Tune in for data in Nigeria and viz in Venice
It's been a packed month, hacks and hackers! The Buenos Aires Media Party has wrapped up, and you can watch the keynotes on HHBA's channel.
If you want more, there are online talks this week from Hacks/Hackers Venice, Hacks/Hackers Nigeria, and the Society for News Design.
The week ahead:
- Venice is chatting about how charts can lie
- Nigeria is mining data
Worth a read:
- Sometimes simpler is better when it comes to data visualizations, but sometimes adding a little creative innovation can get the message across more efficiently
- Knight Foundation’s webinar series has an episode this week about hope and optimism for the next generation of journalists while dealing with disinformation campaigns and declining media trust
- The #gijnElectionWatchdog initiative was created to help arm reporters with daily new tools to help cover the US election in the face of disinformation, voter suppression, abuse of state power and organized violence
https://twitter.com/gijn/status/1306986866835587072
Job postings:
- Anywhere - ICFJ, Data Analyst Consultant
- Anywhere - Pulitzer Center, Environment Investigations Editor
- Ethiopia - Internews, Fact-Checking Editor
- US - THE CITY, Data Reporter
- US - CNN, Health Data Editor
- US - NYU, Data Viz & Storytelling Adjunct Professor
Upcoming events:
- Sep 18-Oct 1, Online, Society for News Design Conference
- Sep 21-25, Online, IRE Conference
- Sep 23-27, Online, Environmental Journalism Conference
- Sep - Nov, Online, EIJC & Dataharvest
- Oct, Online, African Investigative Journalism Conference
- Oct 16-17, Online, Truth and Trust Online Conference
- Oct 23-25, Online, Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGA)
- Oct 1-11, Online, Online News Association Conference
- Dec 4-6, Online, Journalism & Women Symposium
Other opportunities:
- September 28, Apply for funding to write data journalism stories
- December 31, Fill out COVID-19 journalism survey for a chance to win $50
- 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