New Workshops – Documentary Production & 8mm/16mm Filmmaking

I occasionally pass along newsletters from other organizations doing cool stuff. This is one you NY folks should check out. Some great workshops coming up in the next couple months. Details below.-Mia

++++++++++++++++++++++

Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser

We are excited to be branching out [...]

Share

Voice of Russia radio is hiring in Washington DC

Pass this on to your colleagues in the DC area. And since VOR will be broadcasting in NY, perhaps there will be some future opportunities there as well. Stay tuned!-mia

+++++++++++++++++++++

The “Voice of Russia”, the leading and the only Russian internationalbroadcaster, has recently embarked on a new project launching a 24-hourradio station in New [...]

Share

Bay Area Video Coalition Preservation Internship

This is an UNPAID internship, but BAVC is a great org and a great place to learn/network if you have 12-16 hours/week to spare. Details and contact info below.

-Mia

+++++++++++++++++++++++ Bay Area Video Coalition

Preservation Internship

The Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC) is seeking an intern to work

side-by-side experienced video and audio preservationists [...]

Share

Freelance work for American Association of Healthcare Journos

Potentially good pay for this multimedia freelance gig. Details below.-mia

+++++++++++++++++++++ http://www.healthjournalism.org/prof-dev-jobs-details.php?id=259

The Association of Health Care Journalists seeks freelance assistance in building helpful and dynamic web pages for fellow journalists trying to keep up with the implementation of health reform and the continuing health care debate.

This year-to-year commitment would include writing tip sheets [...]

Share

CA fellowships to attend Health Journalism 2011

Fellowships available to attend this health journalism conference. Details and deadlines below.-mia

+++++++++++++++++++

                                       

2011 AHCJ-California Health Journalism Fellowships                                              

Need financial assistance to attend Health Journalism 2011, the national conference of the Association of Health Care Journalists?

 

Thanks to the California HealthCare Foundation’s [...]

Share

Deutsche Welle’s English’s Pulse looking for Asia, Africa freelance pitches

Hey folks. This from one of our long-time FC members who moved across the pond: From my colleague, Kate Bowen, who runs Pulse, our youth culture show. Please send pitches to: kate.bowen@dw-world.de and tell her I sent you. -Cyrus Farivar

Details below for traveling audio folks.-mia

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Our current series Europe on a Shoestring [...]

Share

5-channel sound installation at UnionDocs in NYC this Sunday, 1/23

This NYC Union Docs event looks very cool on many levels. Check it out!-Mia

+++++++++++++++++++ If you're in NYC this Sunday, we have an amazing sound event at UnionDocs in Brooklyn. Anthropologist and sound artist Ernst Karel will be presenting recent and in-progress ethnographic electroacoustic work on a 5 channel / 5 speaker system. Hope [...]

Share

Ford Foundation to Put Up $50 Million for Documentaries

New funding possibility for doc filmmakers. Woo hoo!!-mia

www.fordfoundation.org/justfilms

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From the NY Times January 18, 2011, 2:09 pm

Ford Foundation to Put Up $50 Million for Documentaries By BROOKS BARNES Documentarians, rejoice! The Ford Foundation on Tuesday announced a five-year plan to pour $50 million into documentaries -– defined broadly, including online-only efforts [...]

Share

Metcalf Fellowships Application Deadlines approaching

Some upcoming fellowships from the Metcalf Institute. Details below.-mia

++++++++++++++++++++++++++ NEWS@METCALF  

January 18, 2011

 

Metcalf Institute FELLOWSHIPS APPLICATION DEADLINE REMINDER

 

Metcalf Institute Deadlines for Seminar and Workshop on Oil Spill Research

Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting is accepting applications for two science training programs for [...]

Share

REMINDER – Tax Q&A with CPA Jason Stallcup, Jan 20, Sandbox Suites, Union Square, SF, 6:30pm

Hey all. Just a reminder that CPA Jason Stallcup is giving his annual tax talk this THURSDAY, Jan 20 at Sandbox Suites in Union Square. It's intended for freelancers and other independents and he has endless knowledge (and patience for all questions) about the crazy rules that apply to us. Don't miss it!

-Mia

http://www.meetup.com/SF-Coworking/calendar/15960725/ [...]

Share