The New York Press Club announced their 2013 Journo Awards, deadline April 5. Plus they're hosting a tax prep for journos workshop at the CUNY j-school on March 5 (FREE for Press Club members and CUNY j-school students, $15 for everyone else). Details below! -Mia

02/19 Tues: Remembering Mayor Ed Koch – CUNY J-School 03/05 Tues: Tax preparation tips for journalists – CUNY J-School 03/08 Fri: Journalists who covered 9/11 invited to become Memorial Site guides 2013 New York Press Club Journalism Awards now accepting entries Photos from recent New York Press Club events   news from the new york press club Remembering Ed Koch Tuesday, February 19th CUNY Graduate School of Journalism 219 W 40 Street (7th & 8th) An evening of reminiscences about Ed Koch by those who knew, worked with and who covered him. Among those likely to kick-off the conversations are Gabe Pressman, WNBC; Rich Lamb, WCBS Radio; Stan Brooks, WINS; David Diaz, formerly of WNBC & WCBS-TV and Greg David, director of Business & Economic Reporting at the CUNY and a columnist & blogger for Crains NY Business. But the heart of this event is more likely to be "open mike." All who'd care to share personal stories about their experiences covering the late mayor are welcome to hold-forth. Not a wake by any means – we hope the evening will reveal as much about the process of having covered Ed Koch and New York City during his era as it does about the pluck of the man. This event is for journalists. Please RSVP here if you might attend.   9/11 Tribute Center Seeks Journalists Who Covered 9/11 Training will be held March 8 and 9th for Volunteer Guides at the 9/11 Tribute Center. Tribute volunteers are people who were directly impacted by the events of September 11th and are the official guides for the National 9/11 Memorial. Many journalists were there to report the truth on September 11th. Volunteering for Tribute would be no different. By joining the program and telling your story on the world stage of the 9/11 Memorial, you will have a profound impact on how others think about the role of journalists, a seminal event in history and the very nature of what it means to be a human being. Share your September 11th story. Help others understand, remember and recover. Become a 9/11 Tribute Center volunteer guide at the National 9/11 Memorial. More information about the Volunteer program and the 9/11 Tribute Center.   Tax Preparation Tips For Journalists Tuesday, March 5th CUNY Graduate School of Journalism 219 W 40th Street (7th & 8th) 6:30 pm refreshments | 7:00 pm – program Get a leg-up on preparing your 1040 or 1040EZ in this free-for-members workshop with tax professionals, moderated by John R. Lieberman of Perelson Weiner LLP. Topics and advice will likely include tax strategies of benefit to journalists who are either freelance or employees. We're also likely to offer tax advice of interest to student journalists. When last held, this workshop was hugely popular. Free for Press Club members and CUNY J-Students. Please RSVP here. More info and non-member RSVP here.   New York Press Club Briefs 2013 Journalism Awards Open for Entries. Enter the 2013 Awards competition today! Everything needed to enter this year's competition can be found on the Awards page of our website, including news of an "Early Bird" entry fee that applies until March 6th. Entries close April 5th. Renew Press Club Membership for 2013. January is membership renewal month for New York Press Club members. And it's already February! Membership can conveniently be renewed for 2013 at any time on our website using a credit/debit card or PayPal. Gallery Photos From Latest Press Club Events. Among the recent events at which Press Club members gathered: a celebration of the advent of the "Year of the Snake" with members of Taiwan's diplomatic and cultural office in New York City. Ambassador Andrew Kao gave a briefing on how things are fairing in Taiwan.   contact     |    @NYPressClub    |     mailbox@nypressclub.org     |     join

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This may only be relevant to a very few of you, but WGXC in Hudson, NY is looking for programming. They're a great station and do some really creative work both on air and in the community. If anything, use this as an encouraging reminder to use your small local stations as possible outlets for your work! See the newsletter below for more details. -Mia 

