Announcing TJA resume workshops, and hello from #NICAR2024
We're excited to be hosting two resume workshops with industry experts Benét Wilson and Emma Carew Grovum. Both sessions will be open to TJA members who are looking to sharpen their resumes. We'll go over some best practices and review example resumes. We may also give live feedback to YOUR resume – if you send it to us!
Hi TJA friends! We're splitting our newsletters in two: one for trans coverage updates, one for community news.
If you're here for job opportunities, career advice, stories on any beat, and TJA member updates, stay subscribed to this newsletter. If you're here for style guide resources, stories about trans communities and the issues that face us, or other coverage resources, stay subscribed to the other newsletter.
If you're here for both, keep doing what you're doing!
Hello from #NICAR2024!
A group of TJA members attending NICAR paired with the association to pitch and present panels on trans data, LGBTQ+ data, and undercovered stories about trans communities. We packed three rooms. Plus, we ran into about two dozen of our members at the conference. It was great to see everyone!
Thanks to OpenNews for supporting our bowling social!
P.S. Are you speaking publicly about your journalistic work, on a panel or otherwise? Let us know!
They're now working on outreach to trans journalists for the project. You can contact them at transformingj@gmail.com.
Why they're doing this project
TRANSforming Journalism came to fruition as Rajvi (they/he) and Te Shima (they/them) navigated their way through graduate school at Columbia University in 2021. Having sat in community as trans people, journalists, and filmmakers, it became apparent to them that there was a disconnect between the needs of the trans community, the work of trans journalists, and the journalism industry itself. With numerous guides to reporting on the trans community available, Rajvi and Te Shima set out to bridge the gap between those guides and media organizations by creating a database that digs deep into trans-led journalism.
Journalism opportunities
SRCCON calls for proposals and travel support
OpenNews will be back in Minneapolis on August 15-16 for SRCCON, a peer-driven conference for journalists who want to transform their work, their organizations, and their communities.
The call for participation is open for session proposals through April 5, and you can also apply by the same deadline for $500 in travel support.
SRCCON is a hands-on event designed to connect you with community: share your projects, your experiments, your dreams, and help us imagine a better future for journalism.
Want to lead a session? Bring what you’re working on or trying to solve in 2024: Key topics might include election coverage, mental health, and AI tools & ethics for journalism. SRCCON always welcomes community conversations on data & tech, tools & techniques, DEI commitments that lead to real change, careers, collaboration, and culture change.
KatherineLewis
Kelly McBride
TransLash Media
Lin Codega
B. “Toastie” Oaster, High Country News
Tat Bellamy-Walker
Orion Rummler
Gabe Oatley
Julie Kliegman
