Last chance for this fellowship – deadline is Monday, Oct 8. It's a good one! -mia
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Monthly Archives: October 2012
extras needed for “Hypebeasts” shooting nights in NYC, Oct 13-21
Any NYC folks want to be an extra in a movie? Details below. -mia
A few good extras (over 18 years old) are needed to be sneakerheads in our film "Hypebeasts," a short film by Jessica dela Merced who is being advised by Spike Lee. The movie is being described as a sneakerhead "Do the Right Thing." All ethnicities are welcome. Asian American, Latino and African American extras are highly encouraged!Dates are October 13-21 with Wednesday off. All NIGHT shoots.
Please fill out this Google form with your exact availability: http://bit.ly/Qz5ttPThe movie: The night before a big sneaker drop, things get out of hand for sneakerhead Ronny and his sister Justine when the fast food cashier who wrote a racist remark on their receipt cuts in front of them in line.
The Low-Down:
25/per day. Food and snacks provided, you'll get lots of screen time, and you'll be in a fake riot- should be very exciting. We also have some star names attached to the cast which will be announced hopefully next week.Shoot times will range from 6pm-5am, but you won't have to be there the entire time. As it gets closer we will have a better idea of times you'll need to be there. We are shooting at REED SPACE in the LES on 151 Orchard Street and and a fast food restaurant. We will contact you with more details on what to wear, but, please avoid wearing sports team logos because of copyright issues. Please bring chairs to sit in if you have them.
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Thanks and hope to see you there!
Marissa Aroy
social media and other courses at Columbia J-school
Upcoming events from Columbia jschool's social media guru Sree Sreenivasan and others. Details below.
-mia
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Folks: My next two social media workshops are coming up as part of the J-school's Continuing Education program.
4-nights-over-2-months session starting this Thursday: http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/709-smarter-social-media/531
Social Media One-night Stand, Nov 29, 2012: http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/710-social-media-one-night-stand/532
Lots of other great courses, too – have a look below. Please share with your friends.
Register now for Columbia Journalism School's fall continuing education workshops!
More info and details: http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/page/843-training-program-offerings/638
COMING UP
Smarter Social Media (10/4, 10/18 & 11/1, 15)
Advanced Multimedia Storytelling (10/8-12)
Memoir Writing (10/11, 10/18, 10/25 & 11/1, 11/8, 11/15)
Introduction to Radio/Audio Storytelling (10/13, 10/20, 10/27 & 11/3, 11/10)
Reporting Safely in Crisis Zones (10/19-21)
Self-Publishing a Photo Book for Amateurs and Professionals (11/3-4)
Investigative Reporting: Data and Digital Media (11/10)
Investigative Reporting: Using Public Records (11/17)
Social Media One-Night Stand (11/29)
Sree Sreenivasan | sree@sree.net | http://sree.net | @sree
Chief Digital Officer, Columbia University
[ an explanation: http://bit.ly/sreejob3 ]
LINKEDIN: http://linkedin.com/in/sreenivasan
FACEBOOK: http://fb.com/sreetips or http://fb.com/sreenet
TWITTER: @sree – http://twitter.com/sree (tweeting tech, media & more)
-> SreeTips blog on CNET News: http://bit.ly/sreetips
Upcoming events at the UC Berkeley J-School + The Waiting Room documentary
Some great events coming up at UC Berkeley's Jschool this month. Plus, if you haven't yet seen it, UCB J-school alum Peter Nicks made this AMAZING documentary that's in theaters now – http://www.whatruwaitingfor.com/film/. Go see this film!
-mia
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SCREENING: "Between Two Worlds" a film produced by Deborah Kaufman and Alan Snitow
Presented by the Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism,fhe Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and the Jewish Studies Program of the Graduate Theological Union
When: Wednesday, October 10, 7:00 PM
Where: Room 105 North Gate Hall
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS is a groundbreaking personal exploration of the community and family divisions that are redefining American Jewish identity and politics. The filmmakers' own families are battlegrounds over loyalty to Israel, interpretations of the Holocaust, intermarriage, and a secret communist past. Filmed in the United States and Israel, it explores the vital question: Who speaks for a divided community at the crossroads?
Q&A with the producers to follow the screening.
Praise for BETWEEN TWO WORLDS:
"The film's graceful, seamless, thoroughly engaging blend of family and communal history is sure to stimulate thousands of provocative conversations about the challenges of Jewish identity in the post-Holocaust era."
