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For you Bay Area filmmakers – you have to be a BAVC member to apply to this, but it's a great organization and looks like a great fellowship. Details HERE and below. Late application deadline Feb 1.
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MEDIAMAKER FELLOWS PROGRAM
BAVC MediaMaker Fellows 2012 Application Timeline
- Application available: Thursday, December 1, 2011
- Information session: Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:00 – 8:00pm at BAVC (RSVP here)
- Application deadline: Tuesday, January, 17th, 2012 5:00pm
- Late application deadline: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 5:00pm ($40 entry fee)
- 2012 Fellows announced: Monday, February 13, 2012
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) >
Click here to complete the 2012 MediaMaker Fellows application >
“I was thrilled to be a 2011 MediaMaker Fellow.
it has meant exposure to cutting edge technologies,
collaboration with this amazing group of filmmakers,
and it forced me to make space in my life
to think about innovation and how I could make this work.”
- Samantha Grant, “A Fragile Trust”
2011 BAVC MediaMaker Fellow
About the Program
Since 1991, BAVC's MediaMaker Awards have provided in-kind training and post-production grants for independent artists with a particular focus on supporting emerging artists and underserved communities. The Awards were designed to give independent artists direct access to the latest digital media technologies and prepare them for broadcast on public television with focused digital and multiplatform strategies for community engagement. BAVC offers six in-kind awards annually to be used for a combination of post-production services, facilities access, and training. We are extremely proud of our past MediaMaker award winners and are honored to have played a role in their development, completion, broadcast, and distribution.
The 2012 BAVC MediaMaker Fellows program is designed to engage local artists in a year-long series of opportunities that will support project development through professional mentorship in multiplatform and transmedia storytelling through emerging technologies, strategic social media, marketing, and fundraising. The BAVC MediaMaker Fellows program will build an engaged local community of creative media artists from diverse fields, increase their capacity for diverse and lasting impact, and inspire new partnerships to support future work.
BAVC MediaMaker Fellows:
Program Elibility & Criteria
Any Bay Area BAVC member at the Producers Bundle level and above working on a noncommercial project is eligible for the MediaMaker Fellows program. BAVC takes special interest in artists who are working on projects about community and social justice issues, but we encourage projects of any genre or subject matter to apply. The MediaMaker Fellows program is particularly interested in supporting a diverse cross-section of artists with multi-disciplinary backgrounds. The proposed project must have some existing produced content, and must have a funding commitment from at least one additional source (besides BAVC). The project must also have a strong digital media component, but it need not be a traditional documentary or narrative film. Projects can be web-based, linear, interactive, performance, installation or a hybrid of these.
- Propose a compelling, high-quality, noncommercial project to develop over the course of the year. Project must be digital media or centrally contain digital media components.
- Have demonstrated an expertise in one or more creative disciplines.
- Have demonstrated an ability to conceive, develop, and implement a high-quality creative project – at least one public performance, exhibition, or screening of an original work.
- Be able to write effectively about their creative process and vision for their project.
- Be willing to be an active participant in monthly labs and quarterly workshops, an annual exhibition, pitch/showcase, and ongoing online forum.
It's time for the Edward R. Murrow Awards. More information HERE and below. Good luck!
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Awards
2012 Edward R. Murrow Awards Contest – Enter Now!
RTDNA has been honoring outstanding achievements in electronic journalism with the
Edward R. Murrow Awards since 1971. Murrow’s pursuit of excellence in journalism embodies the spirit of the awards that carry his name. Murrow Award recipients demonstrate the excellence that Edward R. Murrow made a standard for the electronic news profession. In 2011, 600 Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards were handed out and of those 600, 95 went on to win National Edward R. Murrow Awards.
Entries may be submitted by stations, networks, syndication services, program services websites and online news organizations. Entrants will be identified as Radio Network/Syndication Service/Program Service, Large Market Radio Station, Small Market Radio Station, Television Network/Syndication Service/Program Service, Large Market Television Station, Small Market Television Station and Online News Organization. Entries must be submitted in the category in which the story first aired and must be as it was heard on air or online.
Our entry process has changed in 2012 - please read the 2012 entry document in full by clicking here BEFORE submitting your entry or contacting RTDNA with questions.
(NOTE: RTDNA will no longer provide a media upload platform. Individuals must
submit a URL to their piece in the space provided on the application. Entrants are encouraged to upload media to YouTube, Vimeo, or personal sites. YouTube instructions can be found on page 6 of the entry document.)
The deadline for entries is Thursday, February 9, 2012.
