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✍️✍️ Conferences, Deadlines, Events and Fellowships ✍️✍️ — November 11

15 new fellowships, events and conferences. Plus hundreds of new deadlines...

✍️✍️ Conferences, Deadlines, Events and Fellowships ✍️✍️ — November 11

Hiya folks, happy Friday. I’m visiting family by the sea for a few days, so I’m going to get us out of here quickly so I can go back to enjoying the gray skies.

This is the second edition of our new Friday format, whereby we’ll gather the latest conferences, deadlines, events and fellowships in the industry. I hope you like the change, and I’ll do my best to keep expanding.

Until then, check out Monday’s jobs and news update where we added our usual ~800 new openings across the U.S., UK, Canada and Europe. And we also delved into the 2022 Global Impunity Index, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s secret efforts to police speech and misinformation.

As ever, if you have an opening at your organization and want it featured, fill out this form or email me at daniellevitt32@gmail.com. And the same goes for if you have or know of a conference, event or fellowship coming up. 👍

Alright, all the good stuff is below, we’ll see eachother again next week. Tot ziens 👋

Job Corner

✍️ Want to have a job featured? Fill out this form and we’ll help you out ✍️

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Bellingcat

  • Social Media Producer

    • Location: Remote/Worldwide

    • Requirements: 3+ years’ experience posting and communication on social media platforms. Experience creating engaging content for established and emerging social media platforms such as TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, Twitch, Discord, Reddit, Facebook and LinkedIn. Track record producing audio-visual content and experience with video and audio editing software (Adobe Creative Suite or similar). Willingness to work independently with colleagues spread across several time zones.

    • Deadline: November 27, 2022

Project Syndicate

  • Associate Editor

    • Location: Remote/Worldwide

    • Requirements: 4+ years of experience, strong knowledge and understanding of world affairs, economics and public policy

    • Deadline: Rolling

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Texas Monthly

  • Copy Editor

    • Location: Remote

    • Requirements: Familiarity with the authorities on language and editing, such as Chicago, AP, Bryan Garner, Merriam-Webster, and Words Into Type. A general affinity for or knowledge of the state of Texas and its varied affairs is preferred. Proofreading/editing ability in Spanish is a strong plus.

      • Deadline: November 28, 2022

  • News and Politics Writer

    • Location: Texas

    • Requirements: 2–3 years of previous journalism experience. Understanding of Texas politics. Ability to write sharp, original analysis with precision and fairness. Proven track record for cultivating a diverse range of sources in government and/or politics.

      • Deadline: November 18, 2022

  • Social Media Editor

    • Location: Austin, TX

    • Requirements: Excellent writing skills with strong attention to detail. Experience using relevant social media platforms in a journalistic setting. Experience using Google Analytics, Parsely, or other analytics platforms.

    • Deadline: Rolling

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Reuters

  • Picture Editor, Wider Image

    • Location: London, UK

    • Requirements: Experience as a photo editor, with an eye for editing large volumes of pictures quickly and precisely. Experience designing and building multimedia stories for digital publication. Experience editing video either as a separate product or in combination with still photos. Experience working with colleagues from across news bureaux and editing desks.

    • Deadline: Rolling

  • Senior Video Producer (six-month contract)

    • Location: London, UK

    • Requirements: 5+ years’ experience in professional journalism in a broadcast, digital or agency environment. Excellent news judgment and a solid track record of working in a breaking news environment. Clear understanding of the news video needs of major broadcasters and digital clients.

    • Deadline: Rolling

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Conferences, Events and Fellowships

Black Media Initiative Bridge Project: Audience Revenue

This project will support publishers with a high potential for generating audience revenue. The chosen publishers will launch a subscription, membership or donation campaign in 10 weeks and receive ongoing support throughout the six-month period. Newsrooms will also get technical, analytic and messaging support. Best of all, this program will make this upstart process free to publishers.

James Alan Cox Foundation Scholarship for Student Photojournalists

Founded in memory of James Alan Cox, the James Alan Cox Foundation for Student Photojournalists aims to provide financial support to student photographers of high school and college age. The Foundation is giving away five $2,500 awards to outstanding undergraduate photojournalism students, and one to an outstanding graduate graduate student.

Disarming Disinformation in the Americas

The ICFJ and the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas will offer four online master classes — with award winning journalists Giannina Segnini, Patrícia Campos Mello, Claire Wardle and Craig Silverman — as part of the three-year global program Disarming Disinformation. The courses will be available in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Participants who attend all four master classes will receive a professional certificate from the University of Texas, and will be invited to pitch investigative story ideas to ICFJ on who/what finances disinformation in the Americas.

