Applications are open for the second phase of Poynter’s Global Fact Check Fund! The program provides funding of up to $50,000 each to fact-checking organizations to enhance their institutional capacity, competitiveness and sustainability in local and regional fact-checking efforts.
The fund aims to support about 135 organizations in 65 countries over three years, with $1 million allotted for this phase. Applications are open from August 1 through September 7.
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Submissions are open for the 11th edition of the Buenos Aires Media Party, taking place this October!
The Media Party team is accepting proposals for workshops and lightning talks through August 12th. Some of the topics for this year include misinformation, censorship, AI and diversity. Get your ideas in now!
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Elon Musk rolled out another large, sudden change to the Twitter platform. On the desktop version, the logo is now “X”, and Musk announced tweets would now be called “Xs.
The Global Investigative Journalism Conference released an early look at its program, which features nearly 200 workshops, expert panels, networking sessions and special events.
The conference will be held September 19-22 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Find out more info about it on the conference site here.
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Nieman Lab compiled AI usage guidelines from several news organizations to examine and compare how they cover key themes like transparency, cautious experimentation and strategic intentions.
Hacks/Hackers Taipei is holding an event on AI, both in person and streaming on their Facebook page. The meetup will feature three speakers and registration is open for those in Taiwan.
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A survey of journalists revealed their frustrations with academic research on journalism, citing it as irrelevant, impractical and inaccessible, while also acknowledging that it could provide helpful new insights to the industry. With a record number of media jobs cut this year, Phoebe Gavin, a former media employee turned career coach, created a free hour-long workshop on how to “layoff-proof your career” by preparing a solid foundation.
The Online News Association is holding an online event with the Associated Press’s Local News AI team.
The 90-minute meetup will feature success stories from local news outlets using artificial intelligence and a panel from experts. It is free for ONA members and $25 for nonmembers.
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Last week, Canada passed a law that would require online platforms to pay for showing links to news articles from Canadian outlets to Canadian citizens, prompting Meta and Google to respond by pulling Canadian news from their sites altogether.
The annual Investigative Reporters & Editors Conference happened last week in Orlando, Florida. As always, IRE uploaded many of the sessions' tipsheets and audio recordings on their website.
They also announced the winners of the 2022 IRE Awards, which recognize “the most outstanding watchdog journalism of the year.” Winners this year include the BBC, Al Jazeera, the Associated Press and the OCCRP.
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The Global Investigative Journalism Network is commemorating its 20th anniversary by combining its annual report with a larger look at its progress as an organization over the last two decades.
The Oxford Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism published its annual Digital News Report last week, which interviewed 93,000 respondents from 46 markets across the globe to learn more on how audiences are consuming news.
To read highlights from the report, RISJ created a Twitter thread here with data and takeaways from the study.
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Many younger people are turning to TikTok for their news. Reuters wrote about how content creators can monetize their news content on TikTok while job security at most major media orgs is dwindling.
Applications are now open for the 2023-2024 AI Accountability Fellowships, hosted by The AI Accountability Network at The Pulitzer Center!
The fellowships are open to journalists around the world, and 10 fellows will be chosen to pursue an AI-related reporting project over 10 months. Fellows receive up to $20,000 to support their projects, and the deadline to apply is July 1.
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One of the events at this past weekend’s Media Party Chicago was a hackathon dedicated to using AI 4 News.
This weekend, Media Party Chicago will gather entrepreneurs, journalists, developers and designers to talk about cutting-edge topics like synthetic media, generative AI, local news revitalization, misinformation and more.
We are offering free tickets for Hacks/Hackers subscribers using the promo code: hackshackers. It’s not too late - join us in Chicago from June 8-10!
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The Africa Data Hub created several different publicly available online courses to teach data journalism fundamentals, including topics like a beginner’s guide to creating maps, an introduction to “interviewing” data and more!
The University of Washington, which often partners with us at H/H, is seeking experts in communication and misinformation response to understand how they would choose different response strategies given different conversation contexts on social media.
To fill out the screener survey, click here. If selected, you would be asked to complete another 15-20 minute online survey and be rewarded with a $30 gift card. If you have questions about it, please contact rzhong98@uw.