-Letty Cottin Pogrebin, author & founding Editor, Ms. Magazine
"One of the best films I've ever seen about the contradictions of American Jewish life."
-Peter Beinart, author & journalist
Iraq Ten Years Later: Forgotten Past and Brutal Present
When: Friday, October 12, 7:00 PM
Where: Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center
An evening with Iraqi Journalist, Haider Hamza, and American journalist and author, David Harris, speaking on Iraq: "Iraq Ten Years Later: Forgotten Past and Brutal Present."
Best known for ShowTime’s This American Life: "Talk to an Iraqi ", Haider Hamza lived with his family near Babylon, south of Baghdad during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. While in Iraq, Haider covered all the major events that took place in Iraq including the trials of Saddam Hussein. Haider will speak about his experience in Iraq and the American public’s response to the war. Haider is both knowledgeable and entertaining. His lecture includes film clips from his road trip in America and a slide show of photos he took of post-war Iraq. He will address the conflicts in Iraq since 2003 and the challenges that emerged after the U.S. troop withdrawal in 2011.
American Journalist and author of "THE CRISIS: The President, The Prophet, and the Shah; 1979 and the Coming of Militant Islam". David is Vice President of Citizens Reach Out and has been an advocate for anti-militarism since the Vietnam War. David will present the background of the Iraq war and will introduce the work of Citizens Reach Out.
Tickets Required
Daily Cal Reception
When: Friday, October 19, 6:00 PM
Where: North Gate Hall Courtyard
The big news for fall 2012 isn’t just the new home for Cal football: the scoop is the Daily Cal’s new building at 2483 Hearst Avenue. Donated by the Heising-Simons Foundation, the Center for Independent Journalism is across the street from the Journalism School.
On October 19 – the day before the Big Game – we’ll have a reception to show off the new newsroom, honor Alumna of the Year Maura Dolan ’76 and Friend of Daily Cal Sue Stott, and gather together with old and new friends. Dolan is a legal affairs writer for the Los Angeles Times. Stott and Perkins Coie, the law firm in which she is a partner, have provided the Daily Cal with indispensable pro bono legal advice for three years.
Please join us for a reception in the Journalism School courtyard and tours of the new Daily Cal building from 6-8pm, Friday, October 19.
Tickets are $35. To purchase, go to http://donate.dailycal.org/big-game-reception-tickets/
Christopher B. Daly | COVERING AMERICA: A Narrative History of a Nation's Journalism
When: Wednesday, October 24, 12:00 PM
Where: North Gate Hall Library
Today many believe that American journalism is in crisis, with traditional sources of news under siege from a failing business model, a resurgence of partisanship, and a growing expectation that all information ought to be free. In Covering America, Christopher B. Daly places the current crisis within a much broader historical context, showing how it is only the latest in a series of transitions that have required journalists to devise new ways of plying their trade.
Christopher B. Daly is a veteran journalist with experience in wire services, newspapers, magazines, books and online. A Harvard graduate, he spent 10 years at the Associated Press. From 1989 to 1997, he covered New England for the Washington Post.
David Barstow | The Story Behind the $100 Million Story
When: Thursday, October 25, 7:00 PM
Where: Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center
In April, David Barstow described in The New York Times how Wal-Mart's highest executives covered up evidence of systematic bribery by Wal-Mart de Mexico, it's largest and most important foreign subsidiary. The story triggered investigations by the Justice Department, the SEC and Mexican authorities, along with at least a dozen lawsuits by Wal-Mart shareholders, including several major pension funds. Wal-Mart says it expects to spend at least $100 million this year alone handling the legal fall-out.
David Barstow, a senior writer at The New York Times, is the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes.
In 2009, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for "Message Machine," his series about the Pentagon’s secret campaign to influence coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2004, he and Lowell Bergman were awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for articles about employers who committed egregious work place safety violations.
Mr. Barstow joined The Times in 1999 and has been a member of the newsroom’s investigative unit since 2002.
Prior to joining The New York Times, Mr. Barstow worked at The St. Petersburg Times in Florida, where he was a finalist for three Pulitzer Prizes. Before that, he worked at the Rochester Times-Union in upstate New York and the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Wisconsin. Mr. Barstow, a graduate of Northwestern University, grew up in Concord, Mass.
