CALL FOR ENTRIES – duPont-Columbia Awards

May 19, 2011 MiaLobel Leave a comment

Hey journos. Details below for submitting your work for the prestigious duPont award. Some indie colleagues and I won this last year for Trey Kay's independent radio documentary The Great Textbook War and I have to say, it was a great thrill. Go for it!

-mia

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Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards
Honoring the Best in Broadcast & Digital News Programming

DEADLINE – JULY 1, 2011

Eligibility Period: July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011
www.dupontawards.org

WE INVITE YOU to submit entries in the following categories:

Independent Productions – Documentaries

Local & National Radio

Digital Productions

WHAT MAKES A DUPONT WINNER? The duPont Jury honors outstanding journalism. We look for excellence in reporting and evidence of commitment to important stories. We especially encourage the submission of daily news stories and breaking news coverage as well as feature stories, a series of related reports or selections from a correspondent's beat reporting in a given year.

ELIGIBILITY Programs must have appeared on air, on line or in theaters for the first time between July 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011.

ENTRY DEADLINES Long-form entries running longer than 2 hours must be
submitted by June 15. All other entries must be submitted by July 1.

ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED by a Board of Screeners, many of whom are past duPont Award winners. The best entries are then referred to the duPont Jury. Finalists will be selected in November and the winners will be announced in December 2011.

ENTER ONLINE The entry form for the duPont-Columbia Awards is now available online at www.dupontawards.org

We encourage digital submissions of media. Please see the Web site for more details.

QUESTIONS? Call us at 212-854-5047, e-mail us at dupontawards@jrn.columbia.edu, or visit our Web site www.dupontawards.org for answers to frequently asked questions.

Abi Wright
Director, Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards
John Chancellor Award
Graduate School of Journalism
Columbia University
212-854-5047
www.dupontawards.org

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Metcalf workshop deadline extended to June 3

May 19, 2011 MiaLobel Leave a comment

New deadline for environmental reporting fellowship – details below.
-mia

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METCALF INSTITUTE EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR MARINE SCIENCE SEMINAR FOR JOURNALISTS

Seminar to focus on environmental issues facing coastal communities

Application postmark deadline extended to June 3

NARRAGANSETT, RI – May 17, 2011 –The Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting is offering a seminar for journalists, Coastal Impacts: a Marine Science Seminar for Journalists, July 13-15, 2011, at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography in Narragansett, Rhode Island.

The three-day science seminar will provide an introduction to environmental issues affecting coastal communities, including marine pollution, water quality, and links between oceans and human health. The Metcalf program will feature leading marine and environmental scientists and journalists, coastal field trips, and visits to marine research labs.

Journalists from all media who want to improve their skills in environmental reporting and gain a thorough understanding of how scientific research is conducted are invited to apply for the science seminar. Journalists who report for ethnic news outlets, including freelancers, and minority journalists are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants should have a minimum of two years’ experience and a demonstrated interest in covering environmental topics.

The seminar is funded by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the Chicago Tribune Foundation and will be held at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography, a leading oceanographic research campus.

The tuition-free seminar includes lodging, meals, and travel support up to $200. Newsrooms are asked to cover salaries while participants are "on assignment" during the program. Detailed instructions are noted on the application form.

Applications may be downloaded at www.metcalfinstitute.org.  The application deadline has been extended, and should be postmarked by June 3, 2011.  For additional information, email fellowships@metcalfinstitute.org or call 401-874-6500.

The mission of the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting is to promote clear and accurate reporting of scientific news and environmental issues; to strengthen understanding and working relationships between members of the scientific community and members of the news media; and to provide opportunities for beginning journalists to learn, on both a formal and an informal level, how to improve their skills in marine and environmental reporting.

The Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting, based at the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, was established in 1997 with funding from three media foundations, the Belo Corporation, the Providence Journal Charitable Foundation and the Philip L. Graham Fund, and from the Telaka Foundation. It is named for the late Michael P. Metcalf, a visionary in journalism and publisher of The Providence Journal Bulletin from 1979-1987. In addition to providing science training for reporters and editors, Metcalf Institute administers The Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment. For more information, contact Metcalf Institute at 401-874-6211 or visit us online at www.metcalfinstitute.org.

Sunshine Menezes, Ph.D.

Executive Director

Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting

Graduate School of Oceanography

University of Rhode Island

Narragansett Bay Campus

Narragansett, RI 02882

Office: 401.874.6499

Fax:    401.874.6486

Email:  sunshine@gso.uri.edu

http://www.metcalfinstitute.org

http://www.granthamprize.org

Support Metcalf Institute with a tax-deductible contribution.

http://www.metcalfinstitute.org/support/index.htm

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KQED seeks San Jose freelancers

May 19, 2011 MiaLobel Leave a comment

Hey folks. KQED needs freelancers in San Jose. Print reporters who want to try their hand at radio are welcome. Details below from Molly Samuel.
-mia

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Hi everyone,

I work part-time at KQED, and told our assignment editor I'd post a note here: we need freelancers in San Jose! If you live there, or know anyone there, please get in touch. This is mainly for being available for assignments and turning around dailies for the newscast, but I think she'd be open to pitches, too. If you're a print reporter in San Jose, and willing to learn some radio basics, we'd like to hear from you, too.

