New grants to cover the coronavirus and credibility solutions
Hello, hacks and hackers. The coronavirus has obviously taken over most coverage in many countries around the world today. The Pulitzer Center and the Lenfest Institute are offering short-term grants to help news orgs cover this issue. Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis.
MisinfoCon and organizers of a Wikipedia event also announced grant funding for projects that help Wikipedia convey credibility. Applications will be accepted through April 6th.
The week ahead:
- Abuja is discussing news design in a virtual meetup
Updated events:
- JamFest is canceled
- EIJC/Dataharvest is postponed to November
- Canadian Associations of Journalists Conference is canceled
- NewsQ Hackathon is postponed; new dates have not been announced
- RightsCon is canceled
- IRE Conference is postponed to August
Worth a read:
- GIJN’s Top 10 in Data Journalism this week highlights several different ways news orgs have visually covered topics related to COVID-19 (GIJN)
- Twitter is banning tweets that spread misinformation about COVID-19, such as tweets that spread false health claims or cause widespread panic (Huffington Post)
- The Washington Post’s most-read online story of all time is a graphics-centric explainer piece on how COVID-19 spreads, proving how impactful data visualization in news is (Poynter)
Job openings:
- Anywhere: Meedan, Research Fellow
- UK: Daily Mirror & Daily Star, Social Media Editor
- US: 5280, Engagement Editor
- US: East Carolina University, Journalism Instructor
- US: KQED, Engagement Editor
- US: Vice, Data Designer / Visual Journalist
Upcoming events:
- April 23-26, Online, Online, International Symposium on Online Journalism
- May 14-15, Online, Online, Collaborative Journalism Summit
- June 2-4, Online, Online, Data + Narrative Workshop
- June 2-5, Seoul, South Korea, International Anti-Corruption Conference
- June 24-27, Oslo, Norway, Global Fact 7
- July 4, Düsseldorf, Germany, JournoCon
- July 6-7, Bonn, Germany, DW Global Media Forum
- August 27-30, National Harbor, US, IRE Conference
- September 23-25, Geneva, Switzerland, AI for Good Summit
- November 5-8, Mechelen, Belgium, EIJC & Dataharvest
- TBA, TBA, Boston, US, Computation + Journalism Symposium
- TBA, TBA, DC, US, SND Conference
- TBA, TBA, Atlanta, US, NewsQ Hackathon
Other opportunities:
- March 30, Google News Initiative fellowship for Europeans
- April 3-5, Information Ethics Roundtable in Boston
- June 15, Data journalism award on Amazon Forest coverage
- Rolling deadline, ECFJ grants for stories on elections, AI, disinformation, etc.
- Rolling deadline, Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund
- Rolling deadline, Ukraine Media Development Fund
- Rolling deadline, Contest fees for submitting solutions stories
