Hello, hacks and hackers! Do you have an idea for a membership model you’d like to develop further?

The Membership Puzzle Project has opened the Membership in News Fund, supporting news membership design around the world. Applications are being accepted through the end of next week.

The week ahead:

• Brisbane is discussing local media

Worth a read:

• GIJN created a nine-part guide on freelancing for both freelancers and news orgs that goes over the pitching process, different types of risk insurance, how to use grants to help fund work and much more
• Svelte is a JavaScript framework growing in popularity among news devs because of its ability to easily render reactive data visualizations by doubling as a compiler so the browser doesn’t have to load extra libraries
• The News Product Alliance is a new global professional org that seeks to bring anyone involved in news products together to promote product culture in newsrooms

Job postings:

• Anywhere - Program Evaluation Consultant, Solutions Journalism Network
• Asia - Regional Researcher, Earth Journalism Network
• Bosnia and Herzegovina - Assistant Editor for Investigations, OCCRP
• Canada - Investigative Journalist, Le Devoir
• China - DevOps Engineer, South China Morning Post
• China - Front End Web Developer, South China Morning Post
• Kenya - Project Lead, Internews
• South Africa - Community Journalism Coordinator, Wits Journalism
• South Africa - Radio Network Coordinator, Wits Journalism
• UK - Data Journalist, Infopro Digital
• UK - Deputy Head of Email and Newsletters, The Telegraph
• US - Data and Interactives Journalist, CalMatters
• US - Engagement Editor, CalMatters
• US - Data Journalist/News App Developer, KQED
• US - Executive Director, IRE
• US - Digital Intern, Marketplace
• US - Editorial Interactives Senior Designer, The New Yorker
• US - Product Developer, ProPublica
• US - Data Reporter, Sacramento Business Journal
• US - Data Journalist, University of Nebraska

Upcoming events:

• Sep - Nov, Online, EIJC & Dataharvest
• Oct 6-30, Online, African Investigative Journalism Conference
• Oct 19-21, Online, UN World Data Forum
• Oct 23-25, Online, Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGA)
• Nov 6-8, Online, nexHack Edtech Hackathon
• Dec 4-6, Online, Journalism & Women Symposium
• March 8, Online, Mozilla Festival

Other opportunities:

• November 8, IJ4EU awards for European investigations
• December 1, Harvard fellowship in journalism innovation
• December 18, Reynolds Journalism Institute fellowship
• 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