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Hello! We're just weeks away from the great unveiling of our new program schedule. Incoming programmers are busily learning the tricks of the trade, and will soon be filling the airwaves with renewed enthusiasm and new views of our little corner of the earth. A reminder that we'll be celebrating the launch of this schedule on February 24th at the Hudson Studio, from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Programmers, friends, family, WGXC members, and whoever else are all encouraged to turn out for this free, family-friendly event.  And now, a note from Program Director Shannekia McIntosh. "Hello WGXC Listeners, I'm excited to begin to roll out the new changes to the Program Schedule. In the coming weeks you will begin to hear from our new programmers and experience their new shows. Our mission here is to have the airwaves of WGXC reflect the diverse community voices of the area. As the process for the schedule change has developed it's become increasingly clear what we are missing. We are asking for people interested in Agricultural, Educational and Talk programming to submit an application to apply@wgxc.org. No experience with radio necessary, now is the time to let your voice be heard! We look forward to hearing from you!" Once more: applications for talk radio are still being accepted, along with those who would like to be trained to occasionally operate the board during afternoon shows, and guest DJ slots. Visit wgxc.org/application, or come pick up a printed application at the Hudson Studio. These applications are being considered for the 2013-2014 program schedule.  A reminder to everyone that for two more Mondays, Swallow Coffee will continue to offer the opportunity to support WGXC 90.7-FM and be rewarded with coffee. Contribute $3 or more to WGXC 90.7-FM and be rewarded with a macchiato. Swallow is located at 433 Warren Street, in Hudson. Thanks to all who have already participated in this fundraiser! And finally, thanks to everyone who came out for Tuesday night's potluck and screening of Disappearing Voices. And a special thanks to TSL for sharing their space, and we look forward to future collaborations.  Some Recent Highlights from the Archives This week a number of WGXC Programmers celebrated the idea of Love in the spirit of Valentine's Day. LowTide's Liv Carrow brought us some of the best of country/folk and contemporary love songs. The Schoemer Show hosted local musician/artist and sometimes co-host of WGXC's Tuesday Afternoon Show Brian Dewan, who sang love songs. The Relationship Show Show with Hallie Goodman and Mark Lacoy talked to singles on being alone on the big V-Day. Stay up to date with the education news making the headlines local/national with Lynn Sloneker.   AND FROM THE WGXC NEWSROOM BLOG… Supervisors approve offer on Ghent property Prattsville business owner sues over post-Irene towing WGXC Ski Report: Events for long weekend Friday, February 15, 2013 local almanac Community gathers to discuss ‘school to prison pipeline’ Resident argues to keep cops out of Catskill schools Teacher pension costs to jump 37 percent Greene Co. seeking nominees for senior awards Thursday, February 14, 2013 local almanac Cost of licensing a dog in New Baltimore goes up Town sued after banning gas drilling discussion School board member walks out over contract Shah: Health review of fracking needs more time President presses for jobs and stronger middle class Wednesday, February 13, 2013 local almana   You can read these stories and more on WGXC's Newsroom blog, with breaking news, features, local audio, video, analysis, music, links to events in Greene and Columbia counties, and more.  This Week's Programming Highlights Hands-on Radio Community programs (Sunday – Friday: 6 a.m. – midnight) Sunday School Dropouts Feb. 17, 2013: 9 a.m. – 11 a.m. Welcome to a brand new, open, guest DJ spot on Sunday mornings. We invite anyone to interpret the idea of being a Sunday School Dropout, or to simply play their own selection of music apropos to Sunday morning. All denominations or non-denominations welcome, and all sounds from the entire universe welcome. Once the new programming schedule is in place, as of late Feb, this will be a 9am – 11am slot, open to everyone.  Transmission Arts / Experimental Sounds programs (Saturdays and late nights, midnight – 6 a.m.) Radio Stew: February 2013 New Music Feb. 16, 2013: 12:02 a.m. – 4 a.m. New music from Matmos, Yo La Tengo, !!!, Black Pus, Diamond Terrifier, Dan Friel (of Parts and Labor), Devendra Banhart, The Knife, Buke and Gase, Distant Correspondent, Eric Carbonara, and others. Plus a tribute to Donald Byrd, who died Feb. 4.   Radia: Béatrice André Feb. 16, 2013: 10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. On the path of a word "Promaja," the draft, is not a draft in the Balkans. Collective and multi-language, a sound experiment by Béatrice André. André made Radia episode 411 for Kanal 103 (Skopje, MK). www.leapromaja.net.    Making a Record (Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald) Feb. 16, 2013: noon – 1 p.m. Tune into to a special FM broadcast featuring the sound elements from Melissa Dubbin and Aaron S. Davidson's Making a Record (Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald) in conjunction the conclusion of their exhibition at Audio Visual Arts (AVA) in New York.    Saturday Afternoon Show: Distant Correspondent Feb. 16, 2013: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Interview with members of new band Distant Correspondent. Other radio news and features, live from Wave Farm in Acra with host Tom Roe.  Future Events SUN. FEB. 24 2-5p.m.: WGXC 2nd Anniversary Party / Schedule Launch / Open House! MARCH 10-20th: WGXC Spring Pledge Drive  MARCH 16th: Tommy Sharp & Friends WGXC 90.7-FM Fundraiser at Hangrr 18 in Hudson MARCH 20th: Crossroads Open Mic    For the rest of what's coming up this week Check out WGXC's online Program Schedule!

