Time to publish those big projects
Hey, hacks and hackers! This Tuesday, H/H Boston is teaming up with Code for Boston and MuckRock to demo some cool open source projects, including MuckRock’s new government transparency tool, GovLens.
The event is free, but RSVP is required. Find out more on their Eventbrite post here.
Happening this week:
- Boston is demoing some code with MuckRock
Worth a read:
- A Quartz analysis showed that nearly a quarter of Pulitzer-winning and -finalist articles over the last five years were published in December - the last month for pieces to qualify for the next year’s prize (Quartz)
- Adobe’s Tech Blog wrote a post outlining how they addressed challenges while scanning large datasets for GDPR compliance (Medium)
- An NYT senior story producer shared his favorite tools for integrating multimedia into articles and newsgathering on social media, like satellite imagery sites and an advanced Youtube search (GIJN)
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February | 18-20 | Chiang Mai | Thailand | Splice Asian Media Conference |
| March | 5-8 | New Orleans | US | NICAR Conference |
| March | 20-21 | Boston | US | Computation + Journalism Symposium |
| March | 20-22 | Boston | US | Power of Narrative |
| April | 1-5 | Perugia | Italy | International Journalism Conference |
| May | 14-17 | Mechelen | Belgium | EIJC & Dataharvest |
| June | 2-5 | Seoul | South Korea | International Anti-Corruption Conference |
| June | 9-12 | Heredia | Costa Rica | RightsCon |
| June | 18-21 | National Harbor | US | IRE Conference |
| June | 24-27 | Oslo | Norway | Global Fact 7 |
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Bloomberg | Latin America Editor |
| China | Los Angeles Times | Beijing Bureau Chief |
| Lebanon | BBC Arabic | Journalist |
| South Africa | TimesLive | Digital Story Producer |
| UK | BBC Persian | Journalist |
| UK | BBC Studios | Senior sub-editor |
| US | Connecticut Mirror | Data Reporter |
| US | ProPublica | Production Editor |
| US | WLRN | Digital Director |
Other opportunities:
