It’s time for another event, hacks and hackers! Registration is now open for the Global Investigative Journalism Conference, happening virtually from November 1-5.

Early bird registration tickets are $100 and open through September 20, and student tickets are $50. Register to attend here.

Worth a read:

• Poynter conducted a survey of 167 journalists and found that the definition of journalistic objectivity is changing. More journalists want to be engaged in activism separately, like on social media, but maintain that journalism’s first obligation is to the truth.
• The Data Visualization Society is conducting an anonymous survey on the state of the data visualization industry through September 22. You can view results from the 2020 survey on their GitHub page here.
• This blogpost from Towards Data Science demos four Python libraries that can assist in building interactive timeseries plots, a type of chart that’s grown in popularity with charting pandemic-related data.

Jobs:

• Anywhere - Senior Software Engineer, Freedom of the Press Foundation
• Anywhere - Editors Institute Director, Type Investigations
• India - Data Journalist, BBC
• Netherlands - Freelance Assistant Facilitator Syria team, Free Press Unlimited
• Nigeria - Data Journalist, BBC
• Southeast Asia - South East Asia Advocacy Coordinator, IFJ
• UK - Tech Reporter, Express.co.uk
• UK - Social Media and Platforms Editor, NBC
• UK - Sustainability Editor, WSJ
• US - News Automation Content Engineer, Bloomberg
• US - Data and Graphics Reporter, Chalkbeat
• US - Web Design Manager, EdSource
• US - Data Editor, FiveThirtyEight
• US - Product Manager, KQED
• US - Visual Journalist - Designer, McClatchy
• US - Visual Journalist - Developer, McClatchy
• US - Data Reporter, Miami Herald
• US - Director, Logan Center for Urban Investigative Reporting, Temple University
• US - Data Journalism Fellow, ​​U.S. News & World Report
• US - Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, Washington Post
• US - Senior Full Stack Software Engineer, News Engineering, 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 1-2, Online, Cumbre Global sobre Desinformación
• Oct 3-5, Africa/Online, African Investigative Journalism Conference
• Oct 7-8, Online, Truth and Trust Online 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