Knight Center hosts MOOC on Python for data journalism [Worldwide]

Aspiring data journalists can participate in this online course.

The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas is offering the course “Python for data journalists: analyzing money in politics” from June 12 to July 9, through its Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). 

Participants will learn computer programming and data journalism techniques to produce their own data analyses and investigations. 

Instructor Ben Welsh, editor of the Los Angeles Times Data Desk and co-founder of the California Civic Data Coalition, will introduce students to his tool kit, which includes Python, pandas and Jupyter Notebook. 

The class is open to anyone interested in learning new data journalism tools such as Python scripting to conduct data analysis. Knowledge of computer programming is not required.

Registration is free and ongoing.

For more information, click here.

Everyday Feminism offers reporting fellowship [US]

Journalists from diverse backgrounds with a deep commitment to anti-oppression can apply for a fellowship.

Everyday Feminism is hiring 10 virtual reporting fellows who will write educational articles that will seed and amplify cultural tipping points around key social issues. The fellowship will run from July to December.

Fellows are be expected to write one story per week in one of the following editorial tracks – identity, activism culture, policy, healing justice or privilege. The pay is US$125 per post. They must also attend a one-hour virtual orientation on July 5 and bi-monthly meetings.

Candidates must be pursuing journalism as a career and have experience working in a deadline-oriented environment. 

The deadline is June 13.

For more information, click here.

BBC seeks multimedia editor [Brazil]

Journalists fluent in English and Portuguese can apply for this position.

BBC Brasil is hiring a multimedia editor to join its team in São Paulo.

The journalist will have both editorial and managerial responsibilities, including providing editorial guidance and supervising production work as well as maintaining high standards of work through briefings, feedback and scrutiny of scripts.

Candidates must be experienced multimedia journalists, with an extensive understanding of Brazilian, Latin American and international current affairs and the ability to lead a team in a journalistic environment that is constantly changing.

For more information, click here.

Radio Free Asia seeks director [US]

Experienced journalists fluent in Korean and English can apply for this position.

Radio Free Asia is hiring a director for its Korean service in Washington.

Responsibilities Include planning, directing and supervising the development of Korean broadcast and multimedia programs and daily operations; providing editorial leadership and managerial guidance to the staff in both Washington and Seoul; and more.

Candidates must have at least 10 years of experience, managerial and problem-solving skills, and demonstrated knowledge of current political, economic, and social conditions in North and South Korea, as well as greater familiarity with U.S. policy toward North Korea.

For more information, click here.

World Wildlife Fund seeks press secretary [Russia]

Experienced journalists can apply for this position in Moscow.

The World Wildlife Fund Russia (WWF Russia) is looking for a press secretary.

The press secretary will be responsible for generating news, press releases, articles, Q&As and more on the WWF activities in Russia and the other parts of the world.

Candidates must have at least five years of experience in journalism, PR or advertising and a native knowledge of Russian and good literacy in English.

For more information (in Russian), click here

Journalist-in-Residence focuses on tropical diseases [Africa, Asia, Latin America]

Print, broadcast, and online journalists from Africa, Asia and Latin America are invited to apply for this all-expenses-paid program.

The Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM)'s Journalist-in-Residence Program 2017 offers journalists the opportunity to deepen their understanding of topical issues in tropical medicine and global health during a two-week stay in Antwerp, Belgium.

Participants will work on a project in the realm of tropical medicine and global health (a documentary or a series of articles, for example) and interact with world experts in a wide range of topics in biomedical sciences, clinical sciences and public health.

The initiative is part of ITM’s capacity building program in developing countries financed by the Belgian Directorate-General for Development (DGD). 

The deadline is June 30.

For more information, click here.