TikTok for news
Hello, hacks and hackers! This week we have tips on map visualizations and news on TikTok innovations.
Worth a read:
- The Guardian wrote about how journalism organizations can benefit from utilizing TikTok to present news in a way that reaches younger audiences.
- Since the US government is involved with nearly every country in the world in some way, GIJN wrote a guide on investigating US involvement in other countries through laws, sanctions, finances, immigration and more.
- Flourish, a data visualization platform, wrote a blogpost about choosing the right map type for representing different types of data with examples of heat maps, choropleth maps, extrusion maps and more.
Job postings:
- Anywhere - Axios, Data Visualization Journalist
- Anywhere - OCCRP, Director of Development
- Anywhere - OCCRP, Director of Individual Giving
- Anywhere - The Verge, Freelance Audio Data Developer
- Singapore - Dow Jones, Research Editor
- UK - The Economist, Interactive Visual Journalist
- UK - MailOnline, Motion Graphics Designer
- US/Canada - BBC, Data Journalist
- US/Canada - BBC, Sr. Visual Journalist
- US - AP, Investigations Editor
- US - Columbia University, Associate Dean of Journalism
- US - Consumer Reports, Multiple software/research/engineering roles
- US - Princeton University, Journalism Professor
- US - Vanity Fair, Audience Development Manager
- US - WIRED, Sr. Analyst
- US - WSJ, Visual Editor for Enterprise
Upcoming events:
- August 11-14, Las Vegas, US, MisinfoCon at DefCon
- August 25-27, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Hacks/Hackers Media Party
- September 8-10, New York, US, IPI World Congress
- September 21-24, Los Angeles, US, Online News Association Conference
- September 28-30, Zaragoza, Spain, World News Media Conference
- October 6, Prague, Czech Republic, News Impact Summit
- October 31 - November 2, Johannesburg, South Africa, African Investigative Journalism Conference
- December 2-4, Amman, Jordan, Arab Reporters Investigative Conference
- December 6-10, Washington DC, US, International Anti-Corruption Conference
