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Hello, hacks and hackers! Is your local newsroom struggling to financially sustain itself? You’re not alone.

The Lenfest Institute and the Shorenstein Center led a brainstorming session between industries and local leaders to discuss solutions.

Some strategies included bundling subscriptions across news orgs and honing in on philanthropic efforts. To find out more about those solutions and others, read the full report here.

Worth a read:

  • Whether you’re a freelance reporter or a solo newsroom developer, you may find yourself working without an editor. Source compiled a list of tips from SRCCON attendees and created a guide to help editor-less journalists. (Source)
  • With linguistic norms changing, people are striving to use more inclusive language. The Atlantic joined this conversation by exploring the use of the word "guys" in casual conversation. (The Atlantic)
  • With giants like Buzzfeed and Vox and younger outlets like the Colorado Sun, what is the future role of traditional news orgs as both local and national digital outlets scale up to meet demand? (Medium)

Upcoming events:

Month Day City Country Event
September 13-15 Austin US ONA Conference
September 16-18 Boston US New England First Amendment Institute
September 24-26 Key Biscayne US DigiDay Publishing Summit
September 26-28 Accra Ghana Forum on Internet Freedom
September 27-28 Buenos Aires Argentina International Open Data Conference
October 5-7 Seoul Korea Uncovering Asia Conference
October 12 Washington D.C. US Mind to Mind Symposium
October 15-17 Yerevan Armenia Drone journalism school
October 22-24 Copenhagen Denmark International Anti-Corruption Conference
November 1-2 Antalya Turkey Fact-Checking Summit (Apply to attend by August 31)
November 16-18 Philadelphia US News Foundry inaugural event

Job openings:

Location Employer Opening
China Oriental Press Group Java Analyst Programmer
China Oriental Press Group Web Producer
UK BBC Focus Magazine Online Assistant
UK SevenC3 Digital Editor
UK New Scientist Digital Editor
US Chalkbeat Designer/Developer
US Columbia University Assistant Director, Career Services
US The Des Moines Register Politics Reporter
US Hearst Full Stack Developer
US Middle East Broadcasting Networks Digital Content Editor
US NPR News Apps Designer
US Palm Beach Post Data Reporting Intern
US Reveal Data Reporter
US San Francisco Chronicle Interactive Developer
US Textio Senior Data Journalist
US West Virginia University Interactive Media Designer/Assistant Professor
US WNBC Executive Producer, Investigative
 

Project funding:

Deadline Fund
Rolling Solutions Journalism Network Freelance Fund
Rolling Ukraine Media Development Fund
Rolling Contest fees for submitting solutions stories
October AI Initiative challenge on news and information quality
September Data-driven news production in Europe
September Truthbuzz fact-checking fellowships
December Journalism scholarships for software developers
January Entrepreneurial Journalism cohort
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