Support innovation in journalism education
Welcome, hacks and hackers! ONA is dedicating $200,000 to this year's Challenge Fund for Innovation in Journalism Education.
Applications are open through the 28th. And don't forget that Hacks/Hackers lists grants and opportunities in this newsletter every week, listed below.
The week ahead:
- London is talking data, partnerships and collaboration
- Nairobi is visualizing Covid stories
Worth a read:
- Public Media Stack, an org advocating for ethical technology use in public media, is hosting webinars to explain their mission and their 2020 report
- A Brazilian researcher developed an analytical model connecting journalists' working conditions and product quality. Her survey found around 20 percent of journalists were working in conditions that were at least "satisfactory."
- Technological advances in the newest iPhone, like 5G, AR and 3D, may hasten news development's advancement
Job postings:
- Africa - Data investigations lead, The Sentry
- Anywhere - Data reporter, Reveal
- Anywhere - Digital editor, GBH Boston
- Anywhere - Collaboration manager, Carter Center
- Anywhere - Product manager, McClatchy
- Bosnia - Head of technology, OCCRP
- Europe - Engagement editor, Investigate Europe
- Tunisia - Growth editor, BBC
- UK - Audience lead, The Independent
- UK - Senior designer, Hearst
- US - App producer, NPR
- US - Privacy reporter, The Markup
Upcoming events:
- Sep - Nov, Online, EIJC & Dataharvest
- Oct 6-30, Online, African Investigative Journalism Conference
- Oct 19-21, Online, UN World Data Forum
- Oct 23-25, Online, Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGA)
- Nov 6-8, Online, nexHack Edtech Hackathon
- Dec 4-6, Online, Journalism & Women Symposium
- March 8, Online, Mozilla Festival
Other opportunities:
- November 8, IJ4EU awards for European investigations
- December 1, Harvard fellowship in journalism innovation
- 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
