New jobs in US, UK, East Africa, remote
Good news, hacks and hackers! The jobs outlook is looking up - this week we have more openings than usual in the UK and remote.
Plus, a reminder: if you are a Hacks/Hackers organizer who would like to hold remote events, please get in touch to use our paid Zoom account.
Worth a read:
- This Thursday, GIJN will be hosting a free one-hour webinar in both French and English on tracking African government budgets during the pandemic.
- The Guardian looked at countries with over 25,000 COVID-19 cases and categorized how each responded to the pandemic and how that affected the case rate over time.
- This blogpost walkthrough shows how you can scrape and analyze public court records to watchdog your own police department and get a glimpse at how they’re employing predictive policing.
Job openings:
- Anywhere - Misinformation Editor, Repustar
- Anywhere - Data Graphics Intern, NBC News
- Africa - East Africa Reporter, Africa Intelligence
- UK - Multimedia Reporter, Basingstoke Gazette
- UK - Features Writer/Data Journalist, Inframation/SparkSpread
- UK - SEO Editor, Newsweek
- UK - Digital Audience & Content Editor, The Argus
- US - Director of Development, Investigative Reporting Workshop
- US - Data Editor, The Marshall Project
- US - Production Manager, Reveal
- US - Project Lead, SpotlightPA
- US - Web Developer, University of Pennsylvania
- US - Head of Storytelling, Wall Street Journal
- US - Graphics Team, Washington Post
Upcoming events:
- June 25-28, Online, Allied Media Conference
- July 16-17, Online, SRCCON
- July 20-24, Online, ISOJ
- Aug 5-9, Online, NABJxNAHJ Convention
- Aug 9-15, Online, AAJA Conference
- Aug 27-30, Online, IRE Conference
- Sep 10-12, Washington DC, US, Excellence in Journalism Conference
- Sep 10-13, Chicago, US, The Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGA)
- Sep 23-27, Online, Environmental Journalism Conference
- Sep - Nov, Online, EIJC & Dataharvest
- Oct 1-16, Online, Online News Association Conference
- Dec 4-6, Austin, US, Journalism & Women Symposium
Other opportunities:
- June 30, Grant to produce public interest journalism in Europe
- July 3, Apply for the Crisis Coverage Awards: COVID-19 Edition
- July 15, ADAMI Media Prize for Cultural Diversity in Eastern Europe
- July 22, Submit a fact check to win an African Fact-Checking Award
- August 1, Apply for Fetisov Journalism Awards
- Rolling deadline, Funding to cover Covidin Black Sea countries
- Rolling deadline, National Geographic grants to cover COVID-19
- Rolling deadline, FIJ grant for Americans to cover COVID-19
- Rolling deadline, IWMF relief grant for COVID-19 struggles
- Rolling deadline, ECFJ grants for stories on elections, AI, disinformation
- Rolling deadline, Ukraine Media Development Fund
- Rolling deadline, Fund for Environmental Journalism Rapid Response
