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This week in data journalism

Hello, hacks and hackers! This week, Nairobi is studying open source intelligence, Quartz is adding a paywall and Uber is open sourcing geospatial analysis. Read on for the latest in data journalism and innovation: Happening this week: * IRE is holding its regular open lab * Brisbane is having their monthly meeting

Samantha Sunne Nov 25, 2018

Media Indaba Africa expands to four cities

Media Indaba was started by Hacks/Hackers Cape Town a few years ago, and this year the conference is expanding to include multiple cities in Africa. Applications are open for day one, day two and day three of hands-on sessions focused on the media, land use and revenue generation. Media

Samantha Sunne Nov 18, 2018

Follow CredCon this weekend

Congrats, American hacks and hackers, for making it through a much-hyped midterm election cycle! Check out Poynter’s roundup of innovative election coverage to find ideas to use in your newsroom for the 2020 elections. And don't forget, CredCon is happening this weekend! Hacks/Hackers' first credibility

Samantha Sunne Nov 11, 2018

Anti-misinformation legislation around the world

Happy November, hacks and hackers! Code for Africa is hiring right now for part-time trainers to help run data journalism training activities across eight countries. If you know anyone, tell them to check out the post and apply here. Also, join us on our monthly open call this Wednesday! Join

Samantha Sunne Nov 4, 2018

Journalism jobs and grants around the globe

Welcome back from MozFest and MisinfoCon, hacks and hackers! A lot of job postings went up this week: scroll down to find links to jobs in Singapore, Qatar, Russia, the UK and US. There are also a few days left to apply for The Lenfest Institute’s collaboration grants, which

Samantha Sunne Oct 28, 2018

Code for Africa launches data journalism network for women

Hey there, hacks and hackers! If you’re a woman working in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania or Uganda, you should join Code for Africa’s new WanaData initiative! WanaData is Africa’s first Peer Network for Women Data Journalists / Data Scientists, working on changing the digital media landscape by

Samantha Sunne Oct 21, 2018

London tackles verification this week

Greetings, hacks and hackers! This week,hacks and hackers in London are learning about audience engagement, content discovery and that famous BBC video verification. You can follow them on Eventbrite to keep up with their monthly events in London. Worth a read: * A report from the Institute for Nonprofit News

Samantha Sunne Oct 14, 2018

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