It’s that time of year, hacks and hackers! 2021 is reaching its end, and many news nerd groups are wrapping it up.

Worth a read:

• GIJN’s Resource Center compiled a list of their top 12 guides and tipsheets from this year, including their grants & fellowships page, a tutorial on using the internet archive, a guide to covering illegal wildlife tracking and so much more.
• Towards Data Science wrote a tip guide on negotiation tactics for being paid for your worth, whether you’re in the middle of your job search or negotiating for a raise in your current job.
• Using data from The Witcher’s wiki site, Netflix data and digitized copies of the book series, Milán Janosov created a network map of character interactions from The Witcher.

Jobs:

• Anywhere - Full-Stack Developer, CalMatters
• Anywhere - Jr. Product Designer, CalMatters
• Anywhere - Data Storyteller, Death Penalty Information Center
• Anywhere - Manager, Regional Editors, GIJN
• Belgium - Web Producer, Politico
• China - Podcast Producer, Bloomberg
• China - Project Executive, South China Morning Post
• China - Companies Reporter, WSJ
• France - Head of Audience, Konbini
• France - Product Manager, Audience, Konbini
• Poland - Central Europe Correspondent, Financial Times
• UK - Cryptocurrency Correspondent, Financial Times
• UK - Software Engineering Fellowship, Guardian
• US - Data Viz Reporter, Financial Times
• US - Data/Interactives Editor, Hearst
• US - Developer Fellow, Hearst
• US - Director of Design and UX, Hearst
• US - Director of Newsroom Product, Hearst
• US - Newsroom Engineer, Hearst
• US - Interactive News Intern, NYT
• US - Free Expression/Digital Safety Trainer, PEN America
• US - Digital Safety/Online Abuse Program Manager, PEN America
• US - Front-End Developer, Rest of World
• US - News Developer, Star Tribune

Upcoming events:

• March 3-6, 2022, Atlanta, US, NICAR
• March 7-10, 2022, Online, MozFest
• March 10-11, 2022, Online, News Product Alliance Summit
• April 1-2, 2022, Austin, US, International Symposium on Online Journalism
• April 6-10, 2022, Perugia, Italy, International Journalism Festival
• June 22-23, 2022, Minneapolis, US, 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