Hey folks. A bunch of opportunities listed in the latest newsletter from New America Media. Info and links below. -mia
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Events & Opportunities:
Deadline: February 8th
New England Center for Investigative Reporting Offers Free Training on Covering Veterans' Issues
The New England Center for Investigative Reporting in Boston is offering a three-day McCormick Specialized Reporting Institute (SRI) training on veterans' issues March 5th-7th.
With tens of thousands of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, one of the major reporting tasks of 2012 will be tracking what happens to these veterans as they face the challenge of settling back in to life at home. Reporters and editors will learn how to navigate the VA bureaucracy, hear from experts-including veterans– who will provide an in-depth understanding of the major issues impacting returning soldiers, and learn from the head of Investigative Reporters & Editors (IRE) how to transform complex data into compelling stories.
Application deadline is February 20th
http://necir-bu.org/mccormick-specialized-reporting-institute/
Entry Deadline for New America Award:
February 9th
This award, presented by the Society of Professional Journalists, honors reporting on ethnic and immigrant communities living in the U.S. The contest upholds an important value of SPJ: to promote diversity in journalism - in the newsroom and in the stories journalists report.
To make it as accessible as possible, the New America Award contest is free to enter. Nominations are welcome from media outlets, journalists, community and issue advocacy groups, individuals, and others concerned with ethnic issues. The winner will be recognized in late September at the 2012 Excellence in Journalism conference in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Awards entries must be mailed to SPJ headquarters and postmarked by Feb. 9. For more information about the award, including entry requirements, click here. Please contact Lauren Rochester with questions at lrochester@spj.org.
Hello all. For those of you who've been with Freelance Cafe for a long time, you'll remember our tax season workshops with SF indie CPA Jason Stallcup. Jason is an amazing wealth of knowledge about tax stuff for freelancers, and he presents the information in a way that actually makes sense. He and his associate are presenting their workshop again this year, once at Sandbox Suites SF and once in Berkeley. Details below. Spread the word!
Best,
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Interesting competition for doc filmmakers. Details HERE and below. Final deadline Feb 29. -mia
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The International Documentary Challenge is coming up quick! Now in its 7th
year, the Doc Challenge takes place March 1-5, 2012 with registration now
open to filmmakers worldwide.
The premise is simple; filmmakers will push their skills to the limit by
making a short (4-7 minute) documentary in just five days. Top films will
make their world premiere at North America's largest documentary festival,
the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. Filmmakers are
assigned a theme (e.g. Dreams/Nightmares) and must choose between two
assigned documentary genres (Character Study, Music, 1st Person, etc.)
These two requirements provide a challenge to filmmakers, as it will shape
the content and direction their film takes.
In addition to making their world premiere at Hot Docs, three major awards
will also be announced at the festival. Awards include The American
Documentary/P.O.V. Award, The Documentary Educational Resources (DER) Award
and the Best Film Award (presented by the Documentary Channel.) There are
also cash prizes for award winners. Additionally, online viewing and voting
will determine an Audience Award winner. After the premiere, there are
additional theatrical screenings in major cities, national television
exposure (10 films from 2011 were selected for national broadcast on the
Documentary Channel) and a DVD release of the best films.
Check out the Doc Challenge website where you can learn more about the
event, view films and hear directly from past participants about their
exhilarating experiences:
http://www.docchallenge.org/
IMPORTANT DATES:
Registration: NOW OPEN Sign up
now<https://www.docchallenge.org/sign-up.html?utm_source=Doclists&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=IDC2012>
Early Registration Deadline: February 14, 2012
Final Registration Deadline: February 29, 2012
Doc Challenge: March 1-5, 2012
Hot Docs Dates: April 26 – May 06, 2012
Complete details and entry forms can be found at www.docchallenge.org
Doc Challenge is produced by Kat Touschner of KDHX Media. 2012 Presenting
Partners include Hot Docs, The Documentary Channel, American
Documentary/P.O.V. and Documentary Educational Resources. Supporting
partners include the International Documentary Association, the Documentary
Organization of Canada, DocuMentors, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival,
Dokufest, Docs In Progress and the 48 Hour Film Project.
The International Documentary Challenge.
Real Life. Filmed Real Fast.
First ever awards for data-driven investigative reporting, visualization/storytelling, and mobile apps. Cool. Details HERE and pasted below.
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Data Journalism Awards now accepting submissions
Last November, we announced our support for a new Data Journalism competition, organized by the Global Editors Network. The competition is now open to submissions and today we hosted an event at our offices in London to share details on how to compete and win a total of six prizes worth EUR 45,000. The European Journalism Centre is running the contest and Google is sponsoring.
