More content on the new website
Beware the ides of March, hacks and hackers! (Whatever that means.) In case you missed it, we launched a new website last week:
This week we're adding and updating content, like a comprehensive list of groups and blog posts on the site's development and layout.
If you organize a local group, be sure to let us know if you want to have your own page or make any updates.
The week ahead:
Group spotlight:
Probably the biggest event in the Hacks/Hackers world this week was the Awesomest Journalism Party Ever, which sees hundreds of people partying like journalists at SXSW. Our website cohorts, Alley Interactive, were there with swag:
The enormous party can be overwhelming, so Austin organizer Cindy Royal did her part to encourage locals to come.
"Every year, we're happy to attend the Awesomest Journalism Party, so Austin Hacks/Hackers can meet with so many people doing great work around the globe. And we hope everyone had a fun and enlightening SXSW!"
Worth a read:
- GIJN wrote a roundup of attempts to combat fake news - and misinformation from government officials, which the article notes is nothing new - around the world (GIJN)
- Journalism podcasts are beginning to blossom in Latin America, making traditional radio outlets race to catch up (Knight Center)
- In Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation explored the possibilities of delivering audio news via Facebook Messenger (ABC)
Job openings:
- India:
- BBC is hiring a senior digital journalist in Delhi
- North America:
- The Solutions Journalism Network is seeking a community engagement manager
- Newsday has an opening for a news editor
- New York Post is hiring a digital business reporter
- Vox is looking for a news design intern
- The Outline, a new platform for news, has an opening for a front-end developer
- Philadelphia Inquirer is seeking a web developer
- WSJ has an opening on its audience team
- Atlantic Media is hiring a Python developer
- Freedom of the Press Foundation is seeking a reporter
- The AP is hiring a data viz developer
- Europe:
- BBC is hiring a trainee software engineer
- The Guardian is looking for an interactive developer
- BBC Brasil is hiring multimedia journalists in London
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 19-21 | Berlin | Germany | Digital Innovators Summit DIS 2017 |
| March | 23 | Miami | USA | Journalists & Editors workshop on Mobile Media Culture in the Americas |
| March | 29-31 | Brussels | Belgium | RightsCon for a freer Internet |
| March | 31 | Madison | USA | Center for Journalism Ethics conference |
| March | 31 | Boston | USA | Conversations: Creating new frameworks for public discourse |
| March | 31-1 | Tonsberg | Norway | SKUP conference for investigative reporters and editors in Norway |
| April | 5-9 | Perugia | Italy | International Journalism Festival |
| April | 15-16 | Austin | USA | ISOJ, the International Symposium on Online Journalism |
| April | 24-25 | Boston | USA | OpenVis Conf |
| May | 1-4 | Jakarta | Indonesia | UNESCO's conference for World Press Freedom Day |
| May | 4-6 | Galway | Ireland | MoJoCon, the Mobile Journalism Conference |
| May | 15-20 | San Salvador | El Salvador | Forum for Central American Journalism |
| May | 18-20 | Hamburg | Germany | International Press Institute World Congress on media freedom in the digital age |
| May | 18-21 | Mechelen | Belgium | Dataharvest, the European Investigative Journalism Conference |
| June | 7-9 | Durban | South Africa | World News Media Congress |
| June | 15-18 | Detroit | USA | Allied Media Conference |
| June | 19-21 | Bonn | Germany | Global Media Forum on identity and diversity |
| June | 20-23 | Portland | USA | Open Source Bridge |
| June | 21-22 | Phoenix | USA | INN Days, business training for nonprofit newsrooms |
| June | 21-23 | Vienna | Austria | Global Editors Network summit |
| June | 22-25 | Phoenix | USA | Investigative Reporters & Editors IRE Conference |
