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CA Documentary Project grants, deadline Nov 1

Hey CA producers – a BRILLIANT funding opportunity here for film, radio, and new media. At least two FC members have received funding from CDP in the past, so drop a line if you have questions and I'll put you in touch with one or both of them. Good luck!
-mia

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California Council for the Humanities

 

The California Documentary Project (CDP) is a competitive grant program of the California Council for the Humanities. CDP supports film, radio and new media projects that document the California experience and explore issues of significance to Californians. Projects should use the humanities to provide context, depth and perspective; enhance our understanding of California and its cultures, peoples and histories; and be suitable for California and national audiences. Guidelines are now available at www.calhum.org.

 

Grants are offered in the following categories:

·         Production
Film and radio up to $50,000. New media up to $20,000.

·         Research & Development
Film, radio and new media up to $7,000

 

Please see the Council’s website for guidelines and a list of previously supported projects. For more info contact John Lightfoot, CDP Program Officer, at jlightfoot@calhum.org.

 

DEADLINE: November 1, 2010

John Lightfoot

Program Officer

California Documentary Project

California Council for the Humanities

415.391.1474 ext. 314

production opportunity at City Visions Radio Show, KALW, SF

Another opportunity at City Visions Radio, KALW. This is a volunteer gig but a good opportunity to get some experience and a foot in the door at KALW; they do a lot of great work. This from their senior producer:

In nearly all cases, producing with us has given a nice push to producers to further their careers and find new work opportunities.  I feel strongly that producing for us provides a great opportunity to demonstrate and fine tune skills and deepen resumes. 

Application details below. -Mia

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Radio Producer  (Volunteer)

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Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Organization: City Visions Radio

Skill(s): Producing, Writing

Start date: Training would begin as soon as interview process was completed

Last day to apply: Open               

Description

City Visions, a live call-in radio program, has aired weekly on KALW 91.7 FM San Francisco since 1991. (Monday, 7:00-8:00pm). We aim to educate, stimulate, and make positive contributions to discussions on Bay Area issues.  Our production team – a talented group of multi-disciplined, public policy minded volunteers – brings a broad perspective to current issues. This is a fantastic opportunity for people interested in learning about radio production or who simply want to be part of a team of volunteers informing our community about important issues.

Summary

City Visions is looking for someone interested in producing one radio program per month. With support from the Senior Producer and others on the team, producers develop guest panels to discuss a variety of topics important to the San Francisco Bay Area.  Production requires approximately 10-20 hours per show and consists of: researching a topic; developing a guest panel; providing background material, bios and potential questions for the host; writing copy; in-studio production on show nights from 6pm to 9pm one Monday per month.  Attendance at weekend bi-monthly production meetings is also required. Show topics are flexible depending upon a producer’s interests and skills.

Please visit our website (cityvisionsradio.com) to check out previous shows and read the bios of current producers.

Qualifications

Qualified producers will be professionals looking to add radio production to their skill set. Excellent writing and communication skills are necessary though radio experience is not required. Applicants should be deadline-oriented, highly organized, willing to commit for at least one year and possess a strong interest in public policy and current affairs.

To Apply

Send a cover letter and resume, with subject line "Producer Resume," to: Brian Moran, Senior Producer, at brian@cityvisionsradio.com

Brian Moran
senior producer
City Visions Radio Show
KALW 91.7 FM
San Francisco
www.cityvisionsradio.com
323-309-8699 – cell

brian@cityvisionsradio.com

Reality Radio book signing in SF, Aug 5, 7:30pm

John Biewen of Duke's Center for Doc Studies and the Kitchen Sisters' Davia Nelson will be signing books at The Booksmith in the Haight on Thursday at 7:30pm. Check it out!

http://www.booksmith.com/event/reality-radio-john-biewen-and-kitchen-sisters

1644 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 863-8688

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John Biewen will be joined by the wondrous Davia Nelson of the Kitchen Sisters for a presentation and Reality Radio book signing this Thursday, August 5, 7:30, at The Booksmith in the Haight. Would be great to see you there.

Nat’l Conf for Media Reform

Send your ideas for the next National Conference for Media Reform. Details below.
-mia

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Hello friends,
 
The next National Conference for Media Reform will be April 8-10, 2011 in Boston.
 
