HOT LINKS

What we're reading this week

Adam: Take ‘er easy.

Ben: Digital Rights Management is probably a boring topic, but the consortium that effectively governs the web is trying to decide whether or not it should be included in web browsers. Ars Technica explains what it is, why it’s controversial, why some people want it included, and why some people wouldn’t touch it with a 39½-foot pole.

Gabe: Calling all LGBT/Queer women and allies in tech! Lesbians Who Tech will be having their annual summit in San Francisco next weekend. Livestream tickets for the event are free.

 Julia: Data sonification (using audio to represent data) is a hobby of mine, and I thought this experiment by a motion designer was a neat way of transforming keyframe animations into sound.

 Kay: Don’t miss this week’s 3 to Read, which covers the growing impact of news deserts, Wikipedia’s banning of the Daily Mail, and two views on holding on tight to print.

 RC: Google released some tutorials on telling a story using Google Maps and how to fact-check an image.

 Inndy: You talking to me?

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SHOUT OUT

Work we admire by our journalism peers

Props to the Environmental Data & Governance Initiative, which is hosting #DataRescue events across the country to do important things like archiving NASA’s earth science data.

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GET A JOB

Good jobs with good people

VTDigger is hiring a Chief Innovation Officer and a Social Media / Community Editor.

The Better Government Association (BGA) seeks a full-time Civic Engagement & Special Projects Coordinator.

Reveal is hiring an Investigations Editor.

The Sunlight Foundation is hiring an Operations Manager.

Mississippi Today is hiring a Product/Web Designer and Developer.

ProPublica is hiring a Reporter, Senior Editor, Web Producer, and a number of other positions.

Chicago Public Media is hiring a Developer.

IRE is seeking a Training Director.

The Tor Project is seeking a Communications Director.

Vox Media’s Storytelling Studio is looking for a Front-End Designer.

INN is hiring a Grant Officer & Writer.

If you're looking 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!

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WE MADE A THING

Our work

Last Friday we launched the re-design of our Largo Project website. We also created a new Support Landing Page that consolidates all of our available support resources. Our design apprentice, Gabe Hongsdusit, wrote about the process of creating illustrations and animations for the re-design in a recent blog post.

Adam and Ben have also written a comprehensive post on building donation forms using Gravity Forms, Mailchimp, and Stripe. We encourage you to read through the post and experiment with these tools. Our support team is happy to assist.

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Thanks much!

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DEADLINES

The clock is ticking

The deadline is February, 20, 2017 for submitting a proposal to In These Times' Goodman Institute for Investigative Reporting.

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SOME OTHER STUFF

Gather ye rosebuds

LISTEN: The Magic iPod.

WATCH: Ashe Dryden's keynote on The Ethics of Open Source at MozFest 2016.

EAT: Zoodles don’t have to taste like sadness.

DRINK: With Duncan.

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Happy trails, Adam.

HOT LINKS

What we're reading this week

Adam: 58957.

Ben: From MuckRock executive editor JPat Brown, some amusing anecdotes and a whole lot of tips about FOIA.

Gabe: Jackie Lay is an illustrator and designer who’s done fantastic video animations for The Atlantic. She interprets spoken word with humor, grace, and originality. Check out her videos about Caitlyn Jenner, the origin of dogs, and Notorious R.B.G.

 Julia: An important question these days: How do we design the news for people who are burned out?

 Kay: These drone journalism camps will give you the hands-on experience necessary to pass the FAA exam and also include important sessions on the ethics and law of using drones for journalism.

 RC: Creative Commons has released a new search tool to help you find open licensed images from across the web.

 Inndy: Cassie the Bipedal Ostrich Bot.

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SHOUT OUT

Work we admire by our journalism peers

 

OpenNews has gone independent.

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GET A JOB

Good jobs with good people

INN is hiring a Grant Officer & Writer.

Chalkbeat is hiring an executive editor and a national reporter.

The Tor Project is hiring a Communications Director.

The Texas Tribune is hiring a software engineer.

ProPublica is hiring a web producer, a product developer and a number of other positions.

KPCC is hiring an audience insights and development manager.

The American Press Institute is hiring a reader revenue program manager.

The Pew Research Center is hiring a research analyst on its journalism and media research team.

The Trust Project is hiring a project manager.

The UK Local Data Lab is hiring its first two team members.

The Internet Archive is hiring for a number of positions, including a head of digitization.

If you're looking for general jobs in nonprofit news, the main INN newsletter has dozens of openings every week. Check it out and sign up here to get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Two INN newsletters are better than one!

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WE MADE A THING

Our work

This week we launched a Largo-powered redesign for Fresh Energy, a Minnesota nonprofit dedicated to shaping policies for a clean energy economy.

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BE OUR GUEST

This week's guest contributor

Katie Methe (@katiemethe) is a technology problem solver, digital strategist and a Senior Team Lead @10up.

