Submit ideas for the Computation + Journalism Symposium
Hello, hacks and hackers! The call for participation just opened up for the 2020 Computation + Journalism Symposium, which is taking place this coming March in Boston.
And U.S. journalists and news orgs can apply to have a Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press attorney provide pro bono legal support as part of their Local Legal Initiative. Deadline for proposals is October 31.
The week ahead:
- Boston is getting smarter with data viz
- Montreal is meeting up at the pub
- London is discussing impact in journalism
Worth a read:
- A USC-Annenberg journalism professor spoke about how tech platforms like Facebook and Google are becoming more and more prevalent in daily life and how their prominence is affecting civil society (NiemanLab)
- Autocrats around the world are using social media as a platform to communicate their agendas quickly and directly with the public while undermining journalists’ credibility, and this GIJN piece gives examples of how journalists use the same tools to fight back (GIJN)
- Data viz professor Alberto Cairo wrote a book on graphical literacy called ‘How Charts Lie’ and you can check out the first 20+ pages of it for free here (Alberto Cairo)
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October | 7 | Birmingham | UK | News Impact Summit: A New Era for Climate Change Reporting |
| October | 14-16 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | IPTC Autumn Meeting |
| October | 21-22 | Bucharest | Romania | News Impact Academy: What Analytics Matter in 2019 |
| October | 21-27 | London | UK | MozFest |
| October | 23-25 | Munich | Germany | Medientage Munchen |
| October | 28-30 | Johannesburg | South Africa | African Investigative Journalism Conference |
| November | 8-11 | Cambridge, MA | US | WikiConference North America |
| November | 15 | Lyon | France | News Impact Summit: Covering Politics in the Misinformation Age |
| December | 6 | Munich | Germany | News Impact Summit: Identity and Inclusion in Local News |
| March | 5-8 | New Orleans, LA | US | NICAR Conference |
| March | 20-21 | Boston, MA | US | Computation & Journalism Symposium |
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Anywhere | The Pudding | Journalist-Engineer |
| Australia | Newsport Publishing | Multimedia Journalist |
| UK | The Telegraph | Senior Digital Production Journalist |
| US | Better Government Association | Web & Graphics Editor |
| US | CNN | Senior Visual Editor |
| US | Columbia University | Project Editor |
| US | Connecticut Mirror | Data Reporter |
| US | Princeton Gerrymandering Project | Front-end Developer |
| US | Princeton Gerrymandering Project | Senior Developer |
| US | Reveal | Data Editor |
| US | San Francisco Public Press | Graphic Designer |
| US | San Francisco Public Press | Managing Editor |
| US | Texas Tribune | Audience Analyst |
| US | Unnamed Media Startup | Front-end Developer |
| US | Unnamed Media Startup | Visual & UX Designer |
| US | University of North Carolina | Journalism Professor |
Other opportunities:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| October 31 | $10,000 storyLAB Data Journalism Grant |
| Rolling | ECFJ grants for stories on elections, AI, disinformation, etc. |
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| Rolling | Contest fees for submitting solutions stories |