We know everyone in this community has great ideas for better media, so we are excited to let you know that the call for suggestions for the conference is now open. If you have a session, speaker, or topic idea and want to share it, go here to submit a suggestion. (www.freepress.net/call-for-suggestions)
We want the conference to reflect the broad sweep of media reform — from policy to journalism to social justice to technology and innovation. Your input will help make this our best conference yet. 
More info is below. Feel free to contact me off list if you have questions.
Looking forward to hearing from you! Mary Alice

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Program Priorities: We are looking for session proposals on topics related to media reform, media activism and media policy. Sessions should fit into one of our themed tracks for the conference. Descriptions of the tracks can be found here.
  • Policy and Politics
  • Social Justice and Movement Building
  • Journalism and Public Media

  • Media Makers, Culture and the Arts
  • Technology and Innovation
  • Workshops and Trainings

Sessions should be designed to:
  • Energize, motivate and inspire participants to reform the media.
  • Educate on pressing media reform issues and actions to achieve real change.
  • Share models for successful media reform campaigns and actions.
  • Strengthen the skills of activists working for media reform.
  • Examine "who's doing what" in various sectors of media reform, media policy and media activism.
  • Provide opportunities to network, connect with allies, and meet others interested in making media better.
  • Discuss strategies for realizing concrete change in our media system.
 
More information about the session selection process can be found here and more information about deadlines and timelines can be found here.
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Learn More: Frequently Asked Questions and other information can be found here.

Spread the word: Let everyone know about the 2011 National Conference for Media Reform by forwarding this e-mail and sharing details on Twitter and Facebook.
Sign up for updates: You can sign up for future conference announcements and updates here.
 
Mary Alice Crim
Outreach Manager
Free Press :: www.freepress.net
413.585.1533 ext. 202
 
reform media. transform democracy.
 

The Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize now accepting submissions

Hey folks. Awards info below. I believe "young" means 35 and under, but check the link to make sure. -mia

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The Daniel Schorr Journalism Prize, jointly sponsored by WBUR and Boston University, honors a young public radio journalist who has produced a news piece within the past year of particular significance to the listening public. The work must have been broadcast on a CPB-qualified public radio station.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, September 17, 2010.

The relevant link to WBUR’s website, which accesses the Prize criteria and pertinent application forms, is:
http://www.wbur.org/about/2010-daniel-schorr-journalism-prize

free webinar – 10 Steps to a Tech-Savvy You, Aug 5, 2pm ET

I haven't done one of these, but it's free, and seems like a good opportunity to brush up on some tech knowledge. Check it out!
-mia

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Hi everyone. I just wanted to let you know that we're hosting a free webinar for stay-at-home entrepreneurs, displaced journalists, seasoned academics, C-level corporate managers, retirees and others. It's called "10 Steps to a Tech-Savvy You."  Think of it as a digital media makeover.  It's happening August 5 at 2pm ET.

This webinar will outline the 10 steps — and critical websites, social networks and gear — to help you become more tech savvy. We're also offering a primer on how to manage information overload.  As always, attendees will receive notes, worksheets and a list of recommended tools.

The 10 steps we're going to feature, as well as all of the resources, are essential to survive in our increasingly digital world. The webinar is produced by our training website Knowledgewebb (http://www.knowledgewebb.net), which has been featured on MSNBC, FOX and NPR as well as in Entrepreneur Magazine as the go-to website to learn digital skills. We hold a few free webinars a year with more than 500 participants — and we always run out of space because our sessions are so popular. More details, along with registration, are here:http://bit.ly/dd6Na6.

Cheers,
Amy
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Amy L. Webb
CEO + Principal
Webbmedia Group, LLC

Main Office: 267-342-4300
International: +00 (1) 267-342-4300
Company: http://www.webbmediagroup.com
Sked: http://bit.ly/djAGJF
Twitter: http://twitter.com/webbmedia
LinkedIn: http://bit.ly/ckgblc
Wave: webbmediagroup

internship opportunity with Claire Schoen Media

Hey folks. Yes – this internship is unpaid, but it's with one of the grand dames of radio, an opportunity to learn a whole lot about multimedia storytelling. Details below.
-Mia

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INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY

Hi all,

I'm looking for a new intern to work on my current media project. Might you be interested?