I enjoy reading articles from Post Status, which is dedicated to informing WordPress professionals and enthusiasts about the industry. In particular, here's some New Year's Resolutions for WordPress Developers.

You too can be a guest contributor! Read more about that here and shoot us an email at nerds@inn.org if you're interested. We'd love to hear from you.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Listen up!

We’ve made some changes to our Support Process. (Plus, check out our cool new Largo site!)

And in team news, the one-and-only Adam is leaving INN to go be awesome at Mother Jones, and Julia is taking the helm here. Stay tuned for more updates next week – but don’t worry, Nerd Alert is sticking around for good.

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SOME OTHER STUFF

Gather ye rosebuds

LISTEN: 99 Red Balloons with Red Balloons.

WATCH: The Birth and Death of JavaScript.

EAT: Caramelized-Honey Brûlée. For now, for Valentine’s day, for always.

DRINK: Lord Nibbler, a Cocktail with IPA syrup, Bourbon, and Campari.

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Until next time...

HOT LINKS

What we're reading this week

 Adam: Chicago Magazine has an excellent feature on oboist Alex Klein’s dramatic comeback from focal dystonia. To get a sense of his artistry, make sure to check out his 2001 recording of the Strauss Oboe Concerto. One of the very best.

 Ben: Microsoft’s emotions API can be fed images from video, so why not use that to determine the emotional content of inaugural addresses? Periscopic’s analysis is pretty impressive.

 Gabe: Illustrator Christoph Niemann’s Sunday Sketching is a thoughtful reflection on the creative process that hits close to home.

 Julia: This overview of animation in design systems contains useful guidelines to help you create pleasant – and performant – user experiences.

 Kay: Are people allowed to just take your time? Jason Fried shares an alternative.

 RC: The Knight Foundation has released a review of what they’ve learned about podcasting from their investments in the space.

 Inndy: Meet my newest autonomous friend, Bat Bot!

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SHOUT OUT

Work we admire by our journalism peers

Shout out to all the news organizations tracking staffing choices for the Trump administration. Take a look at a few of the big ones and read the Same Diff column on Source for a detailed comparison of the coverage.

• The Washington Post
• The New York Times
• CNN
• NPR
• The Wall Street Journal
• The Boston Globe

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Please consider supporting this newsletter with a donation to INN.

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Thanks much!

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GET A JOB

Good jobs with good people

INN is hiring a Grant Officer & Writer.

The Tor Project is hiring a Communications Director.

The Texas Tribune is hiring a software engineer.

ProPublica is hiring a web producer, a product developer and a number of other positions.

KPCC is hiring an audience insights and development manager.

The American Press Institute is hiring a reader revenue program manager.

The Pew Research Center is hiring a research analyst on its journalism and media research team.

The Trust Project is hiring a project manager.

The UK Local Data Lab is hiring its first two team members.

The Internet Archive is hiring for a number of positions, including a head of digitization.

If you're looking for general jobs in nonprofit news, the main INN newsletter had more than 16 job openings this week. Check it out and sign up here to get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Two INN newsletters are better than one!

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SOME OTHER STUFF

Gather ye rosebuds

LISTEN: Lila Downs: Story-teller, tremendous voice, and Grammy winner (NBD). ?

WATCH: The magical, interrupting, bird of paradise.

EAT: All of the dips.

DRINK: Have your drink and eat it too.

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Onward!

HOT LINKS

What we're pondering this week.

  Adam: ...will be back next week! ?

  Ben: Today, we use software to draw maps. In days of yore, though, it required a number of specialized, shiny, mechanical implements, a number of which have been photographed by the CIA and posted on Flickr for your viewing pleasure.

  Gabe: Behance’s Year in Review is a beautiful compendium of exemplary illustration, photography, and design work in 2016.

  Julia: After experimenting with 24 different data visualization tools to chart a single dataset, Lisa Charlotte Rost shared her findings to help you choose the right tech for your needs.

  RC: Freedom of the Press Foundation has released Secure The News, their automated tool to track adoption of HTTPS website encryption by news organizations.

  Inndy: Never trust a caroling robot.

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SHOUT OUT

Work we admire by our journalism peers

Muckrock – the collaborative news site that allows you to file, track, and share public records requests – recently went open source in order to help more people take advantage of our right to public records.

From Muckrock: "Our hope is that you’ll find new and useful ways to extend our work, whether you’re a newsroom standing up an internal FOIA tracker or maybe even a government agency looking for a better way to intake and process records requests."

Their site is available on GitHub.

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GET A JOB

Good jobs with good people

Mississippi Today is hiring a web developer and designer.

The Center for Public Integrity is looking for a news apps developer and data journalist.

The Texas Tribune is accepting applications for a data visuals developer.

INN is hiring a support and community lead.

