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FYI – the SAJA Award deadline is approaching. Good luck! -Mia +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Please share with journalists you know. Some of the winners each year are NOT South Asian. SAJA 2010 Journalism Awards DEADLINES 3/5/10 and 3/26/10 http://bit.ly/sajajawards2010 The South Asian Journalists Association and SAJA Group Inc. invite individual journalists and news organizations in North America to submit entries to this year’s [...] A survey from the Freelance Media Workers Guild – help them help you better. -mia +++++++++++++++++++++++++ If you’re an independent journalist — writer, editor, illustrator, photographer, filmmaker, multi-media producer — and you live in Northern California, we want to hear from you. Guild Freelancers is surveying area freelancers to learn more about their lives, their work and the local [...] Hey folks. I fully recognize that this is not a high-paying opportunity, but I can certainly appreciate the labor of love and it sounds like a fun project. Details below if you’re interested. -mia +++++++++++++++++++++++ From: Julie Sabatier I am the host and creator of a public radio show and podcast called “Destination DIY.” In a nutshell, the [...] Hey all. Interesting opportunity forwarded by one of our members. Check it out. -mia +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I wanted to pass this on to the group. It’s a chance to pitch a comedy feature film idea to an incubator that’s partnering with lion’sgate films. Sounds cool. Here’s the [...] Freelance Cafe member April Dembosky won the Best New Artist award in the Third Coast International Audio Festival competition last fall. Check out her feature below. Best New Artist Death Comes Home is a portrait of three families who have chosen to forego the funeral director [...] Freelance Cafe member Erik Castro won first place in the The National Press Photographers Association monthly peer-reviewed multimedia contest recently. Check it out! 1st place Individual Audio Slideshow - Musical Maycie Hey folks. The next freelancer’s gathering is coming up next Thursday: February 25th 7PM Pacific Coast Brewery (906 Washington Street, Oakland) And I have a favor to ask of y’all. I’m working on getting the freelancecafe.org website into some kind of passable shape (and yes, those of you who’ve been in the group for awhile know that I’ve [...] I’ve heard great things about this fellowship. Details below. -mia +++++++++++++++++++++++++ *Call for applicants* As journalism reinvents itself, journalists now need to learn multiplatform technologies, such as podcasting, blogging, digital video and audio. They also need an understanding of subjects that consistently rank high with readers—health, environment, medical research, technology and science. Only one Fellowship offers the pick of scientific [...] News writers are in a helluva fix. Despite spanking brand new news websites, micro-local blogging and dedicated journalism programs trying to figure out how to attract and retain readers, the future is bleak for writers. For it is a future which includes diminishing career prospects. [...] Hey folks – this update from Glynn at Snap Judgments: revised (higher!) pay rates. Hooray! -mia ++++++++++++++++++++++ Thanks to everyone for your amazing response to Snap Judgment’s Call for Stories, and suggestions on our rate structure. As promised, we have gone “back to the drawing board” on the rate structure, as reflected in this revised Call for Stories. As [...] |
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