www.wgxc.org •  info@wgxc.org • 518-697-7400 Walk-in Visitors:  WGXC Hudson Studio 704 Columbia St. 2nd Fl., Hudson NY 12534 Mailing Address: 5662 Route 23, Acra, NY 12405 WGXC is a program of free103point9.

I've already sent this out once already but it's being marketed pretty hard in my circles and it's a good new opportunity to win a chunk of cash and some good recognition so I'm sending it out again. Spread the word! -Mia

Transom Workshops hit the road – first on Catalina Island this June (nice!). And if you get a chance to study with Rob Rosenthal, you're in luck. I learned more in a one-hour lecture by him than I have in some full-semester classes. Plus his How Sound podcast should be essential listening for all radio producers. Details below. Application deadline is March 8. -Mia

Here's where some creative freelancing comes into play… these funds are for stations to generate new content in their local communities, and they're going to need producers to make that content happen. Encourage your local station to apply for this grant (or check back to see if your local station got one of these since the deadline is THIS FRIDAY) and convince them to hire you to do the work. More details HERE and below. -Mia

The Public Insight Network is offering up to $2,500 in funds to support public media stations’ efforts at engaging their communities in conversation around topics important to them. The funding is intended to help stations generate content, organize events and meet the information needs of their communities through engagement.

We are offering these funds in an effort to encourage stations to involve their communities more directly in content and discussion around important local and national issues, and to encourage more newsrooms to adopt the PIN model of engaging communities in journalistically relevant ways throughout the editorial process.

PIN gives newsrooms the capacity to do smart, targeted crowd-sourcing on deadline. More than 180,000 PIN sources around the country shape news coverage at more than 70 partner news organizations. Sources sign up by responding to online surveys, participating in virtual and in-person forums, playing serious games and meeting PIN journalists in person.

Demographic information and insights are stored in a secure, searchable database. Participating journalists query the network to find knowledgeable sources, test hunches, identify trends and support production of major news projects.

APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 8.

The Institute for Justice and Journalism announced their 2013 fellowships. Details HERE and below. – Mia

The Institute for Justice and Journalism is accepting applications for its 2013 Immigration in the Heartland professional fellowship program, which will focus on children in immigrant families, who count for one in four of all U.S. youngsters. The program will explore the economic and educational challenges these children face and how immigration policies have deeply impacted them, even though about 88 percent are U.S. citizens.

At least 16 journalists will be chosen for the weeklong conference, “Immigration in the Heartland: Children and Families,” to be held April 21-25, at the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication. The application deadline is Feb. 22.

“Our program will provide journalists with information, context and reporting techniques so they can produce richer stories about immigrant children and families in their communities,” said Phuong Ly, IJJ’s executive director.

As part of their applications, journalists must propose an enterprise project on immigrant children to be undertaken through the fellowship for publication or broadcast. Each fellow will receive a $500 stipend upon completion of the story project and a “Story Behind the Story” account.

IJJ, a nonprofit based in Oakland, Calif., seeks to strengthen journalism on social justice issues through fellowships, reporting workshops, direct support of in-depth stories and the development of digital resources for reporters. Since its founding in 2000, IJJ has conducted 14 successful fellowship programs, involving more than 300 journalists and resulting in high-quality, award-winning stories and commentary.

