Two, week-long fellowships from Annenberg plus grant money for reported projects. Details below. -mia
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When: July 11-16, 2010 Where: Los Angeles Deadlines to Apply: May 5, 2010 and May 12, 2010
Step away from your daily routine to spend a week in Los Angeles exploring the intersection between community health, health policy and the nation’s growing ethnic diversity, [...]
Another fellowship opportunity – this one from New America Media. Deadline this Friday, April 2! -mia
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Open Internet Reporting Fellowships
DEADLINE APPROACHING: April 2, 2010, 5 PM PDT
What is net neutrality? What is broadband access and adoption? Why should your audiences care about these issues? Here are three reasons why:
Do they make international phone calls using the Internet? [...]
Scholarships available from the Audio Engineering Society. Details below. -mia
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Deadline is May 15th, if you would like to pass this along to interested students/colleagues:
AES Educational Foundation http://www.aes.org/education/foundation/
The Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation is dedicated to encouraging the entry of talented students into the profession of audio engineering and related fields. Since its establishment in 1984, the [...]
Anyone available for this short writing gig? Details below. Contact: Kris Haamer -mia
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Call: Freelance writer in the San Francisco area for a science story out of the Cal. Academy of Sciences. Preferably interested in African or Lusophone cultures.
Story: A world class scientist just back from his latest expedition to Sao Tome & Principe. Has previously [...]
These days it seems there’s no shortage of news websites or blogs devoted to covering all things Oakland. In the last couple of years we’ve seen Oakland North come aboard, the launch of Oakland Local, The OakBook, and cool sites like A Better Oakland. [...]
From the Freelancer’s Guild – training session is free to Guild members, pretty affordable for everyone else. Details below: -mia
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This workshop is free to guild members, including freelance unit members, but RSVPs will help us plan. If it sounds like something you want to do, just send a note with your name and contact info toregister@mediaworkers.org
We [...]
Hey all. I’m coming to the Bay Area for a visit and I would LOVE to see you! Come out and re/connect with your fellow freelancers:
Pacific Coast Brewing Company 906 Washington Street, Oakland 7pm – whenever y’all get sick of me
Drop me a note if you think you can make it so I can keep an [...]
Lots of hiring is promised at the stations that received this funding. Seems like a step in the right direction for revitalizing local media.
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http://cpb.org/pressroom/release.php?prn=814
For Immediate Release March 25, 2010
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Launches New Local Journalism Initiative
Regional Collaborations to Counter Decline of Local Journalism
Digital Public Media Platform to Support Innovation
Washington, DC — The Corporation for [...]
International Reporting Project fellowship deadline approaching. Details below. -mia * ++++++++++++++++++++++++++*
Applications for IRP Fellowship in international reporting due by *April 1*
In the fall of 2010 the International Reporting Project (IRP) will offer up to 10 IRP Fellowships to U.S. journalists to carry out a project reporting from any country in the world outside the United [...]
Important message from the Freelancer’s Guild. This is BIG! -mia
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ATTENTION ALL FREELANCERS SEEKING HEALTH CARE
In the upcoming months, the Guild’s Freelancer unit will be negotiating a contract with a major health care provider that will offer rates far lower than what you could get on the open market as an individual.
It is vital that before we [...]