You can email me at msamuel@kqed.org.

Thanks,

Molly

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Molly Samuel
Radio Producer/Reporter
415.259.4143

Events, Freelance Cafe West

radio producers sought for KALW storytelling event, Saturday, June 4

May 19, 2011 MiaLobel Leave a comment

Our friends at KALW are hosting a storytelling event on June 4 and they need your radio pieces! Contact Erica Mu mu.erica@gmail.com for details.

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San Francisco's KALW is hosting a multiplatform storytelling event as part of the Mission Arts & Performance Project (MAPP) on the evening of Saturday, June 4th. We're looking for radio producers interested in presenting/performing a live, 10-15 minute, Bay Area-inspired radio story. Please send a message to Erica Mu (mu.erica@gmail.com) if you are interested! Thanks so much!

Best,

Erica

Freelance Cafe East

Third Coast Festival Announces Call for Entries

May 10, 2011 MiaLobel Leave a comment

The Academy Awards of radio storytelling are accepting entries – details follow. Good luck!
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Entries are now being accepted for the Third Coast International Audio Festival’s 11th annual Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition!

The TCIAF invites producers around the globe to submit their finest radio/audio stories in the following categories: Best Documentary (gold, silver, bronze, honorable mention, directors’ choice), Best New Artist, Radio Impact and Best News Feature.

The TCIAF accepts stories that document people, places, times, events, phenomena and issues. These include but are not limited to: investigative reports, narrative stories, personal essays, profiles and audio portraits. Podcasts and documentaries that redefine the documentary form are welcome.

Winners receive cash awards – $5,000 for the gold prize – to support their future creative endeavors. They also receive national recognition in Best of the Best: The 2011 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, airing on public radio stations across the country this fall.

The early deadline for entries is June 23rd at noon PDT. The late deadline is July 14th at noon PDT. Entry fees range from $30 (students) to $50 (by early deadline) to $70 (by late deadline.) Read more about guidelines, prizes and how to upload entries at: http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/competitions/tc-rhdf-competition/info

Competition winners will be announced publicly on October 22, 2011 in Chicago at the Third Coast Awards Ceremony.

As of 2011, the TC/RHDF Competition will have honored nearly 100 extraordinary stories from seven countries/four continents and given $250,000 in cash prizes to many of the most innovative producers of the past decade.

The 2011 TC / RHDF Competition is powered by the Public Radio Exchange (PRX).

Friend us ( http://www.facebook.com/pages/Third-Coast-International-Audio-Festival/51072992130?ref=ts )/follow us ( http://twitter.com )to receive the latest TCIAF Competition updates. Send questions to info@thirdcoastfestival.org or call 312-948-4652.

Johanna Zorn
Executive Director
Third Coast International Audio Festival
Navy Pier
848 East Grand Ave. Suite 400
Chicago IL 60611
312-948-4652
jzorn@thirdcoastfestival.org

Keep the audio stories coming… Support
the Third Coast Festival, and thanks.
http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/about-tciaf/supporters/help-us-soar

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Pulse of the Planet “Sounds of Science” event at KQED, May 10, 6:30pm

May 6, 2011 MiaLobel Leave a comment

Hey Bay Area folks. A great event next week from my friends at Pulse of the Planet and KQED! Don't miss it 🙂
-mia
PS: There's a bonus offer for Freelance Cafe members at the bottom of this post, so keep reading!

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Are you in the Bay Area? Ever wondered what extraordinary things the earth might say if we took a moment to listen to it?

Here’s your chance to grab a beer and join Jim Metzner of "Pulse of the Planet" to listen to some amazing audio, and to talk about the science and journalism behind it. (RSVP at http://soundsofscience.eventbrite.com)

Tuesday, May 10th, 2011

6:30 PM – 7:00 PM — Beer & Snacks

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM — Audio Salon & Science Discussion

at KQED Public Media

No one has captured the sounds of the planet and explored the science behind them like Jim Metzner, the award-winning host and producer of public radio’s “Pulse of the Planet,” one of the longest running programs about science and the environment.

A science & audio journalist for more than 35 years, Metzner has explored the world by conducting audio expeditions to remote locals such as the Australian Cloud Forests, the Pantanal Wetlands south of the Amazon, and the Gobi and Sonoran Deserts, among other fascinating places. He has interviewed hundreds of scientists and researchers along the way, developing a comprehensive grasp of current innovations in science, as well as a healthy respect for the cycles and rhythms of nature. His work is both timely and timeless.

In this Audio Salon & Science Café, Jim will play some of his rare, evocative recordings, and we’ll discuss story, science, audio, and life on earth. Bring your own tales of hard-to-gather sound and using craft to tell the story!

Join us for beer, snacks, listening and talking.

