Scotland joins the H/H clan
Welcome, Scotland, to the Hacks/Hackers family! The H/H Scotland chapter will be holding events in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Stirling, and their inaugural event is next Thursday. Link your Scottish friends to their Meetup page and Twitter account.
Next Wednesday, join us on our monthly open call. We'll be talking about CredCon, MisinfoCon London, and other exciting events.
Worth a read:
- The Outline, a digital media startup, laid off its staff writers earlier this month despite receiving $5 million in venture capital funding. CJR looks at what this means for other VC-funded media startups (Columbia Journalism Review)
- On the topic of startups, Civil is trying to use blockchain to build a new economic infrastructure for journalism. Quartz’s John Keefe documents the convoluted process of purchasing Civil tokens (NiemanLab)
- The #MeToo movement sparked a wave of citizen journalism from people contributing their stories of sexual assault on social media, leading to investigations of prominent Chinese leaders (GIJN)
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October | 2-3 | Washington D.C. | US | StratCom |
| October | 5-7 | Seoul | Korea | Uncovering Asia Conference |
| October | 12 | Boston | US | AI, Media & the Threat to Democracy |
| October | 12 | Washington D.C. | US | Mind to Mind Symposium |
| October | 15-17 | Yerevan | Armenia | Drone journalism school |
| October | 22-24 | Copenhagen | Denmark | International Anti-Corruption Conference |
| October | 22-28 | London | UK | Mozilla Festival (MozFest) |
| October | 25 | London | UK | MisInfoCon London |
| October | 25 | London | UK | OpenNews Unconference on Journalism Tech |
| October | 26-27 | West Virginia | US | Missing Voices: Diversifying the News |
| November | 1-2 | Antalya | Turkey | Fact-Checking Summit |
| November | 16-18 | Philadelphia | US | News Foundry inaugural event |
| November | 16-18 | Austin | US | CredCon |
| December | 8-9 | Glasgow | Scotland | Creating the Media Scotland Deserves |
| December | 13-14 | Philadelphia | US | SRCCON: POWER |
| February | 1-2 | Miami | US | Computation + Journalism Symposium |
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | Vancouver Sun | Digital Journalist |
| US | Barron’s | Data Visualization Editor |
| US | Drake University | Faculty, Digital Media Production |
| US | Newsday | Editorial Data Analyst |
| US | The New York Times | Interactive News Intern |
| US | The Philadelphia Inquirer | Senior News Developer |
| US | San Francisco State University | Assistant Professor - Multimedia Journalism |
| US | Southern Poverty Law Center | Senior Data Reporter |
| US | University of Miami | Assistant Professor in Emerging Media and Digital Journalism |
| US | The Wall Street Journal | Junior Data Scientist |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| Rolling | Contest fees for submitting solutions stories |
| October | AI Initiative challenge on news and information quality |
| October | Local News Business Model Challenge |
| December | Journalism scholarships for software developers |
| January | Entrepreneurial Journalism cohort |
