SRCCON goes online this week
Greetings, hacks and hackers! SRCCON is going online for the first time ever later this week.
You can apply for an invite online or follow along at #SRCCON.
Worth a read:
- Some of the most shared COVID-19-related misinformation across Europe include cures/remedies and 5G conspiracy theories. Read about this study and other recent fake news news (Nieman Lab)
- Objectivity, or remaining neutral, is often heralded as a principle of journalism, but it can often shut out minority voices and experiences in journalism (The Objective)
- An economics professor collected traffic data from cities across the U.S. since stay-at-home orders were issued. He visualized the drop in vehicle collisions with Tableau and wrote a walk through on how to replicate it (Tomas Dvorak)
Job openings:
- Anywhere - Freelance Editor, ProPublica
- Anywhere - Director of Research, The Plug
- Africa - Digital News Editor, The Citizen
- Africa - Online Analyst/Content Producer, All4Women
- China - [Mobile App Developer](https://www.cpjobs.com/hk/job/mobile-app-developer-(android-ios--3548596), Oriental Press Group
- China - [Social Media Officer](https://www.cpjobs.com/hk/job/social-media-officer-assistant-manager-(5-days--3490833), Talent Nexus
- UK - Data Researcher, Business of Apps
- US - Digital Content Director, Draper Media
- US - Part-time Research Reporter, ProPublica
- US - Journalism Lecturer, UC Berkeley
Upcoming events:
- 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 10-13, Chicago, US, Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGA)
- Sep 23-27, Online, Environmental Journalism Conference
- Sep - Nov, Online, EIJC & Dataharvest
- October, Online, African Investigative Journalism Conference
- Oct 1-16, Online, Online News Association Conference
- Dec 4-6, Austin, US, Journalism & Women Symposium
Other opportunities:
- July 15, ADAMI Media Prize for Cultural Diversity in Eastern Europe
- July 22, Submit a fact check to win an African Fact-Checking Award
- July 31, European journalists under 30 can apply to attend a workshop
- August 1, Apply for Fetisov Journalism Awards
- August 11, Training from RFE/RL for Eastern/SE European journalists
- August 12, Apply for the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge
- Rolling deadline, Apply for funds for a solutions journalism freelancer
- Rolling deadline, Funding to cover Covid in 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