It's that time of year again
It's here, hacks and hackers: an endless list of best-ofs, top performers and other superlatives for 2018. What's the best thing you worked on this year? We'll share it in the next H/H edition.
And don't forget we've got our first monthly call coming up in a few days:
Worth a read:
- Descript, Privacy Badger, Google's new Dataset Search and the other top tools Poynter found this year (Poynter)
- Mergers, readers and the "Trump bump": 18 lessons in newsonomics from NiemanLab
- Crazy Rich Asians, outerspace, travel visas and other things you can learn about in GIJN's Best 25 Data Visualizations of 2018
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7-11 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Digital Methods Winter School |
| January | 31 | Stirling | Scotland | MisinfoConX Scotland |
| February | 1-2 | Miami | US | Computation + Journalism Symposium |
| March | 7-10 | Newport Beach | US | CAR Conference |
| April | 1-5 | Valencia | Spain | Internet Freedom Festival |
| April | 3-7 | Perugia | Italy | International Journalism Festival |
| April | 12-13 | Austin | US | International Symposium on Online Journalism |
| June | 11-14 | Tunis | Tunisia | RightsCon Tunis |
| June | 13-16 | Houston | US | Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference |
| June | 19-21 | Cape Town | South Africa | Global Fact-Checking Summit |
| July | 19-21 | Toronto | Canada | International Conference on Social Media & Society |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| Rolling | Contest fees for submitting solutions stories |
| January | Journalism scholarships for software developers |
| January | Entrepreneurial Journalism cohort |
| January | Politico Journalism Institute applications |
| January | RJI 2019 Fellowships |
| February | Become a Report for America corps member |
