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What we're reading this week


   Kay: Google recently published case studies which include outcomes and best practices for sustainable video operations from the GNI YouTube Innovation Funding projects.

  Josh: Ready to dive into learing modern JavaScript based web development? This free course will help you learn React, Redux, Node.js, and more.

  Ben: MIT's Missing Semester of Your Computer Science Education is a wonderful introduction to a number of common computer things like the command line, debugging, cryptography, and metaprogramming.

  Paola: We are one month in, but it's never too late to get the year off to a productive start! Here are some tips for a productive 2020!

  Miranda: An interesting take on how VR and other immersive technology trends are shaping journalism.

 Inndy: Who said robots couldn't be doctors?

SHOUT OUT

Work we admire by our journalism/tech peers



ProPublica consulted a security firm in the midst of the Iowa Caucus chaos and revealed another problem with the app: it could have been hacked.

The Electronic Frontier Foundation created a double-sided informative handout about malware and protections against contracting malware on devices.

EVENTS/DEADLINES

Be in the know


Knight Foundation announced it will offer one-time grants of up to $20,000 to 25 publishers for the adoption or management of a digital publishing system. This is a huge opportunity for nonprofit news organizations and newsrooms serving underrepresented communities to move to a new content management system or to upgrade their existing system in 2020. Apply before March 8th!

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February 8: SRCCON:PRODUCT in Philadelphia.
February 9: Deadline to submit a lightning talk pitch for NICAR 2020.
February 14: Leadership Academy for Diversity in Digital Media registration deadline.
March 5-8: NICAR 2020 in New Orleans, LA.
March 9: ACES In-Depth Editing registration deadline.
March 20-21: Computation + Journalism Symposium at Northeastern University in Boston, MA.
March 23-27: Data Journalism Bootcamp in Columbia, MO.

GET A JOB

#newstech jobs with INN members and partners

GIJN is hiring a resource center director.
CalMatters is hiring a data journalist.
The Trust Project is hiring a community manager.
Reveal News is hiring a data editor and a digital designer and producer.
ProPublica is hiring developer/graphics freelancers.
The CT Mirror is hiring a data reporter.
The Center for Public Integrity is hiring a design editor and for a data fellowship.
The Marshall Project has announced three new job openings.

For general jobs in nonprofit news, check out the main INN newsletter and sign up here to get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Two INN newsletters are better than one!

DISCOVER

Gather ye rosebuds


SPOOKY: nightmare crabs 🦀

PLAY: four-way tetris 🕹️

FUN: how to take a great selfie 🤳


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