Journalism is going through an exciting—if sometimes wrenching—transition from off to online. Google is keen to help. We see exciting possibilities of leveraging data to produce award-winning journalism. “Data journalism is a new, exciting part of the media industry, with at present only a small number of practitioners,” said Peter Barron, Google’s Director of External Relations. “We hope to see the number grow.”
In data journalism, reporters leverage numerical data and databases to gather, organize and produce news. Bertrand Pecquerie, the Global Editor Network’s CEO, believes the use of data will, in particular, revolutionize investigative reporting. “We are convinced that there is a bright future for journalism,” he said at the London event. “This is not just about developing new hardware like tablets. It is above all about producing exciting new content.”
The European Journalism Centre, a non-profit based in Maastricht, has been running data training workshops for several years. It is producing the Data Journalism Awards website and administering the prize. “This new initiative should help convince editors around the world that data journalism is not a crazy idea, but a viable part of the industry,” says Wilfried Ruetten, Director of the center.
Projects should be submitted to http://www.datajournalismawards.org. The deadline is April 10, 2012. Entries should have been published or aired between April 11, 2011 and April 10, 2012. Media companies, non-profit organisations, freelancers and individuals are eligible.
Submissions are welcomed in three categories: data-driven investigative journalism, data-driven applications and data visualisation and storytelling. National and international projects will be judged separately from local and regional ones. “We wanted to encourage not only the New York Times’s of the world to participate, but media outlets of all sizes,” says Pecquerie. “Journalism students are also invited to enter, provided their work has been published.”
An all-star jury has been assembled of journalists from prestigious international media companies including the New York Times, the Guardian and Les Echos. Paul Steiger, the former editor-in-chief of the Wall Street Journal and founder of the Pulitzer Prize-winningProPublica, will serve as president.
Winners will be announced at the Global News Network’s World Summit in Paris on May 31, 2012.
$5K award for coverage of violence, crime, disaster, and trauma. Deadline is January 19.
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Dear friends and colleagues,
There is now less than a week to submit work for the Dart Awards for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma. Please spread the word.
Open to North American journalism in all media, the Dart Awards honor innovative, ethical and effective reporting on the impact of violence, crime, disaster and other traumatic events. Dart Award winners, who receive a $5,000 prize, rise above the ordinary in focusing on the experience of victims and survivors, and contributing to public understanding on trauma-related issues.
The deadline for entries is January 19, 2012, for work published or broadcast in 2011.
Details and entry materials are online.
Questions and inquiries should be sent to Kate Black, associate director of programs.
Best,
Bruce
Bruce Shapiro
Executive Director
Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma
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Information HERE and below about the New York Press Club annual awards. Deadline April 9.
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Entries open for the 2012 New York Press Club Awards for Journalism on Monday, January 30th, 2012 and close on Monday, April 9th. Winners will be announced in early May. Presentations will be made in early June at our annual Journalism Awards Dinner.
SOME AWARD CATEGORIES HAVE CHANGED FROM PREVIOUS YEARS. Click the Downloads tab above to view and/or download details and entry materials for the 2012 competition.
When entries open, submissions must be made in digital form as described in "Tech Specs." Entries must be submitted from this Web page .
An enduring tradition in New York media, the annual New York Press Club Awards For Journalism honor excellence in the craft by writers, reporters, editors, producers, shooters and multimediographers.
Entries are considered in more than 20 categories of reporting from material submitted by New York metropolitan area news organizations and individual journalists.
Judging is by prominent working journalists, former journalists and academics who are selected for their expertise in each category.
Awards unique to the New York Press Club competition are the Gold Keyboard Award, honoring excellence in investigative journalism; Nellie Bly Cub Reporter, honoring the best journalistic effort by an individual new to the profession and The Rev. Mychal Judge Heart of New York Award for reporting that is most complimentary of New York City.
Here are the latest public events from UC Berkeley's J-School. Good stuff!
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The Renaissance of Local News
When: Friday, January 27, 5:00 PM
Where: North Gate Hall
The inaugural event in honor of the Robert A. Peck Chair in Journalism at Berkeley.
