MisinfoCon coming back in 2019
Greetings, hacks and hackers! MozFest is still accepting proposals for sessions at the open web festival, so get your pitches in.
And check out the wide array of Hacks/Hackers-type events all over the world at the bottom of this newsletter.
Happening this week:
- Austin is meshing art with data
- Abuja, Benin and Lagos have their monthly meetup
- London is talking about entrepreneurial journalism
Worth a read:
- NiemanReports talked to newsroom leaders around the globe to compile a guide on how to build and work with interdisciplinary teams in news (NiemanReports)
- Google Design published a list of six principles that guide them when creating data visualizations, along with a full list of their guidelines (Medium)
- Jay Alammar, a blogger who specializes in visualizing machine learning concepts, wrote a visual introduction to data representation and the Python library NumPy (Jay Alammar)
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | 19-21 | Toronto | Canada | International Conference on Social Media & Society |
| August | 6-10 | Accra | Ghana | PyCon Africa |
| September | 12-14 | New Orleans | US | Online News Association Conference |
| September | 26-27 | Copenhagen | Denmark | News Impact Academy: Newsroom Leadership |
| September | 26-29 | Hamburg | Germany | Global Investigative Journalism Conference |
| October | 4 | Cambridge | US | Workshop on Disinformation at Harvard |
| October | 4-5 | London | UK | Conference for Truth and Trust Online |
| October | 7 | Birmingham | UK | News Impact Summit: A New Era for Climate Change Reporting |
| October | 21-22 | Bucharest | Romania | News Impact Academy: What Analytics Matter in 2019 |
| October | 21-27 | London | UK | MozFest |
| October | 23-25 | Munich | Germany | Medientage Munchen |
| October | 28-30 | Johannesburg | South Africa | African Investigative Journalism Conference |
| November | 15 | Lyon | France | News Impact Summit: Covering Politics in the Misinformation Age |
| December | 6 | Munich | Germany | News Impact Summit: Identity and Inclusion in Local News |
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Anywhere | Muck Rack | SSoftware Engineer |
| Anywhere | Splice | Media Editor |
| US | 18F | Content Strategist |
| US | ABC | Data Journalism Lead |
| US | Bethesda Magazine | Web Producer |
| US | Broadsheet | Design Lead |
| US | CUNY Graduate School | Editorial Projects Director |
| US | Denver Post | Digital Strategist |
| US | OpenNews | Director of Programs |
| US | Nieman Foundation | Engagement Editor |
| US | NYT Opinion | Graphics Editor |
| US | Seattle Times | News Apps Dev |
| US | Simons Foundation | Data Reporter |
| US | Urban Institute | Data Viz Developer |
Other opportunities:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| July 15 | Digital Integrity Fellowship Program |
| July 15 | Nominate work for the Free Press Awards |
| July 21 | LEDE Fellowship |
| July 22 | Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge |
| July 30 | Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship |
| August 1 | Nominate work for the AAAS Science Journalism Awards |
| August 31 | Grant for UAV drone data innovations |
| September 8 | Brazilian Data Journalism Award |
| September 23 | FIJ grant to cover US-focused watchdog stories |
| September 27 | Apply to be a Knight Visiting Nieman Fellow |
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Netwhttps://sjawards.aaas.org/ork Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| Rolling | Contest fees for submitting solutions stories |
