Welcome back, hacks and hackers! The Global Media Forum is happening this week in a hybrid format - meaning both online and in person.

It’s one of the first journalism/tech-related conferences to meet in person since NICAR 2020. Most attendees will be online, although you can attend in person in Bonn, Germany. Registration is free and open now.

Worth a read:

• With all the tragedy from the past year, it’s been integral for journalists to find ways to humanize data and trends so that they’re impactful. One way to accomplish that is by starting with a data-centric hypothesis that you can then build a story around.
• Companies around the world are quickly integrating AI into their services, while scientists are still working to understand AI and how it affects society.
• Most reporters nowadays are expected to be able to incorporate data into their reporting, and many stories will rely on one primary data source to base reporting on, which can lead to credibility issues and accusations of “hiding behind” numbers.

Jobs:

• Anywhere - Media and Digital Literacy Consultant, BBC
• Anywhere - Associate Editor, Digital Forensic Research Lab
• Anywhere - Climate Finance Researcher, SumOfUs
• Anywhere - Tech Accountability Researcher, SumOfUs
• Africa - Africa Editor, Rest of World
• China - Agriculture Reporter, Bloomberg
• Norway - Investigative Journalism NLP Researcher, OsloMet
• UK - Head of Investigations, BBC
• US - Audience Engagement Manager, AP
• US - Data & Graphics Reporter, Chalkbeat
• US - Sr. Data Editor, Chalkbeat
• US - Global Tech Researcher, Committee to Protect Journalists
• US - Investigative Story Coordinator/Researcher, Inside Edition
• US - Product Manager, KQED
• US - Digital & Audience Engagement Editor, NiemanLab
• US - Dir. Product Management, NPR
• US - Journalism Professor, Penn State University
• US - Data Architect, Philadelphia Inquirer
• US - Sr. Software Engineer, Philadelphia Inquirer
• US - RevLab Director, Texas Tribune
• US - Sr. Data Editor, Vox

Upcoming events:

• June 14-15, Germany/Online, Global Media Forum
• June 14-18, Online, Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference
• Aug 11-13, Online, SRCCON
• Aug 26-28, Ukraine, Lviv Media Forum
• Sep 28-30, Taiwan, World News Media Congress 2021
• Sep 29 - Oct 2, France, Assises Internationales du Journalisme de Tours
• Oct 3-5, Africa/Online, African Investigative Journalism Conference
• Nov 3-5, Online, GIJN Conference

Other opportunities:

• 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