The fellowship will support ethnic media and community media journalists based in Northern California to research and write at least one in-depth, reported story on energy or energy policy issues (e.g. the state's resource challenge; the role of energy efficiency and renewable energy; the water and energy nexus; the household economics of energy use). The story, or series, will be published or broadcast in the fellows' respective media outlets, and selected stories will be published on NAM's and SoundVision Productions' websites. Fellows will receive a $2000 stipend at the completion of the fellowship program.
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upcoming events from CUNY
This Week at CUNY – April 29, 2013
Best of the Week
Pathways Ahead
Planning your course schedule? If you are considering a transfer this fall to another college within the University, Pathways can help with your transfer and your degree completion. More »
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Vote for the Scholarships Winners
Over the past two months, CUNY students from all over NYC have been submitting videos, photo essays and comics in the hope of winning a $500 scholarship. The finalists have been chosen and now it's up to you to pick the winners. Click here to vote now! Also, don't forget to opt in to our mailing list to hear about more opportunities to win scholarships and other prizes and find resources to help you graduate from college. More »
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Help Clean Up Orchard Beach
Recycling is the solution to ocean pollution, so come out to the Orchard Beach Cleanup! GrowNYC is looking for volunteers to help with general cleanup, provide recycling tips for beachcombers and assist with weighing and consolidating recyclables. More »
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Spotlight
International Jazz Day Celebrates Louis Armstrong
April 30 | Queens College
Celebrate International Jazz Day with the public premiere of "Louis Armstrong at Freedomland," a newly discovered selection of recordings by the jazz master Louis Armstrong. More »
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An Evening of Poetry
April 29 | City College
Readings by City College poets, including Laurel Kallen, David Groff, Pamela Laskin, Estha Weiner, Gregory Crosby and Salita Bryant. Sponsored by the Simon H. Rifkind Center. More »
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Beyond Watergate With Carl Bernstein
April 29 | John Jay College
Author Carl Bernstein will deliver, "Beyond Watergate: Nixon and Ford, the Last Liberals?" as part of the series, Conflicting Conceptions of Justice in the 1970s. More »
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PEN World Voices
April 29 | CUNY Graduate Center
The Segal Center welcomes PEN World Voices: New Plays from Spain, featuring the country's most respected dramatists to preside over readings of their works, in English, for the annual PEN World Voices Festival. More »
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Performance of Play on Dylan Thomas
April 29 | New York City College of Technology
City Tech Theatreworks and Do Not Go Gentle Productions present a full production of "Dylan," a play focusing on the last two years of poet Dylan Thomas' life. More »
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Conservatory Jazz Ensemble
April 30 | Brooklyn College
Arturo O'Farrill, director of the Conservatory Jazz Ensemble, presents classic and contemporary works by jazz masters, new and old. More »
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'Attempts On Her Life'
April 30 | Baruch College
"Attempts On Her Life," by Martin Crimp and directed by Brian Rhinehart, is performed at the Baruch Performing Arts Center. More »
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After Lorca: A Day of Poetry and Performance
May 1 | CUNY Graduate Center
This daylong festival of performance and poetry responds to traditional and radical receptions of Federico Garcia Lorca in the United States. Featured artists will explore the tensions between urban and pastoral, foreign and American. More »
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'Road to Freedom' Screening
May 1 | New York City College of Technology
Screening of "Stories from the Road to Freedom," created for the History Channel for Black History Month 2013 featuring compelling stories of the lives of African-Americans from Emancipation to the start of the modern Civil Rights movement. More »
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'Wonder Women!' Screening and Discussion
May 1 | Macaulay Honors College
"Wonder Women! The Untold Story Of American Superheroines," is a screening and panel discussion that traces the fascinating evolution and legacy of Wonder Woman from the birth of the comic book superheroine in the 1940s to the blockbusters of today. More »
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A Conversation with Marilynne Robinson
May 1 | CUNY Graduate Center
Extraordinary Lives: Marilynne Robinson in Conversation with Bill Kelly. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and essayist and longtime faculty member at the Iowa Writers' Workshop makes a rare public appearance. More »
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Music in Midtown
May 2 | CUNY Graduate Center
Music in Midtown series features string quintets of Mozart and Brahms featuring Daniel Phillips, violin; John Dalley, violin; Toby Appel, viola; William Frampton, viola; Marcy Rosen, cello. More »
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Art History Education in the Digital Age
May 2 | CUNY Graduate Center
A discussion on "Art History Education Goes Digital: The Problem and Promise of the Digital Image." More »
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MFA Creative Writing Program Reading
May 2 | CUNY Graduate Center
