Introducing Hacks/Hackers NE England
Suggest editsHi again, hacks and hackers! This week we’re excited to announce our 116th chapter, Hacks/Hackers NE England. Their first meetup takes place this week in Newcastle upon Tyne. Welcome, Northerners!
⚡ ANNOUNCING:#HHNE is coming! In partnership with @CivicJLab and sponsored by @sopost
— Hacks/Hackers NE (@HacksHackersNE) February 22, 2019
YES, there'll be pizza🍕
YES, there'll be beer 🍺
BETTER YET, there will be first-class talks about #tech and #journalism.
Grab your ticket! #ThisIsMINEhttps://t.co/5ZHU2K6cbQ
In other news, please join us on our regular global call on Wednesday if you have any questions or anything to share about your local HH group.
Worth a read:
- The Knight Foundation announced that it will invest $300 million into building the future for local news over the next five years (Knight Foundation)
- The Membership Puzzle Project spoke to supporters of independent news sites and found 25 ways for community members to support news in non-monetary ways like helping with language translation, and testing products (GIJN)
- After Uganda implemented a daily social media tax, millions of Ugandans stopped using social media and critics argue that it was implemented to restrict free speech (The Guardian)
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 4-8 | San Francisco | US | RSA Conference |
| March | 6-7 | Dubai | United Arab Emirates | WAN-IFRA Middle East Conference |
| March | 7-10 | Newport Beach | US | CAR Conference |
| March | 23 - 24 | Cairo | Egypt | Arab Data Journalist’s Network Conference |
| April | 1-2 | Vienna | Austria | Digital Media Europe |
| April | 1-5 | Valencia | Spain | Internet Freedom Festival |
| April | 4-5 | Gdańsk | Poland | Personal Democracy Forum |
| April | 3-7 | Perugia | Italy | International Journalism Festival |
| April | 5-6 | Kalmar | Sweden | GRAV Swedish Investigative Journalism Conference |
| April | 5-7 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | World Conference on Media and Mass Communication |
| April | 8-10 | Lisbon | Portugal | IPTC Spring Meeting |
| April | 12-13 | Austin | US | International Symposium on Online Journalism |
| April | 30-1 | San Jose | US | Facebook Developer Conference |
| May | 2-3 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | UNESCO World Press Freedom Day |
| May | 13-17 | San Francisco | US | The Web Conference |
| May | 16-19 | Mechelen | Belgium | European Investigative Journalism Conference |
| May | 17-19 | Prague | Czech Republic | Wikimedia Hackathon |
| May | 24-28 | Washington, D.C. | US | ICA Conference |
| May | 27-28 | Bonn | Germany | DW Global Media Forum |
| June | 1-3 | Glasgow | UK | World News Media Conference |
| June | 11-14 | Tunis | Tunisia | RightsCon Tunis |
| June | 13-15 | Athens | Greece | GEN Summit |
| June | 13-16 | Houston | US | Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference |
| June | 19-21 | Cape Town | South Africa | Global Fact-Checking Summit |
| July | 19-21 | Toronto | Canada | International Conference on Social Media & Society |
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Anywhere | ICIJ | Junior System Administrator |
| China | South China Morning Post | Lead Web Developer |
| US | Center for Public Integrity | Audience Engagement Editor |
| US | Fact Tank | Research Assistant |
| US | GateHouse Media | Data and Research Strategist |
| US | Muck Rack | VP of Engineering |
| US | Nieman Lab | Staff Writer |
| US | Politico | News Applications Developer |
| US | ProPublica | Collaborative Tools Developer |
| US | Simons Foundation | Data Reporter |
| US | Trimble | Software Engineer - Angular/Javascript |
Other opportunities:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| Rolling | Contest fees for submitting solutions stories |
| March | Princeton Center for Digital Humanities postdoctoral fellowship |
| April | Data Journalism Awards |