This is the fourth year that IJJ has organized an “Immigration in the Heartland” conference in partnership with OU’s Gaylord College and its Institute for Research and Training. The Heartland programs explore national immigration topics, with special attention to Midwestern states, where immigrants are the fastest growing part of the population.

The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation has funded all four Heartland programs. The 2013 program also is supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which is dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States.

This year’s program will include:

• Discussions led by experts on the impact of immigration enforcement and state laws such as Arizona’s SB1070 on immigrant families; the economic and educational conditions faced by the children; and the political mobilization of immigrant youths.

•  A session on data on immigrant children and families and how to find and use data to enhance reporting, led by researchers from the Casey Foundation’s Kids Count project.

•  Hands-on training using investigative tools such as FOIA and the TRAC database to get information about immigration-related agencies. The session will be led by Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Martha Mendoza, of the Associated Press, and Dianne Solis, senior reporter at the Dallas Morning News.

• A session on demystifying immigration laws and policies, led by noted immigration attorney Daniel Kowalski.

• A visit to a charter school in Oklahoma City, where nearly all the students are from immigrant families.

Guidelines for Applicants

Eligibility

All journalists reporting stories or providing commentary for print, television, radio or online distribution are eligible. Applications are encouraged from those employed by news outlets as well as from independent journalists, including bloggers and other online content producers.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents or non-citizens with unrestricted employment authorization. Students are not eligible.

Selection of Fellows: The selection committee will consider applicants’ professional accomplishments, individual and organizational commitment to the aims of the program, plus the quality of the story project proposal.

Terms: IJJ and the Gaylord College will provide the educational sessions, lodging and meals, and travel. IJJ also will award a $500 stipend to each fellow upon completion of the story project and “Story Behind the Story” account.

Fellows are expected to:

•   Participate fully in all scheduled activities and designated online offerings, including those before the start of the program.

•   Provide monthly progress reports on the status of the story project.

•   Complete fellowship project stories or commentary and a “Story Behind the Story.”

•   Commit to remaining involved with IJJ and sharing what they have learned with colleagues and others.

Fellows’ news organizations are expected to:

•   Publish or air fellowship project stories that meet their standards.

•   Provide time off for Fellows to take part in the Oklahoma sessions.

•   Agree to IJJ’s re-publication or broadcast of project stories (with appropriate credit).

Checklist for Applicants

Materials Required for Submission: Application materials must be submitted via email in two Word attachments.Include this material in the email:

Attachment 1.  A completed application form, which can be downloaded: Heartland 2013 application.

Attachment 2.

A. A description of the enterprise project you would like to pursue as part of your participation in the program. Be as specific as possible about the story angle, your reporting strategy and potential sources and data you envision for your project. Explain why this story topic or story framing is significant. Word limit: 400 words.

B. An assessment of what you would expect to gain from the fellowship experience, and what you would bring to it (e.g. how past accomplishments relate to current professional interests). 200 words.

C. For independent journalists only: Specify where you would expect to publish or broadcast your work. Has your work been published/broadcast in that media outlet before? Word limit: 100 words.

D. Work Samples: Relevant samples of your work that demonstrate your journalistic abilities. (For work published or broadcast in a language other than English, provide a short summary in English for each sample submitted.) See application for instructions.

Letter of Recommendation

A one-page letter of recommendation is required. It should be emailed separately by the person writing the letter to ijj@justnews.org. The same Feb. 22 deadline applies.

—For members of a news staff: A letter from your supervisor endorsing the application and story project, and committing to publish/broadcast the story project if it meets its standards.

—For independent journalists: A letter of recommendation from a person familiar with your professional work and describing the basis for the recommendation, or a letter confirming interest in the journalistic project you are proposing.

Application Deadline

The complete application packet, as outlined above, must be e-mailed before 11 p.m. (applicant’s local time) on Feb. 22. The deadline also applies to the letter of recommendation. Email toijj@justnews.org. No faxed or late applications will be accepted.

Questions

Questions may be directed via e-mail to ijj@justnews.org.

Time for the next round of these fantastic yearly grants from KUOW. Deadline March 15. Details below. -Mia

Here's the lastest from UCB J-school. Details below! -Mia