Rethinking Revenue: How to Unlock Philanthropic Dollars

Join Amy Rosenblum (Chalkbeat’s Chief Revenue Officer) and Eboni-Rose Thompson (Portfolio Manager, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies) as they shred the myths and misconceptions around philanthropic funding. What is your organization getting wrong about grants? What’s your program officer really thinking, and how should you collaborate with them? They’ll take audience questions, so come prepared.

Covering Homelessness In the News

The evening will begin with a panel discussion of the challenges in reporting on homelessness and a look at how newsrooms approach coverage of homelessness. As part of this event, they will bring together reporters and editors along with those with first-hand experience of homelessness to share what they would like to see from reporters covering the subject. It will end with a question and answer session with members from our in-person and virtual audience.

The Justice Fund Writing Residency for Emerging Black Journalists

The Walrus is currently accepting applications for the Justice Fund Writing Residency for Emerging Black Journalists. The full-time, paid, year-long fellowship, which begins in December 2022, is a writing-focused opportunity for early career journalists who identify as Black. To qualify as an early career journalist, you must have no more than three years of professional experience in journalism or related fields.

  • Type: Fellowship
  • By: The Walrus
  • When: December 2022
  • Location: Online
  • Salary: $800 per week
  • Registration Link
  • Registration Deadline: November 17, 2022

California Health Equity Impact Fund

The California Health Equity Impact Fund is designed for journalists who think big and want to make a difference by bringing untold stories to light about the systemic issues that stand in the way of good health for California families and communities. Supported with a generous grant and five months of professional mentorship, participating reporters can expect to conclude this program producing a substantial investigative or explanatory project.

Get Your Start by Covering Congress

  • Type: Event
  • By: Washington Press Club Foundation
  • When: November 18, 2022 (1 PM Eastern Time)
  • Location: Online
  • Cost: Free
  • Registration: RSVP to programs@wpcf.org for your zoom link

The First 90 Days: Understanding Disability in the Workplace

Those who are disabled — particularly those who are disabled people of color — understand that navigating a new job can be incredibly daunting. This webinar will help managers and employees understand how to navigate conversations about accommodations and expectations early

  • Type: Event
  • When: November 18, 2022 (4 PM Eastern Time)
  • Location: Online
  • Cost: Free
  • Registration Link

Asian Media, Disinformation, and the AAPI Vote

This conversation will illuminate in-language elections coverage for Asian immigrant communities, how news needs and appetites are changing against the backdrop of online disinformation and political polarization in Asian America, and how community media leaders are working to serve and engage AAPI voters with relevant political journalism. Join to hear insight from two of CCM's 2022 Elections Reporting Fellows, along with leaders on the cutting edge of in-language disinformation defense.

Women in Journalism Workshop 2023

The Women in Journalism Workshop is an annual workshop that focuses on challenges, accomplishments and issues specific to women in the journalism industry today. They want to help build safer, more diverse and innovative newsrooms to serve our communities worldwide. You will learn how to innovate the way you cover stories, the management of newsrooms and teams and be trained in emerging skills and tools from global leaders in the journalism industry. All session leaders are chosen for their cutting edge knowledge in the topic of the session they are leading.

Freelancing 101

Whether you're just starting out, or you've been freelancing for years, running a business can be challenging. Between managing all of the administrative tasks, staying organized, building a book of business, and actually doing the work, there's a lot to juggle. During this session, we’ll discuss starting, running and growing your business.

  • Type: Event
  • By: Freelancers Hub
  • When: November 21, 2022 (6 PM Eastern Time)
  • Location: Online
  • Cost: Free
  • Registration Link

Journalists of Color Fellowship Application

This 9-month fellowship is designed to identify and support a cohort of diverse, next-generation leaders through a program of solutions journalism, leadership training, mentorship and community of practice. Fellows will leave the program with a clear understanding of core leadership principles and learn how to spearhead coverage that responds to the most pressing social issues of our time. In addition, fellows will work in a community of peers and gain knowledge from leaders of color working in newsrooms across the U.S. The fellowship was created with the intention to support more BIPOC journalists into newsroom leadership positions, where diversity and inclusion is critical to news coverage and the media industry as a whole.

Black Women Photographers Nikon Fund Partnership

Celebrating two years of Black Women Photographers, they’ve partnered with Nikon Inc. to offer $50,000 worth of grants.

Conversations On democracy in the Digital Age

Internet technologies have brought unprecedented social advantages and helped democratize access to information and ideas. However, in recent years, these same technologies have also been exploited to mislead, disenfranchise and undermine democracy. As the internet continues to evolve, the challenges to an informed citizenry are likely to intensify in years to come. This event will be a critical forum to explore these challenges and viable solutions.

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