Happy Halloween, hacks and hackers!

According to Google Trends, the global sensation “Squid Game” is the most searched costume, and “how to make a Halloween wreath” is the most searched decoration.

Worth a read:

• Two editors in South Africa combined forces to create a weekly newspaper during the pandemic called The Continent. Here’s how they grew it to an audience of over 15,000 subscribers across 105 countries.
• Numerical weather prediction systems can provide weather forecasts for several days ahead, but can’t precisely determine factors behind rainfall, so AI researchers created a nowcasting model that uses radar data to measure ground-level precipitation data. It can predict when, where and how long it’ll rain within two hours.
• This interactive storytelling piece shows how generative music and systems work using data visualizations combined with audio components.

Jobs:

• Anywhere - Assignment Editor, Balkan Investigative Regional Reporting Network
• Anywhere - Head of Social, Fortune
• Anywhere - Survey Data Journalist, YouGov
• Brazil - Macroeconomics Reporter, Reuters
• China - Reporter, Financial Times
• UK - Sr. International Press Officer, ARTICLE 19
• UK - Production Editor, Reuters
• UK - Sr. Designer, SWNS
• US - Data Journalist, AP
• US - Data Scientist, AP
• US - News Apps Developer, AP
• US - Assistant Sr. Editor, Digital Storytelling, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
• US - Data Journalist, Austin American Statesman
• US - Reporting/Data Interns, Chalkbeat
• US - Digital Director, Detroit News
• US - Sr. Frontend Software Engineer, Gannett
• US - Digital Producer, Kaiser Health News
• US - News Application Editor, LA Times
• US - Audience Engagement Manager, Marshall Project
• US - Engagement Reporter, Marshall Project
• US - Research/Reporting/IT Interns, OpenSecrets
• US - Art Director, Quanta Magazine
• US - Interactive Graphics Intern, Seattle Times
• US - Graphics Managing Editor, Science Magazine

Upcoming events:

• Nov 1-5, Online, GIJN Conference
• Nov 3-4, Online, News Philanthropy Summit
• March 3-6, 2022, Atlanta, USA, NICAR
• April 1-2, 2022, Austin, USA, International Symposium on Online Journalism
• April 6-10, 2022, Perugia, Italy, International Journalism Festival
• June 22-23, 2022, Minneapolis, USA, SRCCON

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, Eyebeam grants for artistic contributions to journalism