More opportunities for local reporters
Hello, hacks and hackers! The Washington Post is looking for reporters to contribute to a special issue surfacing local news in the US.
If you missed it last week, the Solutions Journalism Network is also offering funding for local reporting in news deserts.
Worth a read:
- YouTube announced a plan to invest $7 million in journalism with two year-long initiatives that help individual journalists and newsrooms create news on the platform.
- As we know already, perceptions of data visualizations can influence public opinion. Data blog The Nightingale quantified it using a dataset of academic performance at schools in New York City.
- Visually explaining how AI algorithms make their decisions could help audiences better understand AI and build more trust in programs that employ it.
Job postings:
- Anywhere - Multiple engineering/design roles, Matter
- Anywhere - Business Analyst, Newspack
- Anywhere - Sr. Backend Software Engineer, Newspack
- Anywhere - Three-Month Full Stack Developer, NYT
- Anywhere - Editor in Chief, openDemocracy
- Asia/Africa/ME - Enterprise Reporter, The Fuller Project
- China - Multiple data roles, South China Morning Post
- Europe - Digital Editor, Adweek
- Myanmar - Video Journalist, AP
- South Africa - Intern, Africa-China Reporting Project
- UK - Video Archive Researcher, AP
- UK - Data Investigations Advisor, Global Witness
- US - Sr. Full Stack Web Developer, AP
- US - Journalism Professor, UC Berkeley
- US - UX Designer, Chemical & Engineering News
- US - Editorial Art Designer, Grist
- US - Data Reporter, Hearst Connecticut
- US - Senior Data Science Director, NBCUniversal
- US - Sr. Editor Audience Engagement, Star Tribune
- US - Data Reporter, South Florida Business Journal
- US - Fall Engineering Fellowship, Texas Tribune
- US - Engineering Manager, Washington Post
- US - SEO Editor, WSJ
- US - Assistant editor, Nieman Reports
Upcoming events:
- May 18-21, France, Assises Internationales du Journalisme de Tours
- June 7-11, Online, RightsCon
- June 14-15, Germany, Global Media Forum
- June 14-18, Online, Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference
- August 11-13, Online, SRCCON
- August 26-28, Ukraine, Lviv Media Forum
- November 3-5, Online, GIJN Conference
Other opportunities:
- May 10, FIJ grant for Americans to cover COVID-19
- May 21, Consumer Reports Digital Lab fellowship
- May 21, Pitch freelance stories in US news deserts to Washington Post
- Rolling deadline, Pitch freelance stories in US news deserts to Parachute
- Rolling deadline, Funding from Google to fact-check vaccine misinformation
- Rolling deadline, Funding to cover Covid in Black Sea countries
- Rolling deadline, IWMF relief grant for COVID-19 struggles
- Rolling deadline, Eyebeam grants for artistic contributions to journalism