REPORTING FROM ISRAEL: THE US ELECTIONS, THE ARAB SPRING AND JOURNALISM IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Aluf Benn, Editor-in-Chief, Haaretz Daily Newspaper
When: Thursday, November 15, 6:00 PM
Where: North Gate Hall Library
Israeli journalist and author Aluf Benn on Israel – U.S. post-election relations, Israeli response to the Arab Spring and how journalism is changing in Israel.
During his 23 years at Haaretz, Aluf Benn covered six Israeli prime ministers from Yitzhak Rabin through Binyamin Netanyahu and reported on Israeli-Arab wars and peace efforts since the Oslo Accords in 1993. In his roles as diplomatic correspondent, chief news editor and opinion editor at the paper he has become an expert on the country’s leadership, foreign policy and national security. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, Newsweek, and The Guardian.
Presented by Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Institute of Israeli Law Ethics and Society at UC Berkeley, the Israel Center of the Jewish Community Federation, the Jewish Community Relations Council and the Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest
RSVP REQUIRED
2012 Presidential Election Recap
Co-sponsored by the University Library, the Media Studies Group major, the Institute of Governmental Studies and The Berkeley Political Review
When: Friday, November 16
Reception: 5:30 PM (North Gate Hall Library)
Discussion: 6:00 PM (Sutardja Dai Hall)
Where: Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall
The panel of experts will look at election results, voting patterns, the influence of money and digital technology, prospects for election reforms and, of course, what happens next.
Ron Elving, MJ '79, Senior Washington Editor, NPR
Michelle Quinn, MJ '92, Silicon Valley-based technology correspondent, Politico
Lisa Garcia-Bedolla, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science at UC Berkeley and the Berkeley Graduate School of Education
David Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, Stanford University
Bruce Cain, Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
Moderated by Susan Rasky, Senior Lecturer, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
RSVP: juliehirano@berkeley.edu
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The Betrayal of the American Dream
Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele in Conversation
When: Wednesday, Oct. 17, 6 PM
Where: Marines' Memorial Club and Hotel (609 Sutter St. San Francisco)
Please join us for an evening of riveting conversation with Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele, one of the most widely acclaimed investigative reporting teams in American journalism, and the only reporting team to have received two Pulitzer Prizes for newspaper reporting and two National Magazine Awards for magazine work.
Donald Barlett and James Steele have worked together for more than four decades, first at The Philadelphia Inquirer (1971-1997), where they won two Pulitzer Prizes and scores of other national journalism awards, then at Time magazine (1997-2006), where they earned two National Magazine Awards, becoming the first journalists to win both the Pulitzer Prize for newspaper work and its magazine equivalent for magazine reporting. They are now at Vanity Fair as contributing editors. Barlett and Steele also have written eight books. Their new book, "The Betrayal of the American Dream," distills 30 years of their work chronicling the dismantling of the American middle class, told through raw numbers and real American life stories. For more information, please visit http://www.barlettandsteele.com.
Presented by the Center for Investigative Reporting
New RFP from CPB for in-depth educational reporting projects
Funding from the CPB for in-depth reporting on education. Details below.
CPB: New RFP
CPB seeks to enhance the capacity of public radio stations and national radio production organizations to create high quality multimedia journalism on important topics in education. CPB is seeking grant proposals for innovative original reporting that highlights challenges and solutions in American communities as they provide education in the 21st century. In particular, CPB seeks to support public radio stations and national producers in the creation of content that aligns with the American Graduate: Let's Make It Happen initiative, which addresses the high school dropout crisis in our country.
Public radio's capacity to create in-depth reporting on dropout and other topics can raise awareness of important issues and help communities and the nation better understand and address the challenges of providing education in a diverse society where technology and resources are not evenly distributed. Public radio journalism can use broadcast, online, mobile and social media as well as community engagement to explore the people, places and policies that influence America's classrooms. CPB anticipates awarding up to $1 million in grants to support stations and national producers in providing this type of coverage.
The Projects CPB will support must clearly demonstrate their ability to:
Build public media capacity for original education reporting;
Increase citizen understanding of education challenges and solutions and encourage community dialogue; and,
Position public media as a primary source of trusted and reliable information on topics critical to local communities, particularly in education related topics.
