New events around the globe
Happy Sunday, hacks and hackers! There are new events in the global event listing below, coming up in April, May or June. Discuss European digital media in Copenhagen, study security in Toronto or learn to monetize your content in New York.
The week ahead:
- Nairobi is learning about security tools
- Miami and IRE are holding their regular open labs
- Boston is discussing solutions journalism
Worth a read:
- The Lenfest Institute covers newsletters as a source of revenue and readers in the latest installment of its Solution Set (Lenfest)
- Twitter recently made the news for finally turning a profit, but in the UK, its ad revenue is already being eclipsed by Snapchat (Guardian)
- Soon enough, AI will be no stranger to the reporting world, and outlets like Al Jazeera and the BBC are preparing for the ethical decisions that will come with it (NiemanLab)
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Anywhere | Axios | Front-end engineer |
| Australia | BuzzFeed | Social media editor |
| India | Conde Nast | Digital video editor |
| India | Indian Institute of Journalism & New Media | Multimedia faculty |
| UK | Bloomberg | European tech reporter |
| US | BuzzFeed | Technology reporter |
| US | First Look Media | Backend engineer |
| US | Washington Post | Metro data editor |
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 30-1 | Boston | US | Journalism unConference |
| April | 10-11 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Digital Media Europe conference |
| April | 10-13 | Kobe | Japan | Pacific Visualization Symposium |
| April | 11-15 | Perugia | Italy | International Journalism Conference |
| April | 13-14 | Austin | US | ISOJ International Symposium on Online Journalism |
| April | 19-22 | Montreal | Canada | The International Conference on Narrative |
| April | 21 | Montreal | Canada | Data Visualization on Mobile Devices workshop |
| April | 24-25 | Philadelphia | US | Lenfest Learning Seminar unconference |
| May | 3-4 | Accra | Ghana | UNESCO World Press Freedom Day |
| May | 10-11 | Montclair | US | Collaborative Journalism Summit |
| May | 16-18 | Toronto | Canada | RightsCon journalism security conference |
| May | 24-27 | Mechelen | Belgium | Dataharvest European investigative journalism symposium |
| May | 30-1 | Oakland | US | Code for America summit |
| June | 4-5 | New York | US | Ops conference on digital media revenue |
| June | 14-17 | Orlando | US | Investigative Reporters and Editors conference |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | MisinfoCon micro-grants |
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| March | MENA prize for media entrepreneurship |
| March | #Disrupt Journalism Education fellowship |
| March | Funding for anti-misinformation tools in Brazil |
| April | Open Society Initiative for West Africa grants |
| April | Matter Cohort for media entrepreneurs |
