Professional development can mean a variety of things, but at its core, it means learning skills, habits, work practices, etc. to succeed in the present and the future. Your professional development can take a variety of paths. Below you will find a plethora of resources for developing some skills and for getting to know our field better:
Reading
Hacks and Hackers Survival Glossary
free download of 400+ page book on "Open Government" - about the book
"Open Government Data: The Book"
free "Data Journalism Handbook"
free Journalism 2.0 Book
free ebook "Beyond Transparency: Open Data and the Future of Civic Innovation"
Journalist Toolbox
http://www.amazon.com/Newsgames-Journalism-at-Play-ebook/dp/B004HD49P8
Courses
Sunlight Academy
free online courses centered around Data Journalism: Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas, Poynter News University, For Journalism, Berkeley School of Journalism
Free online courses in a variety of topics: Coursera, Udacity
Online graduate programs: directory, rankings
Learn to code: W3 Schools, Codecademy, Lynda
Conferences
events list: http://www.intellitics.com/blog/category/events/
May: Transparency Camp
June: Personal Democracy Forum, ALA, MIT Civic Media
September/October: National Conference on Citizenship, Wolfram Data Summit
code for america summit
NICAR
Other Organizations
Moving on after Project Vote Smart:
Tips on "Getting the Job"
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