Hello, hacks and hackers! CNN is hiring 200 journalists to help launch its news-streaming service CNN+, which plans to launch in the first quarter of 2022.

The cable network is also hiring hundreds of specialists in production, engineering, technology, marketing and analytics. It plans to create 8-12 hours of live programming every day to meet audiences that have moved away from televisions and onto streaming platforms.

Worth a read:

• With the prevalence of Photoshop and tactics like deepfakes, being able to check the source of a photo and if it’s been manipulated is vital to credibility. This guide shows four ways to quickly verify images on a smartphone.
• The Engine Room is a nonprofit that helps social change activists and organizations with managing data and technology, and they created a guide on best practices for retaining, archiving and disposing of data.
• This series on Making Sense of Satellite Data shows how to extract data, process it, stitch it together with GIS software and more all with open source tools.

Jobs:

• Anywhere - Global Marketing Data Journalist, BlackRock
• Canada - Communication/Digital Media Studies Professor, Ontario Tech University
• China - Beijing Bureau Chief, Financial Times
• China - Tech Finance/IPOS Reporter, WSJ
• Spain - Research Editor, Dow Jones
• Russia - Reporter, WSJ
• UK - Newsletter and Briefings Editor, Newsweek
• UK - Head of Social Media, The Telegraph
• US - Director of Research, Data & Society
• US - Postdoctoral Scholar, Trustworthy Infrastructures, Data & Society
• US - Executive Editor, The Dispatch
• US - Executive Director, Harvard Berkman Klein Center
• US - Institute Director, Harvard Berkman Klein Center
• US - Program Director, Harvard Berkman Klein Center
• US - Software Developer, Harvard Berkman Klein Center
• US - Research Assistant, Harvard Kennedy School
• US - Director of Policy Initiatives, Open Environmental Data Project
• US - Journalism Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• US - Product Manager, USAFacts
• US - Research Manager, USAFacts
• US - News Designer, Washington Post

Upcoming events:

• Sep 13-17, Online, Jamfest
• 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
• Oct 14-15, Online, ONA Insights
• Nov 1-5, Online, GIJN Conference
• Nov 3-4, Online, News Philanthropy Summit
• April 1-2, Austin, USA, International Symposium on Online Journalism

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