Writers and graduating students from the four City University of New York MFA Programs in Creative Writing — City College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College and Queens College — come together for readings of poetry, fiction and nonfiction at the Graduate Center. More »
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Annual Chapbook Festival
May 3 | CUNY Graduate Center
Now in its fifth year, the 2013 Chapbook Festival celebrates the chapbook as a work of art and as a medium for alternative and emerging writers and publishers. More »
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Performance of 'Dreamgirls'
May 3 | York College
Production of "Dreamgirls," the iconic Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, with music by Henry Krieger and lyrics and book by Tom Eyen. More »
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Run the Bronx
May 4 | Bronx Community College
Bring your family, neighbors and friends to BCC's 35th Annual Hall of Fame 10K Run, 5K Run, and 2-Mile Fitness Walk. Rain or Shine! Free T-shirts and post-race refreshments for all participants. More »
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Indian Dance and Music Festival
May 4 | Baruch College
The India Center presents the Sixth Annual Indian Classical Dance and Music Festival. More »
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An Evening with Michael Feinstein
May 4 | Queens College
The Kupferberg Center for the Arts is excited to present the world-class performer Michael Feinstein for one spectacular show. More »
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'Tommy Tune's Steps in Time'
May 4 | Kingsborough Community College
On Stage at Kingsborough presents, "Tommy Tune's Steps In Time," with nine-time Tony Award winner Tommy Tune's Broadway biography in song and dance, featuring the Manhattan Rhythm Kings. More »
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NSF seeks proposals for Antarctic reporting
NSF Invites News Media to Apply for Opportunity to Report From Antarctica
Proposals sought from media whose audience is children 11-14: visit would occur sometime between October 2013 and January 2014
Polar Programs' Einstein Fellow Lynn Foshee Reed visits a classroom. |
April 19, 2013
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is accepting written proposals from media professionals to report on scientific research supported by NSF in Antarctica. In particular, NSF is interested in proposals from media whose work primarily is designed to reach children between the ages of 11 and 14.
NSF envisions selecting a broadcast, print or online journalist whose work has a national scope and whose reporting would help to make the nation's young people aware of the importance of science conducted in the polar regions. It also is anticipated that selected media would focus on scientific and other career opportunities in the polar regions that are available to young people.
NSF's Division of Polar Programs, which manages the Antarctic Program, has among its human-resources goals improving public understanding of the critical role of the polar regions in global processes; engaging the public in polar discovery; and helping to foster the next generation of polar scientists.
Competitive proposals would contain all or several of the following attributes:
- Reaching the widest possible audience across a variety of platforms (broadcast, print, Web and social media).
- Partnerships with partners in informal education–science museums and aquariums etc.–to produce a possible live broadcast or webcast through these venues as part of the media visit.
- A proven ability to reach U.S. audiences in both English and Spanish, either through the outlet's primary production or through a partnership with another broadcaster.
Research areas that might be part of such a media visit include:
- NSF's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, which is home to the 10-meter South Pole Telescope and Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory.
- The Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) Project in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, an ice-free region of the continent
- Studies of population dynamics of penguins and seals in McMurdo Sound.
- The study of volcanoes in the McMurdo Sound region.
As part of a comprehensive proposal, a request might be considered to separately visit NSF's Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula, which hosts research into organisms and ecosystems, among other topics.
For additional background on the U.S. Antarctic Program, please see the Polar ProgramsAntarctic Sciences Web page.
How to apply: Applicants must submit to NSF a written expression of interest in participating in the program–the equivalent of no more than five printed pages–describing the media in which the reporting will appear and a description of the potential audiences.
Competition for the opportunity to deploy is expected to be intense, as Antarctic logistics are a constraint on the number of deployments to be supported. Logistical limitations make it extremely difficult to modify itineraries once in Antarctica, therefore a great deal of advance planning with the principals, once selected, will be required to make the proposed visit successful.
This planning may therefore necessitate frequent conference calls as well as some in-person visits to NSF.
Selection: A panel consisting of science and logistics staff from the Division of Polar Programs and media officers from NSF's Public Affairs office and from NSF's Education and Human Resources directorate will review all proposals and select the finalist. The panel will look for proposals that indicate an understanding of the nature and challenges of NSF's scientific enterprise in the Antarctic as well as the desire and ability to communicate that understanding to the public.
General reporting about Antarctica, travel or logistics will not be given priority. The program does not support feature-film proposals. Documentary filmmakers may consider applying to the Advancing Informal STEM Learning Program managed by NSF's Education & Human Resources directorate.
