✍️✍️ Awards, Conferences, Events and Fellowship Deadlines ✍️✍️ — March 10
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Hello folks! Happy Friday and welcome to another edition of Inside The Newsroom, home of the world's largest curated journalism jobs board.🤘
I’m back from a beautiful birthday week in Avignon and Marseille, full of exploring, nature and sunshine. Definitely recommend at least a weekend there to anyone, and below are a few pics!
A few quick things to get through and then we’ll get out of here and enjoy the weekend.
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On Monday we’ll be releasing an extra bumper batch of new openings, as a thank you for bearing with me last week.
We’ll also discuss whether we can trust mainstream media. In preparation, give the below MunkDebates podcast a listen, featuring Malcolm Gladwell, Matt Taibbi, Michelle Goldberg and Douglas Murray.
Munk Debate: Be It Resolved, Don’t Trust Mainstream Media
Until then, check out the new journalism awards, conferences, events, fellowship and job deadlines below. And thank you as always for the love and support. See you again on Monday! 👋
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🚨 Featured Postings 🚨
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Politico Europe
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Requirements: 1+ year of newsroom experience (internships/freelance counts.) Experience covering spot news and ability to write quickly and accurately to tight deadlines. Excellent written and spoken English. Fluency in multiple European languages a strong advantage. Background in European or national political news coverage an advantage. 100 wpm shorthand an advantage.
Deadline: Rolling
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Requirements: 3+ years’ experience, including competition policy, business or financial reporting experience. Knowledge of European politics and policy. Strong English-language writing skills. Ability to work under pressure and on deadline. Knowledge of other European languages is a plus.
Deadline: Rolling
Data Visualization Web Producer
Location: Brussels or London
Requirements: Newsroom experience and ability to meet deadlines. Experience with HTML or content management systems is preferred. Excellent command of Excel, as well as data analysis and visualization tools. Working knowledge of EU and/or national European politics and policy is a plus. Degrees and training in data journalism or one year of demonstrated experience are preferred. Written and verbal fluency in English is a must. Candidates should have acute attention to detail and accuracy, as well as enthusiasm to be a team player.
Deadline: Rolling
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💡 Awards, Conferences, Events and Fellowships 💡
🌷 March 🌷
🆕 SPJ Convention 2023 Call for Session Proposals
SPJ are looking for presenters who can design and deliver engaging and interesting educational breakout sessions lasting 60, 90 or 120 minutes. Do you know of colleagues who would be fantastic session leaders? Do you know topic and industry experts? Encourage them to submit a proposal.
Type: Conference Session Proposals
By: Society of Professional Journalists
Cost: Free
Deadline: March 12
ProPublica Investigative Editor Training Program
Beginning this summer, ProPublica will invite up to 10 news editors from media companies across the country to participate in a yearlong investigative editing training program, led by the newsroom’s award-winning staff.
Type: Workshop
By: ProPublica
Where: New York, NY
When: June 4-8
Deadline: March 13
Mini-Bootcamp: Spreadsheets
The place to start for data journalism beginners who want to learn the foundations of using structured data. This online mini-bootcamp will dive deep into the fundamentals of using spreadsheets, including navigation, formulas and functions, sorting, filtering and grouping data, plus other critical skills such as finding, gathering and cleaning data. Using real-world datasets and examples, the IRE training team will help attendees learn the technical steps to work with datasets, along with the analytical skills needed to find and bulletproof data-driven stories.
Type: Workshop
By: IRE
Where: Virtual
When: March 13-16
Cost: From $200
🆕 Journalists, Embrace Managerial Accountability!
It doesn't matter if you are leading a non-profit news organization or a company. Understanding cost is vital. In this session, Cristina Tardáguila will review basic managerial accountability concepts and propose some exercises.
Type: Training
By: International Center for Journalists
Where: Remote
When: March 14
Cost: Free
🆕 Sekou Smith Memorial Internship
Sekou Smith graduated from Jackson State University and covered the NBA for more than 20 years. In partnership with the NABJ Sports Task Force, the selected candidate will explore the world of sports media, while also tapping into the resources and networks that directly speak to the NABJ mission.
Type: Internship
Fellowship: $5,000
Salary: $19-$25 per hour
By: NABJ
Deadline: March 20
Talk and Q&A with Sports Presenter Karthi Gnanasegaram
If you’re interested in a career in journalism our free, hands-on workshops will give you a glimpse into the industry and our award-winning NCTJ training. Whether you’re just starting out or thinking of a career change, our practical sessions are suitable for those looking to get into news, sport, online or broadcast journalism. Our sports journalism workshops are delivered alongside Sportsbeat.
Type: Training
By: News Associates
Where: Remote
When: March 20
Cost: Free
🆕 Retire Link Dumping: Effective Strategies for News on Social Media
Forget about followers and likes; social media must help you move forward your core metrics or it doesn't pay off. Leonardo Guida Stamillo will discuss how to use the platforms as a powerful tool to generate insights, spread your content and elevate your game.
