Happy Sunday, hacks and hackers! SRCCON just opened its call for participation, where you can pitch a session, apply for a stipend or just say why you’d like to attend. The form closes this Wednesday, and the conference will be held online July 16-17.

And a reminder that if you are a Hacks/Hackers organizer who would like to hold remote events, please get in touch. H/H has set up a paid Zoom account for local groups who want to meet online.

The week ahead:

• Brisbane is analyzing sports statistics
• Nigeria is improving audience engagement

Worth a read:

• The Reuters Institute released their annual Digital News Report that surveyed thousands of people across 40 different countries on their news consumption habits.
• The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is starting a free, four-week online course on Equity & Ethics in Data Journalism tomorrow.
• Beautiful News is a project from the Information is Beautiful team that seeks to highlight a positive data trend every day, like Japan’s suicide rate declining or Afghanistan’s literacy rate increasing.

Job openings:

• Kenya or South Africa - Programme Manager, Code for Africa
• China - Mobile App Developer, Oriental Press Group
• US - Asst. Digital Editor, Trib Total Media
• US - Data Analyst, Protect Democracy
• US - Data Journalist, World Resources Institute
• US - Data Reporter, Boston University
• US - Investigative All Media Journalist, Dayton Daily News
• US - Investigative Reporter, EdSource
• US - Legal Data Reporter, Reuters
• US - Remote Fall Interns, NPR
• US - Social Media Specialist, YouGov

Upcoming events:

• June 24-27, Online, Global Fact 7
• June 25-28, Online, Allied Media Conference
• July 16-17, Online, SRCCON
• July 20-24, Online, ISOJ
• Aug 5-9, Online, NABJxNAHJ Convention
• Aug 27-30, Online, IRE Conference
• Sep 10-12, Washington DC, US, Excellence in Journalism Conference
• Sep 10-13, Chicago, US, The Association of LGBTQ journalists (NLGA)
• Sep 23-27, Boise, US, Environmental Journalism Conference
• Oct 1-16, Online, Online News Association Conference
• Nov 5-8, Mechelen, Belgium, EIJC & Dataharvest
• Dec 4-6, Austin, US, Journalism & Women Symposium
• TBD, TBD, AAJA Conference

Other opportunities:

• July 15, ADAMI Media Prize for Cultural Diversity in Eastern Europe
• Rolling deadline, National Geographic grants to cover COVID-19
• Rolling deadline, FIJ grant for Americans to cover COVID-19
• Rolling deadline, IWMF relief grant for COVID-19 struggles
• Rolling deadline, ECFJ grants for stories on elections, AI, disinformation, etc.
• Rolling deadline, Ukraine Media Development Fund
• Rolling deadline, Contest fees for submitting solutions stories
• Rolling deadline, Fund for Environmental Journalism Rapid Response Grants