If you're looking for general jobs in nonprofit news, the main INN newsletter had more than 16 job openings this week. Check it out and sign up here to get it in your inbox every Tuesday. Two INN newsletters are better than one!

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SOME OTHER STUFF

Gather ye rosebuds

READ: Anything from this speculative narratives reading list.

LISTEN: A classical mixtape for times such as these.

EAT: Crème Brûlée French Toast – a rich twist on a classic.

DRINK: Homemade Mexican Hot Chocolate. ☕

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If you give a mouse a cookie...

HOT LINKS

What we're pondering this week.

  Adam: This week the American Press Institute published some helpful guidance on producing longform stories. Among the topics they cover: how to choose which stories deserve special treatment, how to involve your community in the story process before, during and after publication and more.

  Ben: Do you look at links in your emails before you click them? From Yahoo, how to detect a phishing email. I found one in my inbox this morning.

  Gabe: Asana has a detailed rebranding story that features sky gradients, unicorns and Predator's aiming laser of death.

  Julia: An Advent calendar filled with data journalism tools, brought to you by Journocode.

  RC: If you’re looking for something lighthearted and uplifting to read on a Friday afternoon, then Brace yourself: the most disruptive phase of globalization is just beginning is probably not it.

  Inndy: Wah! Wah! ??

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WE MADE A THING

Our projects, manifest

Adam joined 10 other contributors in D.C. for a special OpenNews code convening. They worked on building the first draft of a guidebook for open-source newsroom code. They’ll hand over the draft to a team of remote editors and eventually publish it through Github. Stay tuned!

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SHOUT OUT

Work we admire by our journalism peers

Congressional Research Service reports are an effective way to receive unbiased information on political issues. Back in October, Daniel Schuman of Demand Progress wrote about the importance of making these reports publicly available. So far EveryCRSReport.com has published 8,299 CRS reports. You can support their work here.

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GET A JOB

Good jobs with good people

ProPublica is launching an Illinois unit and will be looking for investigative journalists.

NPR is looking for a Training Manager.

Mother Jones is looking for a Web Developer.

INN is hiring a Support and Community Lead.

If you're looking for general jobs in nonprofit news, the main INN newsletter had over 18 job openings this week. Check it out and sign up here if you'd like to get that in your inbox every week. Two INN newsletters are better than one!

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SOME OTHER STUFF

Gather ye rosebuds

LISTEN: Schubert: Piano Trio in E-flat major, Op. 100.

WATCH: This corgi puppy's 100 happiest moments.

EAT: 100 ways to use beer in food and drinks.

DRINK: The Diamondback – a 100 proof cocktail.

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Keep it ?

HOT LINKS

What we're reading this week.

  Adam: Rekha Murthy proposes a framework for how public media should conduct journalism in the age of Donald Trump. Worth a read even if you’re not in public media, as independent nonprofit news organizations puzzle through many of the same questions.

  Ben: WordCamp US is happening today and this weekend. Not everyone can make it, so they’re streaming the sessions live. You do need to register to watch the streams, but the cost of admission is only your email address.

  Gabe: Check out this fabulous list of UI inspiration specifically for news sites. You’ll find nifty transitions, beautiful layouts, and clean interfaces. Like what you see? We’d love to help.

  Julia: AllSides lets you peruse daily news from Left, Right, and Center.

  RC: Check out The Economist’s work from the Trust Project hackathon this past week in London.

  Inndy: Remembering Robert the Robot, America's original toy robot sensation.

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WE MADE A THING

Our projects, manifest

RC made a trip across the pond to participate in a hack event organized by The Trust Project in London earlier this week. The goal was to create tools that can help news organizations meet eight "trust factors" that consumers have identified as important in judging what to believe. RC worked with some folks from the BBC to develop a WordPress plugin that makes it easy to correlate reporters' topical expertise with story topics, such that contextual reporter bios can be displayed with related stories. Stayed tuned next week for the plugin release!

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SHOUT OUTS

Work we admire by our journalism peers

Kudos to ProPublica for their continuing coverage of hate crimes – who commits them, where they happen, and who should be tracking them.

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GET A JOB

Good jobs with good people

INN is hiring a Support and Community Lead.

KERA is looking for a Digital Designer-Developer.

Oregon Public Broadcasting is looking for a Senior Digital Platform Developer.

If you're looking for general jobs in nonprofit news, the main INN newsletter had 18 job openings this week. Check it out and sign up here if you'd like to get that in your inbox every week. Receiving two newsletters from INN is twice as good as one!

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SOME OTHER STUFF

Gather ye rosebuds

LISTEN: Faster and faster and faster and faster and...

WATCH: Irish taste-testers test-taste American burgers.

EAT: Roasted honey sriracha brussels sprouts. Verified delicious.

DRINK: Apple cider mimosas. Everything's better with champagne.

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Let's all take a break from our screens for a moment, shall we?