Welcome back, hacks and hackers! This Sunday marks the end of the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting conference, aka NICAR, and one of the events nearest and dearest to Hacks/Hackers’ mission.

Hey #NICAR19: I'm collecting #NICAR2019 links to presentations, tip sheets, tools & work samples (because I don't think @MacDiva is doing it this year). Tweet or email me, or submit at https://t.co/6QO2S1mZy0
Searchable table of resources at https://t.co/jIKhCQch0O pic.twitter.com/1OBcWNWOnd

— Sharon Machlis (@sharon000) March 7, 2019

If you missed it, you can follow the hashtag or check out Sharon Machlis’ list of tools, presentations and resources.

The week ahead:

• Montreal is meeting in the pub
• London is learning from the BBC, Reuters and Far Nearer

Worth a read:

• The NYTimes is bulking up its audio division to expand well beyond its popular podcast The Daily (NiemanLab)
• More and more international news outlets are relying on foundations to fill the funding gap (GIJN)
• Civil, the Blockchain-anchored news startup, is launching in multiple countries (Civil)

Funding by private foundations is filling gaps in mainstream news coverage, especially in areas like investigative, international and local journalism. However, researchers have found that it is also is shaping the boundaries of nonprofit journalism. https://t.co/UyI9v9hyii

— GIJN Africa (@gijnAfrica) March 8, 2019

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