Application Deadline: May 17, 2013. U.S. media receive preference in selection.
Deployment period: Deployment would occur sometime between October 2013 and January 2014. Actual dates would be contingent on story planning and logistics discussions.
Application: Applications that indicate solid working knowledge of the U.S. Antarctic program and its science goals and the ability to communicate the research being undertaken to a wide audience stand the best chance of selection.
Peter West, Polar Programs' outreach manager, can discuss with potential applicants the requirements for Antarctic deployment and provide access to NSF-supported researchers who are scheduled to be in the field during the deployment.
Due to the nature of this call for proposals, NSF envisions that freelancers will be unlikely to meet the suggested requirements for success. If, however, freelancers choose to apply, they must supply with their application evidence of a firm commitment, on the media outlet's letterhead, from the prospective media outlet that plans to publish or air their work.
Medical: In order to deploy to Antarctica, it is necessary to pass rigorous medical and dental examinations. These examinations are conducted at the finalists' expense by their personal or corporate physician and dentist, using USAP medical screening forms, which will be evaluated by USAP-contracted medical experts. Certain medical conditions detected during the physical and dental examinations may disqualify a candidate from visiting Antarctica, even if initially selected as a media visitor.
Expenses: Media selected for the visit, or their employers, pay for round-trip transportation to–and accommodation in–Christchurch, New Zealand (or, in the case of Palmer, Punta Arenas, Chile). NSF furnishes, at no cost to participants, cold-weather clothing solely for use in the field, as well as housing, transportation, and food while in Antarctica.
Note: From time to time, the NSF has received requests for media opportunities from reporters who plan to travel to Antarctica at various times of the year via non-governmental means. Such requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Such requests should be directed to Peter West, whose contact information is listed below.
Where to send Applications: Contact Peter West by phone or by email as soon as possible to express interest. Send the application letter to:
National Science Foundation
Office of Legislative and Public Affairs
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 740.02
Arlington, VA 22230
Attn: Peter West, (703) 292-7530 / pwest@nsf.gov
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IFP seeks screenplays and docs in progress, application deadline May 3
IFP Seeks Screenplays and Documentary Works-in-Progress for 34th Annual Independent Film WeekIFP is currently seeking screenplays and documentary works-in-progress for its annual Independent Film Week Project Forum (September 15-19, 2013), the oldest and largest forum in the U.S. for the discovery of new projects in development and new voices on the independent scene. The Project Forum is a meetings-driven forum connecting filmmakers with producers, funders, distributors, broadcasters, sales agents, festival programmers, and more. Now accepting applications in three sections: Emerging Storytellers (for writers and writer/directors at the script stage looking to connect with producers and agents who can develop, produce, represent and finance their scripts), No Borders International Co-Production Market (for established narrative producers with partial financing in place looking to connect with financiers, distributors, sales agents and international partners), and Spotlight on Documentaries (for documentary filmmakers in production or post-production looking to connect with financing partners, broadcasters, distributors, and film festival programmers). Recent participants in Independent Film Week include Martha Shane and Lana Wilson's After Tiller, David Lowery Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild, Derek Cianfrance's Blue Valentine, Katie Dellamaggiore's Brooklyn Castle, Zachary Heinzerling's Cutie and the Boxer, Rama Burshtein's Fill The Void, Shaka King's Newlyweeds, Dee Rees' Pariah, Lauren Greenfield'sThe Queen of Versailles, Destin Daniel Cretton's Short Term 12. For more information, and to apply, click here. |
Freelance Cafe highlighted on WAMC’s 51%
I recently spoke with WAMC’s Susan Barnett for her show 51% – The Women’s Perspective. She asked me about my freelancing experience and gave a nice shout out to Freelance Cafe. It was fun to be on the other side of the mic for a change! Listen to hear a bit about why I started FC and my thoughts on networking as an important part of making it as a freelancer.
This was 51% Episode 1220, broadcast on November 29 at 8pm and again on December 5 at 3pm.
Here’s a blurb about the show:
In America, women make up more than half the population. Worldwide, women are expected to outnumber men within the next fifty years. And every issue we face is one that affects us all.
Whether it’s the environment, health, our children, politics or the arts, there’s a women’s perspective, and 51% is a show dedicated to that viewpoint.
Host Susan Barnett talks to experts in their field for a wide-ranging, entertaining discussion of issues that not only fall into the traditional ‘women’s issues’ category, but topics that concern us all as human beings and citizens of the global community.
Tune to 51% weekly throughout the U. S. on public and community radio stations, some ABC Radio Network stations, Armed Forces Radio stations around the world and on the Internet.