Type: Training
By: International Center for Journalists
Where: Remote
When: March 21
Cost: Free
🆕 One World Media Fellowship
Aimed at aspiring journalists and filmmakers who seek to make a career out of reporting on stories from the global south. Working in film, print, audio or multimedia, our Fellows’ projects bring together integrity and creativity to present underreported stories that break down stereotypes and build cross-cultural connections.
Type: Fellowship
Fellowship: £1,000
By: One World Media
Deadline: March 22
🆕 Fighting for Women's Rights: Afghanistan and Iran
Forget about followers and likes; social media must help you move forward your core metrics or it doesn't pay off. Leonardo Guida Stamillo will discuss how to use the platforms as a powerful tool to generate insights, spread your content and elevate your game.
Type: Event
By: Pulitzer Center
Where: University of California, Berkeley
When: March 23 | 5:30pm Pacific Time
Cost: Free
🆕 EU4 Independent Media European Grants
Independent content production companies, journalists of non-profit organizations, media outlets, teams of journalists, working for an audience in the EU Eastern Partnership countries, including Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine can compete for a grant. The Program seeks to support the production of stories about a pressing issue in an EU Eastern Partnership country that has been to date unreported but has high public value.
Type: Grant
Grant: €5,000
By: EU4 Independent Media
Deadline: March 26
🆕 News Corp Media Fellowship for Digital Innovation
In collaboration with News Corp and The Wall Street Journal, ICFJ is offering journalists from around the world an opportunity to sharpen their digital journalism skills, as well as support to develop data- and/or digitally-driven projects. The 2023 News Corp Media Fellowship program includes digital innovation training, grant funding and exclusive, virtual newsroom placement with WSJ.
Type: Fellowship
By: International Center for Journalists
Deadline: March 26
Data Journalism Bootcamp
IRE’s Data Journalism Bootcamp provides a broad foundation in data skills for anyone with beginner to intermediate skills. You’ll start with basic spreadsheets and build into SQL, which can help you analyze millions of records. You’ll also cover data cleaning, finding data sources, using public records and bulletproofing your analysis.
Type: Workshop
By: IRE
Where: Columbia, MO
When: March 27
Cost: From $500 (scholarships available)
🆕 The Algorithm: Learn How to Feed the Beast
SEO expert Adriana Peña calls participants’ attention to the importance of a strong tech backbone in any business. The future of media will be determined by those who can make the algorithm work in their favor.
Type: Training
By: International Center for Journalists
Where: Remote
When: March 28
Cost: Free
Aziz Foundation Scholarships
The Scholarships Programme offers 100% tuition fee Masters scholarships to support British Muslims to study at UK universities. The scholarships are aimed at those who wish to advance in their careers and bring positive change to their communities and beyond, including candidates who wish to champion diversity in media and journalism to ensure fairer and more accurate reporting.
Type: Fellowship
By: Aziz Foundation
Deadline: March 31
🌺 April 🌺
News Journalism Workshop
If you’re interested in a career in journalism our free, hands-on workshops will give you a glimpse into the industry and our award-winning NCTJ training. Whether you’re just starting out or thinking of a career change, our practical sessions are suitable for those looking to get into news, sport, online or broadcast journalism.
Type: Training
By: News Associates
Where: Remote
When: April 18
Cost: Free
2023 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant
The Whiting Foundation is pleased to announce that the application window is open for the 2023 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant. Recognizing that works of deeply researched and imaginatively composed nonfiction require significant time and resources, the Foundation will award up to ten $40,000 completion grants to eligible writers for book-length works-in-progress. Applications are due through this online portal by Tuesday, April 25th. For more information about eligibility, selection criteria, and the application process, see below and refer to the guidelines, available at whiting.org/cng.
Type: Grant
Grant: $40,000
By: The Whiting Foundation
Deadline: April 25
🌲 Evergreen 🌲
Media Innovator’s Mentorship
The International Press Institute’s Media Innovator’s Mentorship Programme creates space for sharing expertise, experience and lessons. IPI will match willing experts and media partners with individuals or newsrooms interested in mentorship. Mentorship is open to mid-career and senior journalists and other media practitioners.
Type: Mentorship
By: International Press Institute
Cost: Free
Deadline: Rolling
Investigative Journalist Equity Initiative
FRONTLINE is accepting applications for their Investigative Journalist Equity Initiative program. The program provides investigative journalists interested in long-form documentary storytelling with one-on-one support and seminars, and places them within “a production company to expose them to the business side of documentary filmmaking.” Applicants should have at least a decade of news experience. The program is remote and there is no deadline to apply, but the first cohort will begin in early December.
Type: Training
By: PBS Frontline
When: December
Gateway Grants
In this initial round, we will award five projects with up to $10,000 each for ambitious ideas around specific document collections, such as monitoring and archiving government reading rooms or exploring how decentralized technologies can preserve key materials at risk of censorship or removal. Projects should build on DocumentCloud’s recently launched Add-On infrastructure, making it easy to extend and automate DocumentCloud’s functionality.
Type: Bursary
Grant: $10,000
By: MuckRock and Document Cloud