If you’re a freelancer in the US, Parachute, a new initiative from the Solutions Journalism Network, is offering $500 for feature stories based in any news desert around the country.

Read the full guidelines for pitching here. Parachute will also help local newspapers based near news deserts get connected with local freelancers.

Worth a read:

• If you ever encounter memory problems when analyzing gigantic datasets on your computer, this series of articles helps explain code structure, data management and database querying techniques with Python libraries like NumPy and Pandas.
• This GIJN tipsheet gives a comprehensive look at how to maximize distribution and engagement of content to audiences, using tools like social media platforms, analytics dashboards, newsletter programs, direct messaging apps and more.
• Using the psychology of feedback, this Nightingale article goes over what design tips make some data dashboards more engaging and interactive than others.

Job postings:

• Anywhere - Digital Designer, Foreign Policy
• Anywhere - Newsletters Editor, Fortune
• Anywhere - Head of Design, OCCRP
• Anywhere - Global Director of Audience Development, Wired
• Canada - Product Manager, The Globe and Mail
• UK - Digital Analyst, Newsweek
• US - AI/Automation Program Manager, AP
• US - Data Reporter, APM Reports
• US - Senior Social Media Manager, Axios
• US - News Automation Content Engineer, Bloomberg
• US - Spanish-speaking Data Journalist, Google
• US - Director of Audience Development, The Marshall Project
• US - Python Engineer Internship, Civic Eagle
• US - News App Developer, PennLive
• US - Software Engineer, PRX
• US - Senior Software Engineer, PRX
• US - Data Reporter, Spectrum
• US - Audience Producer, WAMU 88.5
• US - Visuals Producer, WSJ

Upcoming events:

• May 1-3, Namibia, World Press Freedom Day Conference
• May 18-21, France, Assises Internationales du Journalisme de Tours
• June 7-11, Online, RightsCon
• June 14-15, Germany, Global Media Forum
• June 14-18, Online, Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference
• August 11-13, Online, SRCCON
• August 26-28, Ukraine, Lviv Media Forum
• November 3-5, Online, GIJN Conference

Other opportunities:

• May 10, FIJ grant for Americans to cover COVID-19
• Rolling deadline, Funding from Google to fact-check vaccine misinformation
• Rolling deadline, Funding to cover Covid in Black Sea countries
• Rolling deadline, IWMF relief grant for COVID-19 struggles
• Rolling deadline, Eyebeam grants for artistic contributions to journalism