Pimp Your Podcast – a panel discussion at the CUNY J-School
For you audio folks/podcasters – I was recently on a panel at The CUNY Graduate School of Journalism’s called “Pimp your Podcast” with Amanda Aronczyk (moderator), Jim Colgan of Soundcloud, Adam Davidson of Planet Money, and Ashley Milne-Tyte, producer of the amazing podcast The Broad Experience. We talked about the differences between online audio and broadcast radio and how to sell a podcast idea to a funder or news organization, among other things. It was a lot of fun, and I thought some of you might find it useful.
‘Pimp Your Podcast’ Panel – October 22, 2012 from CUNY Grad School of Journalism on Vimeo.
Pitch Perfect, The Art of Editorial Persuasion, happening at the Third Coast Conference
The Third Coast Conference is coming up Oct 5-7 and there are still slots open for the Association of Independents in Radio pitch panel. Get your ideas heard by the best in the biz! Details below.
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Hello Friends and fellow Producers:
I’ve got editors lined up from NPR’s Arts Desk, Marketplace, the BBC, KCRW’s Independent Producer’s Project, Snap Judgment and This American Life. Now all you have to do is STEP ON UP and submit pitches for AIR’s pitch panel, “Pitch Perfect: The Art of Editorial Persuasion” happening at the Third Coast Conference in Chicago October 5-7.
DEADLINE for PITCHING: Monday, August 20, 5pm PT.
This is your chance for 12 of you to get the ear of one of the best editors in the business and, at the same time, help provide a great learning experience for your colleagues.
How do program editors decide what to put on the air (or online)? How do they work with independent producers to try new ideas or launch a national series? Typically these kinds of questions are discussed behind closed doors, leaving many wondering what the magic key is to creating a productive partnership. This session is one of AIR’s most popular panels from the Third Coast Conference. We take you to the creative “sweet spot” with pre-selected producers pitching story ideas and projects to some of public radio’s most experienced editorial gatekeepers.
Here’s more details on how to become a pitcher, plus a link to our application form:
http://airmedia.org/PageInfo.php?PageID=675
Email any questions you have to me at pitch@airmedia.org.
Best,
Emily Botein
pitch@airmedia.org
Women In Film Foundation
Money for films by, for, or about women. Final deadline is May 18. Details HERE and below. Good luck!
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The Women In Film Foundation’s Film Finishing Fund (WIFF FFF) supports films by, for or about women by providing cash grants of up to $15,000 and in-kind services. The 2012 Grant Cycle opens on January 30, 2012. See the application for fees and the 2012 timeline. CLICK HERE for more information about the FFF program. |
UC Berkeley Investigative Reporting Event in New York, 5/4, 6pm
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Join fellow Berkeley alumni and friends in the New York area for
Uncovering the Future of Investigative Reporting
Featuring Lowell Bergman, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and producer and professor of investigative reporting at the Graduate School of Journalism in conversation with veteran journalist Bill Moyers.
As traditional news organizations face decreasing resources and readership, how can investigative reporting be sustained? What new models are emerging? What role will nonprofits and universities play? How is new media changing the field? Join Professor Bergman, a producer/correspondent for the PBS documentary series Frontline, and Emmy award-winning journalist Bill Moyers, for this provocative conversation. Al Pacino played Bergman in The Insider, a 1999 film about his investigation of the tobacco industry for 60 Minutes.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus Circle
New York, NYNetworking reception from 6–7 p.m., 7th Floor
Program from 7–8:30 p.m., Museum Theatre$25 in advance only
Please note that at-the-door registration will NOT be available for this eventIncludes hosted hors d’oeuvres and wine
Please register now, as registration will close prior to the event.
For information, call 888.864.8225 or e-mail Catherine Brennan.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Copyright © 2011 UC Regents. All rights reserved.
REMINDER – Hudson Valley freelancer gathering TONIGHT, Tivoli, 8pm
Hey folks. Just a reminder about tonight's Hudson Valley freelancer gathering at the Black Swan – 66 Broadway in Tivoli, 8pm. I know the weather is not looking good, but I'm planning on going regardless, defying this ridiculous endless winter.
This event is open to everyone, so feel free to invite friends, co-workers, anyone who might like a night out to socialize with fellow self-employees.
I've created a facebook invite if you want to see who's planning on coming, and again, it's an open invite, so please do spread the word.
http://www.facebook.com/freelancecafe?ref=ts#!/event.php?eid=196771733677837
See you soon!
Best,
Mia
845-444-4034