ProPublica launches training program for investigative editors
ProPublica is launching a new, yearlong Investigative Editor Training Program for up to ten journalists from around the U.S.
The program will kick off with a five-day bootcamp in their New York office in June, then continue with remote Zoom sessions throughout the year. Applications open on February 1.
Worth a read:
- Data Haiti is a new upcoming project from The Derisk Venture Studio, in collaboration with Datawheel, to collect and visualize public data relevant to Haiti, inspired by Data USA.
- The Data Visualization Society launched the second edition of its Nightingale Magazine. This edition focuses on inspiration, and includes articles, a kids activity poster and a supplement on how different media teams dealt with COVID-19 visualizations.
- The Shorenstein Center held a one-hour webinar with journalists and researchers on incorporating academic research into reporting, and GIJN condensed some of the tips from the talk into an article.
Jobs:
- Anywhere - MuckRock, Engagement Journalist
- Anywhere - MuckRock, Front-End Developer
- Anywhere - OCCRP, Full-Stack Django Developer
- Anywhere - Our World in Data, Data Scientist
- UK - BBC, Senior Data Journalist
- US - CalMatters, Audience Engagement Editor
- US - CUNY Journalism School, Educational Program Coordinator
- US - Flatwater Free Press, Investigative Reporter
- US - ICIJ, Digital Producer/Editor
Upcoming events:
- March 2-5, Nashville, US, NICAR
- April 14-15, Online & Austin, US, International Symposium on Online Journalism
- April 19-23, Perugia, Italy, International Journalism Festival
- September 19-22, Gothenburg, Sweden, Global Investigative Journalism Conference
