Happy Sunday, hacks and hackers! Now that we are fully in to 2021, we are looking ahead to events like NICAR, MozFest and the Computation + Journalism Symposium.

So far, all events have been scheduled online. If you know of any events your fellow hacks and hackers would appreciate, please let us know.

Worth a read:

• The charts, graphs and other ways of quantifying grief may lead to a lack of connection to what those numbers represent, so visualizing the impact of the pandemic in an empathetic way could help us from becoming too disconnected.
• GIJN asked investigative editors from around the world about the topics they’ll be focusing on this year, including the ongoing threat to democracy, growing inequality and increases in surveillance.
• The enduring allure of conspiracy theories is so strong that psychologists say that it’s near impossible for people who believe in them to stop. Some organizations are pivoting to try to prevent them from ever spreading.

Job postings:

• Central America - Correspondent, openDemocracy
• Europe - Investigative Reporter, ICIJ
• UK - Data Content Specialist, DC Thomson Media
• West Africa - Francophone Correspondent, openDemocracy
• US - Computational Journalist, Applied XL
• US - Senior Engineer, The Atlantic
• US - Senior Product Designer, The Atlantic
• US - Senior Director of Business Intelligence, Gannett
• US - Data Editor, Hearst Connecticut
• US - Data Visualization Developer, Hearst Connecticut
• US - Data Reporter, Houston Chronicle
• US - Data Visualization Developer, Houston Chronicle
• US - Data Visualization Editor, Houston Chronicle
• US - Senior Software Engineer, Industry Dive
• US - Intern, Investigative Reporting Workshop
• US - Data/Graphics intern, NBC
• US - Data Visualization and Multimedia Producer, NBC
• US - Data Reporter, St. Louis Business Journal
• US - Cartographer, Washington Post

Upcoming events:

• February 19, Online, Computation + Journalism Symposium
• March 3-5, Online, NICAR
• March 1-3, Online, Knight Media Forum
• March 8, Online, MozFest
• March 30-31, Online, News Product Alliance Summit
• June 7-11, Online, RightsCon

Other opportunities:

• February 12, Grants to cover economic mobility in the US
• February 22, Student journalist scholarships to attend conferences
• Rolling deadline, Funding from Google to fact-check vaccine misinformation
• Rolling deadline, Funding to cover Covid in Black Sea countries
• Rolling deadline, FIJ grant for Americans to cover COVID-19
• Rolling deadline, IWMF relief grant for COVID-19 struggles
• Rolling deadline, Eyebeam grants for artistic contributions to journalism