Good news, hacks and hackers! We have lots of job openings this week, including several that can be worked from anywhere.

Happening this week:

• Nairobi is talking about high-impact, award-winning projects
• Nigeria is using maps as digital forensic tools

Worth a read:

• A graphics editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer who’s worked there for over three decades talks about how the transition to make graphics for digital audiences first with Datawrapper changed the workflow of their newsroom.
• Using Facebook’s data analytics tool CrowdTangle, an NYT tech columnist started tweeting sources for the 10 link posts with the most engagement every day, and found that the sources are usually right-wing outlets and commentators rather than mainstream news.
• If you’re looking for a data visualization engineer job, the Data Viz Society tells you what kind of questions and topics you’re usually expected to know about in the interview and how you’ll be tested on them.

Jobs:

• Anywhere - Product Designer, CalMatters
• Anywhere - Digital Investigations Lab Dep. Director, Human Rights Watch
• Anywhere - Social Media Producer/Editor, ICIJ
• Africa - Health Editor, Code for Africa
• Africa - Freelance Multimedia Journalists, Minority Africa
• Europe - Europe Editor, Tracking the Backlash
• Poland - Energy Reporter, Reuters
• South Africa - Director, Wits Centre for Journalism
• UK - Dep. Executive Director, Media Diversity Institute
• US - News Apps Developer, AP
• US - Digital Designer, The Dallas Morning News
• US - Full Stack Developer, The Dallas Morning News
• US - Product Manager, The Dallas Morning News
• US - Associate Data Editor, The Trace
• US - Sr. Data Reporter, USA TODAY

Upcoming events:

• Aug 11-13, Online, SRCCON
• Aug 18-21, Online, NABJ Conference
• Aug 24-28, Online, AAJA Conference
• 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 1-5, 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