MisinfoCon webinar on police misinformation
Hello, hacks and hackers! Our partners at Misinfocon have organized a panel on how to report on crime without giving in to mis- and disinformation. Register for the webinar on Monday:
The week ahead:
- Uganda is incorporating data in timely news stories
- London sharing ideas data design and revenue streams
Worth a read:
- Towards Data Science rounded up and compared nine of the top data visualization libraries in Python and R
- The Knight Foundation studied the media habits of voters and non-voters in America, finding that non-voters who read partisan-leaning news will be more likely to vote
- The Encode conference team wrote about the future of in-person data viz gatherings and ideas for how to digitally create and share conference-esque content
Job postings:
- Anywhere - CalMatters, Product Designer
- Anywhere - DataMade, Developer
- Anywhere - Global Witness, Interactive Developer
- Anywhere - OCCRP, Head of Design
- Anywhere - Saga Magazine, Digital Designer
- Anywhere - World Resources Institute, Data Journalist
- Afghanistan - Internews, Humanitarian Data Reporting Analyst
- Africa - Code for Africa, Investigative Analyst
- Colombia - Internews, Humanitarian Data Reporting Analyst
- Lebanon - Internews, Humanitarian Data Reporting Analyst
- Mali - Internews, Humanitarian Data Reporting Analyst
- Singapore - Dow Jones, Research Editor
- South Africa - The Citizen, Digital News Editor
- Sudan - Internews, Humanitarian Data Reporting Analyst
- US - Boston Globe, Investigative Journalism Fellowship
- US - Pensions & Investments, Data Editor
- US - University of Virginia, Research Specialist
Upcoming events:
- Sep 16-18, Online, Hacks/Hackers Media Party 2020
- Sep 21-25, Online, IRE Conference
- Sep 23-27, Online, Environmental Journalism Conference
- Sep - Nov, Online, EIJC & Dataharvest
- Oct, Online, African Investigative Journalism Conference
- Oct 16-17, Online, Truth and Trust Online Conference
- Oct 23-25, Online, Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGA)
- Oct 1-11, Online, Online News Association Conference
- Dec 4-6, Online, Journalism & Women Symposium
Other opportunities:
- September 28, Apply for funding to write data journalism stories
- Rolling deadline, Apply for funds for a solutions journalism freelancer
- Rolling deadline, Funding to cover Covid in Black Sea countries
- 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
- Rolling deadline, Ukraine Media Development Fund
- Rolling deadline, Fund for Environmental Journalism Rapid Response
