New jobs and events in the Hacks/Hackers space

Greetings, hacks and hackers! The website is still powering full steam ahead, as are some exciting new tools from the team at MisinfoCon. Check out this new blog post by Christa Field, the head designer on the website team at Alley.

Worth a read:

• Germany is taking a broad approach to the fake news problem: the legislature may soon pass a law to make it illegal (WaPo)
• The AP, which has been on the forefront of news automation, released a report detailing best practices (NiemanLab)
• Recode posits that journalists should move backward, from social media to email, as a way to avoid being "beholden to social networks" (Recode)

Job openings:

• Europe:
• Times of London has an opening for a data journalist
• Buzzfeed is taking applications for a software engineer intern
• North America:
• CQ Roll Call is hiring a graphics editor and
• Sunlight Foundation is looking for a Storyteller for its Open Cities project
• Ball State University is seeking a professor of Emerging Media Design & Development
• Toronto Star has an opening for a digital product developer
• Reveal is looking for a front-end developer
• Boston Globe has an open position for a newsroom developer
• Axios is hiring a systems architect and technical product manager
• Better Government Association is looking for a graphic designer
• U.S. News is looking for a full-stack developer
• Gannett is seeking a design technologist
• Scripps has an opening for a CAR producer
• Anywhere:
• The Coral Project is looking for a node JS developer

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