue generation.
Media Indaba Extra will take place in Cape Town later this month, with more information coming on events in Lagos, Dar es Salaam and Marrakech.
Happening this week:
- Abuja, Benin and Lagos are visualizing geographic data
- IRE is holding its regular open lab
- Dublin is discussing misinformation and the media
Worth a read:
- Civio, a Spanish data-driven news org, is not just reporting on government, but writing laws and lobbying for them (NiemanLab)
- A nonpartisan initiative called TechCongress is hiring experts to help inform congress members about the technology they’re writing legislation for (Knight Foundation)
- Confused about bots, trolls and botnets and how they affect social media? GIJN wrote a guide on what each of them are and how to identify them (GIJN)
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November | 27-29 | Cape Town | South Africa | Media Indaba Extra |
| November | 30-2 | Amman | Jordan | ARIJ Annual Forum |
| December | 8-9 | Glasgow | Scotland | Creating the Media Scotland Deserves |
| December | 13-14 | Philadelphia | US | SRCCON: POWER |
| January | 7-11 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Digital Methods Winter School |
| February | 1-2 | Miami | US | Computation + Journalism Symposium |
| March | 7-10 | Newport Beach | US | NICAR |
| April | 1-5 | Valencia | Spain | Internet Freedom Festival |
| April | 12-13 | Austin | US | International Symposium on Online Journalism |
| June | 11-14 | Tunis | Tunisia | Rights Con Tunis |
| June | 19-21 | Cape Town | South Africa | Global Fact-Checking Summit |
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| China | Ming Pao Newspapers | Website Editor/Reporter |
| China | Ming Pao Newspapers | Senior Website Editor |
| US | Ad Age | Data Reporter |
| US | The Chronicle of Philanthropy | Staff Reporter, Data and Accountability |
| US | Creative Circle | Senior Graphic Designer |
| US | Creative Circle | UX Lead |
| US | Google News | News Product Experience Specialist |
| US | The Los Angeles Times | Analytics Developer |
| US | The Los Angeles Times | Lead Data Engineer |
| US | NBC | Multimedia Intern, Interactive |
| US | New America | Data Visualization Developer |
| US | Tampa Bay Times | Application Developer (Back End) |
| US | The New York Times | Fellowship - Developer/Opinion Visuals |
| US | The New York Times | Lead, Data Visualization |
| US | The New York Times | Lead, Data Products |
| US | Textio | Senior Data Journalist |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| Rolling | Contest fees for submitting solutions stories |
| December | Journalism scholarships for software developers |
| January | Entrepreneurial Journalism cohort |
