Truth, transparency and code in Africa
Hello, hacks and hackers! H/H Nigeria is meeting up this week to talk about open data, while Dar es Salaam is discussing digital security.
And if you can’t get enough African open data, Wednesday is the deadline for the African Fact-Checking Awards. And GIJN is hosting its weekly webinar this week on "Open Source Investigations in Africa" in both English and French.
Worth a read:
- A study from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found that across 100 newsrooms in five different countries, just 18 percent of the 88 top editors were non-white.
- More than a quarter of the newspapers operating in the U.S. in 2004 have vanished, and UNC Chapel Hill’s Penny Abernathy writes in depth about the current state of local news in the U.S.
- The Data Visualization Society’s online journal Nightingale is celebrating its first birthday. The journal published a roundup of some of its best work, like how to create a thriving data viz culture.
Job openings:
- Anywhere - Investigative Reporter, Geekdom Media
- China - China Correspondent, Bloomberg Television
- South Africa - Investigative Journalist, News24
- US - Investigative Editor, Connecticut Public
- US - Digital Content Director/Audience Development, WBOC
- US - Digital Data Reporter, KDVR
- US - Investigative Digital Reporter/Producer, KXAN
- US - Senior Product Manager, The Philadelphia Inquirer
- US - Data/Visuals Editor, Warner Media
- US - Multiple Visuals Jobs, Washington Post
Upcoming events:
- July 20-24, Online, ISOJ
- Aug 5-9, Online, NABJxNAHJ Convention
- Aug 9-15, Online, AAJA Conference
- Aug 27-30, Online, IRE Conference
- Sep 10-13, Chicago, US, Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGA)
- Sep 23-27, Online, Environmental Journalism Conference
- Sep - Nov, Online, EIJC & Dataharvest
- October, Online, African Investigative Journalism Conference
- Oct 1-16, Online, Online News Association Conference
- Dec 4-6, Austin, US, Journalism & Women Symposium
Other opportunities:
- July 22, Submit a fact check to win an African Fact-Checking Award
- July 31, European journalists under 30 can apply to attend a workshop
- August 1, Apply for Fetisov Journalism Awards
- August 11, Training from RFE/RL for Eastern/SE European journalists
- August 12, Apply for the Google News Initiative Innovation Challenge
- Rolling deadline, Apply for funds for a solutions journalism freelancer
- 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
