Spreadsheet stories, e-sports and more
Greetings, hacks and hackers! Do you want to find a story in a spreadsheet, launch a media empire, or become an e-sports athlete? Well, Hacks/Hackers is the group for you.
Learn all of those skills and more this week, at H/H gatherings around the world:
Happening this week:
- Brisbane is tracking sources down with online tools
- Rio is talking e-sports
- Miami and IRE are holding their regular open labs
- Johannesburg is discussing media entrepreneurship
- Nairobi is digging data stories from spreadsheets
Worth a read:
- Mainstream media outlets should try to partner with ethnic media without marginalizing them, the American Press Institute found in the conclusion of its 4-part series (API)
- A pair of journalists spent a year trying to distill journalism innovation into a few concise goals (NiemanLab)
- German footballers, Google searches and gender bias all made GIJN's Data Journalism Top 10 this week (GIJN)
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July | 24-25 | New York | US | Journalism 360 Unconference |
| August | 6-8 | DC | US | MisinfoCon DC |
| August | 22-24 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | HHBA Media Party |
| September | 6-7 | Auckland | New Zealand | Journalism, Media and Democracy Conference |
| September | 13-15 | Austin | US | ONA Conference |
| September | 21-22 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | International Open Data Conference |
| September | 24-26 | Key Biscayne | US | DigiDay Publishing Summit |
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Central Asia | ForSet | Data communication fellow |
| Germany | Leipzig University | Data journalism professor |
| India | Times Internet | Digital content producers |
| Russia | GQ | Video editor |
| US | KQED | Interactive producer |
| US | Pacific Standard | Product manager |
| US | NPR | News apps editor |
| US | NPR | News apps developer |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | MisinfoCon micro-grants |
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| July | Open Society Fellowships |
| August | African Fact-Checking Awards |
