Status of world press freedom
Reporters Without Borders published its 20th annual World Press Freedom Index, which assesses the state of journalism around the world.
The number of countries with “good” press freedom rankings dropped from 12 to eight this year.
Worth a read:
- The Lenfest Institute published its 2021 Impact Report, which outlines the work it’s done over the past year to strengthen local news in Philadelphia and around the US.
- According to the ICFJ, 73% of women journalists have experienced online attacks or threats, so the International Women’s Media Foundation launched the Online Violence Response Hub to offer resources and assistance for newsrooms and journalists.
- Poynter looked at how the competing interests of the business side of journalism interfere with the editorial side, and how it’s possible for free public service journalism to coexist with paywalls in newsrooms.
Job postings:
- Anywhere - CCIJ, Africa Editor
- Anywhere - MuckRock, Data Reporter
- Anywhere - MuckRock, Front-End Developer
- Anywhere - Visual.ly, Freelance Data Journalist
- UK - Dow Jones, Summer Technology Development Intern
- US - The Advocate/Times-Picayune, Lead Engineer
- US - CBS, Investigative Data Journalist
- US - The Information, Visual Journalist
- US - Philadelphia Business Journal, Data Reporter
- US - ProPublica, Multiple roles
- US - Report for America, Data & Information Manager
- US - NPR, Disinformation Data Journalist
- US - Texas Tribune, Data Visuals Designer/Developer
Upcoming events:
- April 13-May 18, Online, AP Local News AI Readiness Workshops
- May 19-20, Chicago, US, Collaborative Journalism Summit
- May 19-22, Mechelen, Belgium, Dataharvest
- June 6-10, Online, RightsCon
- June 13, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, MisinfoCon Brasil
- June 20-21, Bonn, Germany, DW Global Media Forum
- June 22-24, Minneapolis, US, SRCCON
- June 22-25, Oslo, Norway, Global Fact Conference
- June 23-26, Denver, US, IRE
- June 27-30, Honolulu, US, EWC International Media Conference
- June 27-July 1, Medellín, Colombia, World Conference of Science Journalists
- July 8-13, Shanghai, China, World Journalism Education Congress
- July 15-17, Couthures-sur-Garonne, France, Festival International de Journalisme
- August 25-27, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hacks/Hackers Media Party