Presented by Stacy Bond & AudioLuxe

Co-Sponsored by KQED’s QUEST and SF Bay Area Journalists

Space is limited.

RSVP at http://soundsofscience.eventbrite.com/

BONUS OFFER FOR FREELANCE CAFÉ MEMBERS: We’d love it if you leave some quick love on the “Pulse of the Planet” FB page! If you have a quick (or long) story about trying to get good sound (or a great scoop), go to our FB page and share it – and I’ll put you in a hat drawing for a $10 iTunes gift card, and one of Jim’s new CD’s. This offer is only for Freelance Café peeps. The drawback is that you’ll also need to send me a quick email so I know which comments are actual FC folks, but that won’t take too long – plus, hey, free gift card.

Here’s our POTP page on FB: http://www.facebook.com/pulseoftheplanet

Here’s my email: stacyb@audioluxe.org

Hope to see you Tuesday!!!

XO,

Stacy

Freelance Cafe East

Two opportunities from the Knight Foundation

May 6, 2011 MiaLobel Leave a comment

Thanks to AIR for these two posts!
-mia

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Two opportunities we thought might interest you:

– The first Knight-Mozilla News Innovation Challenge is open, and is looking for ideas on "Unlocking Video: How can new web video tools transform news storytelling?" Ultimately, the Knight-Mozilla News Technology Partnership will embed journalists in news organizations to help harness the open web for journalism. More: knightmozilla.org

– The Apps for Communities Challenge, sponsored by Knight and the FCC, is looking for software applications that bring personable, actionable information to those least likely to be online. More: www.kflinks.com/appscontest

Best of luck,

Knight Foundation

Freelance Cafe East

NYC office space with sound booth

May 3, 2011 MiaLobel Leave a comment

In case any of you NYC folks are in need of office space… sound booth included!
-mia

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Hello! We are a progressive non-profit currently looking for an organization to share our large office space with in NoHo. We currently have two open offices ($700 a piece) and the tenants will have full access to our copiers, fax, postage machine and sound booth. We are looking for a fellow non-profit organization, or related group. If you are interested and think you may be a good fit, please don't hesitate to email me and set up an appointment!

We offer:

*Access to postage machine/copiers/fax and broadcast quality sound booth
*24/7 Building Access
*Doorman
*Shared Conference Rooms
*Comfortable kitchen with filtered water, coffee, tea machine, microwave oven, refrigerator
*Cleaning service
*Close to various subways
*Great Neighborhood!

We also have a private office suite available which is detached from the communal office space for $1000 per month (including utilities)

Contact: drew.zimmerman@fex.org

Freelance Cafe East, Workshops

Digital preservation workshop for Videotape – NYC, June 6

May 3, 2011 MiaLobel Leave a comment

Interesting workshop for you NYC folks.
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Please share – for people who might be interested in videotape preservation.

Linda Tadic, the trainer, is well-established as an expert and teacher in video preservation.

Independent Media Arts Preservation (IMAP)
Presents a Workshop on
Digital Preservation for Videotape
Co-sponsored by The New York Metropolitan Library Council (METRO)

Monday, June 6, 2011
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

If content on analog videotape is to survive for the long term, the tapes must be digitized–moved from the unstable magnetic media on which the content is currently held, into the digital realm where–in theory–they can be preserved indefinitely and migrated forward as files rather than physical objects. Digitization, however, means more than simply selecting a destination file format. It requires a series of decisions that will determine the long-term viability of files created–and thus of the valuable video content. Workshop topics include: basic digital file creation, preservation and access file formats and codecs, software, storage and trusted digital repositories, workflows for digitization, and technical and preservation metadata. In addition, participants will examine case studies of small and large-scale digitization projects in order to understand real-world applications of principles introduced in the workshop.

Workshop location:
METRO Training Center (4th Floor)
57 E. 11th Street
New York, NY 10003
Phone: (212) 228-2320

Workshop fee and registration
$100 IMAP and METRO members
$150 non-members
$50 artists and students
Pre-payment is required with registration. Space is limited.

Freelance Cafe East

Grant opportunity for Arts Writers, deadline June 8

April 30, 2011 MiaLobel Leave a comment

Wow – this looks like a good one! I'm not familiar with this org so if anyone has experience they'd like to share, drop me a line. Details below.
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Online application form opens:
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Application deadline:
Wednesday, June 8, 2011

http://www.artswriters.org

The Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant Program supports individual writers whose work addresses contemporary visual art through grants ranging from 3,000 to 50,000 USD.

Writers who meet the program’s eligibility requirements are invited to apply in the following categories:

Articles
Blogs
Books
New and Alternative Media
Short-Form Writing

Due to legal constraints we can only fund U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and holders of O-1 visas. For guidelines and additional eligibility requirements, please visitwww.artswriters.org/guidelines.html.

<<Art Writing Workshop>>

In partnership with the International Association of Art Critics/USA Section, the Arts Writers Grant Program offers applicants consultations with leading art critics. For more information, please visithttp://www.aicausa.org.