Propose a session for Media Party Chicago

Hello, hacks and hackers! The Buenos Aires Media Party is coming to Chicago, and we are looking for speakers.

The CFP is open through the end of the month, so get your proposals in now!

Worth a read:

• The Markup published a step-by-step tutorial on how to build datasets using undocumented APIs on the web for journalists, with several examples of investigative stories they published that relied on APIs.
• ProPublica releases reports several times a year that detail progress, achievements and impacts from its work, which could serve as an example for other newsrooms to showcase the importance of their investigative teams.
• On the note of showcasing the importance of investigative work, GIJN is hosting a webinar this week on Measuring and Increasing the Effects of Investigative Journalism.

Jobs:

• Anywhere - RFE/RL, Product Manager
• Asia - Washington Post, Visual Forensics Reporter
• Norway - Montel News, Energy Market Reporter
• UK - MailOnline, Designer for Snapchat Discover
• US - AP, Elections & Democracy Data Visualization Developer
• US - AP, Elections & Democracy Explanatory Reporter
• US - Cascade Public Media, Multimedia Journalist
• US - Cascade Public Media, Investigative Reporter
• US - KPBS, Data Engineer
• US - Moody’s, Data Journalist Intern
• US - NPR, Graphics Reporter
• US - Washington Post, Staff Writer, Artificial Intelligence & Algorithms

Upcoming events:

• March 20-24, Online, Mozilla Fest
• April 14-15, Online & Austin, US, International Symposium on Online Journalism
• April 19-23, Perugia, Italy, International Journalism Festival
• June 8-10, Chicago, US, Media Party Chicago
• June 19-20, Online & Bonn, Germany, DW Global Media Forum
• September 19-22, Gothenburg, Sweden, Global Investigative Journalism Conference
• November 20-22, Johannesburg, South Africa, African Investigative Journalism Conference