Applications are open for the second phase of Poynter’s Global Fact Check Fund! The program provides funding of up to $50,000 each to fact-checking organizations to enhance their institutional capacity, competitiveness and sustainability in local and regional fact-checking efforts.

The fund aims to support about 135 organizations in 65 countries over three years, with $1 million allotted for this phase. Applications are open from August 1 through September 7.

Worth a read:

• A new proposed law in the US, called The Community News and Small Business Support Act, is proposing two types of tax credits for five years. It aims to address the decline of local news by strengthening both local outlets and small businesses.
• Nightingale spoke with members of Axios’ twenty-person data visualization team to learn more about how they approach their work with the Axios mission of “smart brevity” in mind.
• The Media Hack Collective (MHC), a training organization that’s helped over 200 journalists across Africa, is offering a free six-week data reporting course. The organization also publishes The Outlier, which is South Africa’s first data-driven publication.

Jobs:

• Anywhere - The Pulitzer Center, Data Specialist, Environmental Investigations
• UK - The Guardian, Interactive Journalist
• UK - The Guardian, Visual Projects Editor
• UK - The Guardian, Visual Story Designer
• US - The Baltimore Banner, Technical Lead
• US - Newsweek, Enterprise Editor
• US - ProPublica, Social Video Producer

Upcoming events:

• Aug 11-13, Las Vegas, US, Misinformation Village at DefCon
• Aug 23-26, Philadelphia, US, Online News Association Conference
• Sep 19-22, Gothenburg, Sweden, Global Investigative Journalism Conference
• Sep 27-28, Online, Global Summit on Disinformation
• Oct 5-7, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires Media Party
• Oct 17-18, Minneapolis, US, SRC CON
• Nov 3-4, Columbia, MO, US, RJI Symposium
• Nov 20-22, Johannesburg, South Africa, African Investigative Journalism Conference