More conferences move online
If you haven't heard, SRCCON is moving online. So are the joint NABJxNAHJ conference and the Collaborative Journalism Summit happening next month.
Luckily, that might mean you can attend conferences you've never attended before. Use the Upcoming Events list in this newsletter to keep track of updated journalism events.
Updated events:
- SRCCON is moving online
The week ahead:
- Brisbane is talking COVID-19 data viz (online)
Worth a read:
- The Knight Center is partnering with WHO and UNESCO to offer a free online course this May called "Journalism in a pandemic: Covering COVID-19 now and in the future" (Knight Center)
- Amazon Web Services created a data lake of up-to-date COVID-19 datasets and made them accessible thru its data catalog for both AWS and third-party tools (Amazon)
- News orgs around the world are becoming more transparent about uncertainty when reporting the latest updates on COVID-19 knowing that information can change as more is learned about the virus and its effects (Nieman Lab)
Job openings:
- Anywhere - Coda Story, Bruno Fellowship
- Anywhere - The Engine Room, Sub-Saharan Regional Manager
- Anywhere - Wiki Education, Software Developer
- UK - inews, Audience Engagement Editor
- US - CalMatters, Analytics Manager
- US - CalMatters, Engagement Editor
- US - CalMatters, Product Manager
- US - New York Times, Developer
- US - New York Times, Games Developer
- US - New York Times, Editor, 3D & Immersive
- US - UCLA, COVID-19 Research Fellowship
Upcoming events:
- May 14-15, Online, Collaborative Journalism Summit
- June 2-4, Online, Data + Narrative Workshop
- June 24-27, Online, Global Fact 7
- June 25-28, Online, Allied Media Conference
- July 4, Düsseldorf, Germany, JournoCon
- July 8-12, Washington DC, US, NABJxNAHJ Convention
- July 16-17, Online, SRCCON
- July 19-Aug 1, Washington DC, US, AAJA Conference
- Aug 27-30, National Harbor, US, IRE Conference
- Sep 10-12, Washington DC, US, Excellence in Journalism Conference
- Sep 10-13, Chicago, US, The Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGA)
- Sep 13-16, Phoenix, US, National Native Media Conference
- Sep 21-25, Geneva, Switzerland, AI for Good Summit
- Sep 30-Oct 3, Atlanta, US, Online News Association Conference
- Nov 5-8, Mechelen, Belgium, EIJC & Dataharvest
- Dec 4-6, Austin, US, Journalism & Women Symposium
Other opportunities:
- April 29, CGTN global call for COVID-19 pitches
- April 30, Africa-China reporting grant for COVID-19 coverage
- June 15, Data journalism award on Amazon Forest coverage
- Rolling deadline, National Geographic grants to cover COVID-19
- Rolling deadline, FIJ grant for Americans to cover COVID-19
- Rolling deadline, Women journalists can apply for relief grant from COVID-19 struggles
- Rolling deadline, ECFJ grants for stories on elections, AI, disinformation, etc.
- Rolling deadline, Solutions Journalism Network travel fellowship
- Rolling deadline, Ukraine Media Development Fund
- Rolling deadline, Contest fees for submitting solutions stories