Application and more at http://www.cpb.org/grants/grant.php?id=405
40 Scholarships for Journalists to Change the World, deadline Nov 18
Well this looks interesting…
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40 Scholarships for Journalists to Change the World – Applications for the April 2013 School of Authentic Journalism Are Due
November 18, 2012
By Al Giordano
Founder, School of Authentic Journalism http://www.authenticjournalism.org/
September 26, 2012
The next School of Authentic Journalism, April 17 to 27, 2013, in Mexico, will mark ten years since we held the first one in 2003. More than 300 journalists, independent media makers, community organizers and social movement leaders have passed through these doors since we began. This will be the sixth session of the school but it also might (or might not) be the last one for some time to come, for reasons I’ll explain before this invitation is done. My point is that if you have ever thought about attending but never got around to actually applying: don’t lose this opportunity. It might (or might not) be the last for a while. At the 2013 school we will hear from a leader of South Africa’s anti-apartheid boycott and general strike, a union organizer who strategized Bolivia’s “water war” that stopped the privatization of that resource, an organizer who helped – this year – stop the deportation of 800,000 undocumented immigrants from the United States, a strategist who launched the global movement to end nuclear power, a writer and journalist who became a movement leader when her town was threatened by a nuclear waste dump, a young organizer whose creativity and humor helped topple his
country of Serbia’s dictator, and two legendary theorists and organizers who worked alongside Martin Luther King to end racial segregation.
This ten-day intensive program is for the following kinds of people: Journalists and communicators who report on and alongside social movements, community organizing and civil resistance campaigns, and also for those participants in those movements who write, blog, photograph, create and manage websites, make video, radio, graphic design or political cartoons about them. In previous schools we have accepted some applicants with little experience but whose raw talent and urgent desire to make change in their communities and in the world impressed us, and a good number of them have gone on to do great works. Some are even professors of the School of
Authentic Journalism today. More information at http://narconews.com/Issue67/article4626.html
Creative-Radio yahoo Group is an independent forum for people active in or interested in the use of radio in development, in particular promoting public health, improved education, protection of the environment, improved livelihoods, good governance and conflict mitigation. Since it started in 1996, Creative-Radio has been in the forefront of radio's resurgence as a tool for social change and peace-building, and it helps promote best practice in these areas.
Nuts class, Berkeley, CA, November 10 & 11
The fabulous Claire Schoen is offering her Soup to Nuts class again in November. These workshops only happen once in a while, so go now if you can! You won't be disappointed. -Mia
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"From Soup to Nuts"
A 2-day intensive on
documentary radio production
offered in the San Francisco Bay Area
Logistics:
This seminar will be held November 10 & 11, 2012.
Each day's class will run from 10 am to 5:30 pm,
including 6 hours of class work, plus lunch and breaks.
It will be held at Claire’s studio in Berkeley, California
Class will be limited to 8 students.
The cost of the 2-day seminar is $250.
The Course:
Through lectures, group discussion, Q & A, written handouts, and lots of audio demos, this two-day class will explore the ins and outs of creating a long-form radio documentary. Designed to meet the needs of mid-level producers, this seminar will also be accessible to individuals who have little or no experience in radio production.
Compelling audio documentary incorporates a creative weave of elements including narration, interviews, music, vérité scenes, character portraits, dramatizations, performances, archival tape and ambience beds. Students learn how these elements serve to paint a picture in sound.
Emphasis will be put on the production process. To this end, the class will examine the steps of concept development, research, pre-production, recording techniques, interviewing, writing, organizing tape, scripting, editing and mixing required to create an audio documentary.
Most importantly, we will focus on the art of storytelling. We will discuss dramatic structure, taking the listener through introduction, development and resolution of a story. And we will explore how character development brings the listener to the heart of the story.
The Teacher:
Claire Schoen is a media producer, with a special focus on documentary radio. As a producer/director, she has created over 25 long-form radio documentaries and several documentary films, as well as numerous short works. As a sound designer she has recorded, edited and mixed sound for film, video, radio, webstory, museums and theater productions. Her radio documentaries have garnered numerous awards including the SEJ, NFCB, Gracie, Clarion, PASS and New York International Festival. She has also shared in both a Peabody and a DuPont-Columbia award.
Claire has taught documentary radio production at U.C.
Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, Duke University’s Center for Documentary Studies, AIR's mentorship program, the Third Coast Festival Conference and other venues.
To Register:
Contact Claire Schoen
cschoen@earthlink.net • 510-882-6164 • www.claireschoenmedia.com
StoN’s Flier 2012 Nov.pdf