MisinfoCon Kyiv this week
Suggest editsIt’s the 27th, hacks and hackers! That means this week will see the third MisinfoCon convening in Kiev, Ukraine, on Tuesday and Wednesday:
You can follow along, as always, at the MisinfoCon Twitter account or hashtag. And keep an eye out for more #MisinfoCon-related news soon.
The week ahead:
- Santiago is talking about urban mobility
- Miami and IRE are holding their regular open labs
- Arequipa is discussing informed elections
Worth a read:
- Elon Musk proposed - possibly tongue-in-cheek - a website for crowdsourcing a credibility score for journalists and publications. Organizations including Hacks/Hackers’ own Credibility Coalition are already on it (Poynter)
- A combination of incompetence and Silicon Valley hubris led to one of the biggest corporate fraud cases this century - all unraveled by one reporter (NY Mag)
- “A growing number of independent, evidence-based, peer-reviewed studies have found that, in fact, search engines and social media lead most people to more diverse news — the opposite of the filter bubble hypothesis” (NiemanLab)
Job openings:
| Location | Employer | Opening |
|---|---|---|
| Anywhere | GIJN | Training coordinator |
| China | SCMP | Multimedia producer |
| Germany | Deutsche Welle | Data journalist |
| Hong Kong | SCMP | Full-stack developer |
| US | Newsday | Data analyst |
| US | KUOW | Ruby developer |
| US | Philadelphia Media Network | Mobile editor |
| US | Seattle Times | Developer |
| US | Alley Interactive | Software developer |
| US | Alley Interactive | UX developer |
| US | WIRED | Products fellow |
| US | USA TODAY | Storytelling developer |
Upcoming events:
| Month | Day | City | Country | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May | 29-30 | Kiev | Ukraine | MisinfoCon Kyiv |
| May | 30-1 | Oakland | US | Code for America summit |
| June | 1-2 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | FOPEA Digital Journalism Congress |
| June | 4-5 | New York | US | Ops conference on digital media revenue |
| June | 13 | Bonn | Germany | Global Media Forum |
| June | 14-17 | Orlando | US | Investigative Reporters and Editors conference |
| June | 20-21 | Cardiff | UK | European Data and Computational Journalism Conference |
| June | 29-30 | Hamburg | Germany | NDR Annual Conference - Alternative: Facts! |
Project funding:
| Deadline | Fund |
|---|---|
| Rolling | MisinfoCon micro-grants |
| Rolling | Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund |
| Rolling | Ukraine Media Development Fund |
| May | TruthBuzz fellowship |
| May | Open Media Hub videojournalism grants |
| July | Open Society Fellowships |