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Event Roundup, Feb 13

By Erika Owens

Posted on February 13, 2017
Journalism-code meetups around the world, plus a bunch of upcoming deadlines.
Opening Secure Channels for Confidential Tips

By Martin Shelton

Posted on February 9, 2017
To make it easier for tipsters to share sensitive information, a growing number of news organizations are launching resources for confidential tips. This short guide will describe some basics around how to think about security on behalf of your sources before thinking about tools and practices.
Event Roundup, Jan 30

By Erika Owens

Posted on January 30, 2017
Deadlines this week for some major journalism fellowships, plus a bunch of upcoming events.
Same Diff: Tracking Trump’s People

By David Yanofsky

Posted on January 25, 2017
Welcome! This is the first of an occasional series of posts I’ll be writing here about how news organizations around the world are going about the same things differently. The plan is to focus on the kind of work that doesn’t fit neatly into our CMSes, or that need custom design or code. I’ve been doing this work for seven years and remain to be fascinated by the varying approaches to the same subject matter. When news breaks, (or perhaps when news is planned 12 months ahead) how do we in media make the same things, differently?
Visually Speaking: Patterns for Humane Data Visualization

By Dana Amihere

Posted on January 25, 2017
Data can be impersonal, especially large datasets with thousands or even millions of records. The fact that most data of this magnitude is calculated by machines is, however, a sharp contrast to the ultimate goal of examining it in the first place—to find human trends and patterns behind the numbers.
Event Roundup, Jan 17

By Erika Owens

Posted on January 17, 2017
Data journalism training in Berlin, plus a bunch of upcoming meetups around the world.
Event Roundup, Jan 9

By Erika Owens

Posted on January 9, 2017
OpenNews wants to help you get to events, plus meetups later this month.
Event Roundup, Jan 3

By Erika Owens

Posted on January 3, 2017
Slow start to the new year for events, but that means more time for fellowship applications.
What I Learned Recreating One Chart Using 24 Tools

By Lisa Charlotte Rost

Posted on December 8, 2016
Lessons learned from trying to create one chart with as many applications, libraries, and programming languages as possible.
Event Roundup, Dec 5

By Erika Owens

Posted on December 5, 2016
Cleverly named meetup from Journocoders, and a scant few other events and deadlines before the end of the year.
Event Roundup, Nov 28

By Erika Owens

Posted on November 28, 2016
Deadlines this week for the JSK fellowship and IFF conference, plus some upcoming events.
Event Roundup, Nov 21

By Erika Owens

Posted on November 21, 2016
Session ideas are due soon for the Internet Freedom Festival, plus a bunch of other upcoming grant and fellowship deadlines.
Event Roundup, Nov 14

By Erika Owens

Posted on November 14, 2016
Applications for ONA’s Women’s Leadership Accelerator are due tomorrow, plus other events and deadlines.
What You’ve Been Making, Nov 11

By Erin Kissane and Lindsay Muscato

Posted on November 11, 2016
OpenNews (and thus Source) exists to do one thing: to help a community of newsroom technologists, data scientists, and interactive designers thrive. We believe in the value of the work, now as ever. We will continue to look for new ways to support what you do, and to support you, as human beings. For now, we offer some links to your work on the way the vote went down, a map of loss, images of new Europeans, strong words, and more.
Event Roundup, Nov 7

By Erika Owens

Posted on November 7, 2016
If you’re not buried in elections work, there area few events this week and upcoming deadlines to check out.
Event Roundup, Oct 24

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Posted on October 24, 2016
The Mozilla Festival is back this weekend. We’ll be in London and have coverage here on Source.
Event Roundup, Oct 17

By Erika Owens

Posted on October 17, 2016
The Mozilla Festival comes to London next week, and this week there will be a Hacks/Hackers London meetup and BBC hackathon.
Source Project Roundup, Oct 14

By Lindsay Muscato

Posted on October 14, 2016
Here’s a look at what we’ve been reading and scrolling through lately: border issues, complaints against cops, campaign data, invisible labor, and more.
Event Roundup, Oct 10

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Posted on October 10, 2016
Transparency Camp comes to Cleveland, BarCamp News Innovation is in Philly, and other upcoming events and deadlines.
Event Roundup, Oct 3

By Erika Owens

Posted on October 3, 2016
CUNY J+ has two workshops this week, plus take a look at upcoming deadlines.