Events at MozFest later this month
Hello again, hacks and hackers! If you're interested in the fight against misinformation, Hacks/Hackers is co-organizing an event at this year's MozFest in London.
There's still time to register, or tell your friends.
The week ahead:
- London is hosting a hackathon with Count
Worth a read:
- This NiemanLab writeup explores the ways journalists view their professional identities and how it impacts their work through the lens of news aggregators (NiemanLab)
- This guide from Towards Data Science demonstrates 10 tips for improving data plots in Matplotlib or Seaborn, such as adding a threshold line or chart annotations (Towards Data Science)
- Facebook is one of the world’s largest information distributors, so what would happen if federal regulators tried to break it up? This CJR essay looks into that along with compiling coverage of other recent challenges the company has faced (Columbia Journalism Review)
Upcoming events:
Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
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October | 7 | Birmingham | UK | News Impact Summit: A New Era for Climate Change Reporting |
October | 14-16 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | IPTC Autumn Meeting |
October | 21-22 | Bucharest | Romania | News Impact Academy: What Analytics Matter in 2019 |
October | 21-27 | London | UK | MozFest |
October | 23-25 | Munich | Germany | Medientage Munchen |
October | 28-30 | Johannesburg | South Africa | African Investigative Journalism Conference |
November | 8-11 | Cambridge, MA | US | WikiConference North America |
November | 15 | Lyon | France | News Impact Summit: Covering Politics in the Misinformation Age |
December | 6 | Munich | Germany | News Impact Summit: Identity and Inclusion in Local News |
Job openings:
Location | Employer | Opening |
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Anywhere | ProPublica | News Apps Dev/Graphics Freelancers |
US | Axios | Audience Insights & Growth Editor |
US | Dow Jones | Analytics Implementation Specialist |
US | Financial Times | Data Viz Reporter |
US | Milwaukee Business Journal | Lead Designer |
US | US News & World Report | Data Reporter |
Other opportunities:
Deadline | Fund |
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October 31 | $10,000 storyLAB Data Journalism Grant |
Rolling | ECFJ grants for stories on elections, AI, disinformation, etc. |
Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
Rolling | Contest fees for submitting solutions stories |