Hello, hacks and hackers! The Washington Post is looking for reporters to contribute to a special issue surfacing local news in the US.

If you missed it last week, the Solutions Journalism Network is also offering funding for local reporting in news deserts.

Worth a read:

• YouTube announced a plan to invest $7 million in journalism with two year-long initiatives that help individual journalists and newsrooms create news on the platform.
• As we know already, perceptions of data visualizations can influence public opinion. Data blog The Nightingale quantified it using a dataset of academic performance at schools in New York City.
• Visually explaining how AI algorithms make their decisions could help audiences better understand AI and build more trust in programs that employ it.

Job postings:

• Anywhere - Multiple engineering/design roles, Matter
• Anywhere - Business Analyst, Newspack
• Anywhere - Sr. Backend Software Engineer, Newspack
• Anywhere - Three-Month Full Stack Developer, NYT
• Anywhere - Editor in Chief, openDemocracy
• Asia/Africa/ME - Enterprise Reporter, The Fuller Project
• China - Multiple data roles, South China Morning Post
• Europe - Digital Editor, Adweek
• Myanmar - Video Journalist, AP
• South Africa - Intern, Africa-China Reporting Project
• UK - Video Archive Researcher, AP
• UK - Data Investigations Advisor, Global Witness
• US - Sr. Full Stack Web Developer, AP
• US - Journalism Professor, UC Berkeley
• US - UX Designer, Chemical & Engineering News
• US - Editorial Art Designer, Grist
• US - Data Reporter, Hearst Connecticut
• US - Senior Data Science Director, NBCUniversal
• US - Sr. Editor Audience Engagement, Star Tribune
• US - Data Reporter, South Florida Business Journal
• US - Fall Engineering Fellowship, Texas Tribune
• US - Engineering Manager, Washington Post
• US - SEO Editor, WSJ
• US - Assistant editor, Nieman Reports

Upcoming events:

• 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
• May 21, Consumer Reports Digital Lab fellowship
• May 21, Pitch freelance stories in US news deserts to Washington Post
• Rolling deadline, Pitch freelance stories in US news deserts to Parachute
• 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