Hello, hacks and hackers! This week there is a free virtual News Impact Summit on building trust in media through data journalism in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The summit will take place from November 24-26 and you can register for it here. It’s also the last week for EIJC / Dataharvest.

Happening this week:

• Nigeria is maximizing search engines for data collection

Worth a read:

• Convoca, an investigative nonprofit newsroom in Peru, is using an interactive comic format to tell stories about how poisoning from heavy metals is affecting people during the pandemic
• With Twitter launching Fleets, it’s not only copying nearly every other social media giant’s pivot toward a short, fleeting content stream, but exacerbating problems Twitter already has with moderating content
• Journalists are meant to serve their communities, so rather than thinking of themselves as detached observers, journalists could benefit from thinking of themselves “as one element within an interconnected ecosystem of social services”

Job postings:

• Anywhere - Graphics Fellow, Business Insider
• Anywhere - Kazakhstani Media Consultant, ICFJ
• Anywhere - Digital Security Training Specialist, Internews
• Anywhere - Online Media Development Expert, Internews
• Anywhere - Social Media Manager, Vox
• Cambodia - Programme Manager, International Media Support
• Germany - Data Journalist, DW Akadamie
• Middle East/North Africa - Arabic Researcher/Reporter, ICFJ
• South Africa - Journalism Professor, Rhodes University
• South Africa - Junior Digital Reporter, The Citizen
• South Africa - Senior Digital Reporter, The Citizen
• South Asia - Researcher, OCCRP
• Uganda - Senior Journalist, BBC Africa
• UK - Social Media Producer, The Conversation
• UK - Sport Head of Audience, The Sun
• US - Senior News App Developer, Advance Local/NJ.com
• US - Data Analyst, The Advocate
• US - Engineer/Developer, The Advocate
• US - Audience Engagement Fellow, Crosscut
• US - Data Editor, Crain’s New York Business
• US - Wirecutter Research Lead, New York Times

Upcoming events:

• Sep - Nov, Online, EIJC / Dataharvest
• Nov 24-26, Online, News Impact Summit on Data Journalism
• Dec 4-6, Online, Journalism & Women Symposium
• Feb 19, Online, Computation + Journalism Symposium
• March, Online, NICAR
• March 1-3, Online, Knight Media Forum
• March 8, Online, MozFest

Other opportunities:

• 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