Jim Brady – Journal Register Company’s Editor-in-Chief and Editor-in-Chief of Digital First Media
Lydia Chavez – Professor and Robert A. Peck Chair at the Graduate School of Journalism and Editor-in-Chief of Mission Loc@l
Ken Doctor – Media industry analyst, author of Newsonomics: Twelve New Trends That Will Shape the News You Get
Lisette Mejia – Master’s Candidate 2012, Graduate School of Journalism and reporter for Mission Loc@l
Chris Peck – Editor, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis
Seating is limited – RSVP required: juliehirano@berkeley.edu | 510.642.3394
Thomas Peele | Killing the Messenger: A Story of Radical Faith, Racism's Backlash, and the Assassination of a Journalist
When: Monday, February 13, 6:00 PM
Where: North Gate Hall Library
On the morning of August 2, 2007, journalist Chauncey Bailey, editor of the weekly Oakland Post, was gunned down in broad daylight and died.
Investigating police would soon uncover the motive behind Bailey's shocking murder: to stop a story. Bailey was working on an article about Your Black Muslim Bakery, an Oakland institution posing as a charitable organization but uncovered as a criminal and violent one. The Bakery was founded by a man named Joseph Stephens who later took the name Yusuf Ali Bey. Bey preached of Black Power and fundamental Black Muslim beliefs, while behind the scenes he led a violent cult. When he died in 2003, a bloody internal struggle ensued with Bey’s son, Yusuf Bey IV, eventually seizing control. Under Bey IV, the Bakery began to crumble and fell into bankruptcy. As Chauncey Bailey was investigating the Bakery and the Beys, Bey IV ordered his assassination.
Outraged by Bailey’s murder, a group of California journalists, known as The Chauncey Bailey Project, banded together to finish Bailey's work, help bring his assassins to justice, and prove that “you can't kill a story by killing the messenger.” Now, in KILLING THE MESSENGER: A Story of Radical Faith, Racism's Backlash, and the Assassination of a Journalist, Thomas Peele, an award-winning investigative reporter and member of The Chauncey Bailey Project, provides the first comprehensive narrative examination of Bailey's murder by bringing to light the astonishing series of events that led to his death.
KILLING THE MESSENGER explores the origins and history of the Black Muslim movement, the rise of Elijah Muhammad as a Muslim leader in Oakland and the separatist cult known as the Beys. Drawing from his research and the investigative reporting of The Chauncey Bailey Project, Peele weaves present-day events together with history to show how years of corruption, abuse, and propaganda resulted in one of the most shocking and gruesome attacks on a working journalist and the First Amendment in recent American history.
Books will be available for purchase.
Seating is limited – RSVP required: juliehirano@berkeley.edu | 510.642.3394
VALLEY OF SHADOWS & DREAMS: Reception and Book Signing
and Current Exhibition at the North Gate Hall Gallery (January 17-May 15, 2012)
When: Friday, March 16, 6:00 PM
Where: North Gate Hall Room 105
Photography by Ken Light | Text by Melanie Light | Forward by Thomas Steinbeck
“Valley of Shadows and Dreams explores a different California from the one that most people know—a California far from Hollywood and Malibu and San Francisco, a California that in some elemental respects has not changed much since the days of the Spanish conquistadors. The same sort of manual labor prevails in the fields, the same exploitation of the weakest and poorest still blights the land. In this book you will find a powerful indictment not only of what has happened lately in America's largest state, but also of what is happening across this country right now. The abuse of illegal immigrants, environmental degradation, the madness of a real estate bubble, and all the other problems of the Central Valley are unfortunately relevant nationwide. Ken and Melanie Light bring great compassion and an eye for beauty to this subject, facing hard truths but refusing to despair. As John Steinbeck argued more than seventy years ago, the demand for justice and the need for true democracy are timeless, essential things.”
—Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation
Hey folks. PRI's The World is inviting three reporters to join their newsroom for one week each. Fellowship deadline, February 8. Details HERE and below. -Mia
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PRI’s The World is looking for U.S.-based public radio reporters interested in coming to Boston to spend one week in residence in our newsroom!
Hale Fellows will spend the week working with World staff to produce stories that highlight how international issues have an impact on the United States, or how U.S. issues can have a global impact. Applicants should describe stories they would be interested in pursuing as part of their fellowship.
Following the residency, we hope Hale Fellows will have gained new insight into the kind of global-local connections that can make a U.S. news story a World story.
Fellowship opportunities are open to public radio reporters who are either station-based or freelancers. Three reporters will be chosen from the pool of applicants to complete three separate one-week residencies during March, April, and May of 2012. Applicants should state which month would be preferable. The fellowship covers travel and lodging expenses, as well as a stipend.
The Hale Fellowship program honors former PRI Board Chair Roger Hale and his substantial support for PRI’s The World.
For more information please contact Katherine Griffin at PRI’s The World at katherine.griffin@bbc.co.uk
Download the application here.
Application Deadline: Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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