New events in November
Welcome to the latest newsletter, hacks and hackers. We've got some new events coming up in November, so start planning ahead.
Last week, Rio de Janeiro hosted a speaker from Stanford, and shared some pics of the event:
The week ahead:
- Brisbane is discussing accountabiity in the digital age
- IRE is holding its regular open lab
- London is holding its July meetup
- Philadelphia is [welcoming](Hacks/Hackers Philly: Welcome AAJA Convention!) the Asian American Journalists Association
Worth a read:
- The Reuters Institute found that people often get their news from social media, but often don't know what news source it actually came from (Niemanab)
- The Knight Center published a guide to starting a journalism podcast (Knight Center)
- The Global Investigative Journalism Network published some tips on creating a data journalism team (GIJN)
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | Globe Media Asia | Online editor |
| France | Reporters Without Borders | Deputy director-general |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong Television Network | Interactive graphic designer |
| India | BloombergQuint | Social media producer |
| UK | The Sun | Snapchat production editor |
| UK | The Week | Production editor |
| US | CQ Roll Call | Data journalist |
| US | Eviction Lab | Data journalist |
| US | Baltimore Sun | Product engineer |
| US | Reveal | Reporter-producer |
| US | OpenSecrets | Reporter |
| US | IRE | Training director |
| US | Marketplace | Executive director of digital |
| US | Chalkbeat | Digital producer |
| US | CivicStory | Civic engagement editor |
| US | Center for Public Integrity | Data editor |
| US | Texas Tribune | Designer and developer |
| US | NPR | Scrum master |
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August | 17-19 | Denver | USA | WordCamp for Publishers, a Wordpress event |
| August | 31-1 | Grahamstown | South Africa | Highway Africa conference on media, accountability and local governance |
| September | 11-15 | Sao Paolo | Brazil | Social Media Week |
| September | 13-15 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires Media Party |
| September | 14-16 | Miami | USA | Digital Humanities + Data Journalism Symposium |
| September | 25-29 | Porto Alegre | Brazil | SET Universitário communications conference |
| October | 4-5 | New York | USA | Future of Storytelling Summit |
| October | 13-14 | Evanston | USA | Computer + Journalism Symposium |
| November | 5-8 | Chicago | USA | Science of Innovation Summit for Journalists |
| November | 11-13 | Berlin | Germany | OpenCon for open access to education |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Name | Organization | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling | MisinfoCon micro-grant | MisinfoCon | Small grants for experimental projects that fight misinformation |
| Rolling | Freelance Fund | Solutions Journalism Network | Small travel stipends for reporters working on "solutions journalism" |
| July | Travel fellowships | Tony Elumelu Foundation | Travel stipends for journalism entrepreneurs to attend the TEF Entrepreneurship Forum in Lagos |
| September | INN Days reimbursement | INN | Travel stipends for INN member newsrooms traveling to INN Days in Phoenix |
| September | Tech in Media 2017 | Russian Venture Company | Cash prizes for innovative journalism in Russia |
| September | Visiting fellowships | Nieman Foundation | Fellowhips lasting up to six weeks to research a project designed to advance journalism |
| October | Golden Stylus | Association of Innovative Regions of Russia | Cash prizes for innovative journalism projects that had an impact on society |