I'm about half-way through a big project which I'm producing in multiple formats (radio documentary, radio features, multimedia, audio tour, multimedia tour and interactive website) about climate change in the San Francisco Bay Area. We're getting towards the end of production. And we're (hopefully) moving into the editing/mixing phase within the next month or so.

I've been working with two fabulous interns. But one is leaving for the East Coast in a couple of weeks. So we are casting about for more help. This is an unpaid position. But I think that interns on the project have so far found it a fair trade for experience and mentoring.

If this is something that you might be interested in, please shoot me an email. Tell me what media skills/experience you have in editing, writing, producing, whatever. And we can set up a time to talk. I'll fill you in on the project; I'd like to hear what kind of time commitment you can make; we can talk about the kinds of jobs you might be able to do on the project; etc.

Hope to hear from you!

Best, Claire Schoen

Claire Schoen Media
www.claireschoenmedia.com
cschoen@earthlink.net
510-540-5106

Guild Freelancers meeting, Aug 20, 12pm, SF

Our friends at the Freelancers Guild are having a meeting on Aug 20 to discuss health coverage among other things. If you haven't yet checked them out, definitely do so. They are doing great things for Bay Area independents. Details below.
-mia

guildfreelancers.org
www.facebook.com/GuildFreelancers

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Mark your calendars!

We meet as a unit at 12 noon Friday, Aug. 20 at the Media Workers
Guild office in San Francisco.

On the agenda: We will be talking about choices in health coverage.
It's important to have as much input as possible, so be there if you
can.

We will also hear from Danny O'Brien, late of the Electronic Frontier
Foundation. Danny heads up the new San Francisco-based branch of the
Committee to Protect Journalists, which concentrates on protecting
online journalists from intimidation, imprisonment and murder, as well
as defending the medium of the internet itself.

We've got an exciting line-up of speakers and workshops in the
pipeline. In September, we'll hear from blogging expert Tim White on
driving traffic to your web-based work.

Please shoot me an email at rrosenlum@gmail.com if you plan to attend
our Aug. 20 gathering.

In solidarity,
Rebecca Rosen Lum
Unit Chair, Guild Freelancers
guildfreelancers.org
www.facebook.com/GuildFreelancers

Looking for essay submissions

Leave it to the folks at Bard College to seek submissions for a Zappa book. Details below.
-mia

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Frank Zappa and Popular Music
Edited by Paul Carr.
Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series

Contributions are sought for an edited book on the social, cultural and musical impact of Frank Zappa’s contribution to the popular music canon. The book will act as a long overdue academic text on Zappa’s legacy, and will examine a range of themes that are pertinent to his life and music. Content of the publication will be broad and aim to address themes that have not been explored in detail before.

Current contributors include Ben Watson (Author of The Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play), Richard Hand (the founding co-editor of the Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance) and Michel Delville (Author of Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart and the Secret History of Maximalism)

Proposals for the volume should examine a specific theme that is pertinent to Zappa’s life, legacy and idiolect. Though are not limited to, the following are suggested as potential themes of exploration:
 1. Zappa and God
 2. Zappa and Jazz
 3. Zappa and Classical Music
 4. Zappa and Musicology
 5. Zappa and Death
 6. Zappa and the 60’s
 7. Zappa and his musical legacy
 8. Zappa and his Fans
 
Full titles for the proposal should be constructed as follows:
 Zappa and [Theme]: subtitle that more specifically describes essay

Deadline for Proposals: September 6th 2010.
Deadline for Completed Articles: May 2nd 2011.
Deadline for Final Edits: July 4th 2011.

Please send proposals of 300 words outlining your submission to pcarr@glam.ac.uk <mailto:pcarr@glam.ac.uk>

Potential authors will be informed of the editorial team’s decision by October 11th 2010.

Opportunity Deadline Approaching!

Hey folks. I try to only pull highlights from these newsletters, but there's so much good info in this one I just couldn't choose. Check out the following and sign up with New America Media if you like what you see.
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July 9, 2010

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The California Research Bureau and the California Homeless Youth Project (HYP) Team are proud to announce their new website. Go the website to get information and a range of policy resources on unaccompanied homeless youth, with a focus on young people in California.  And check out our project publications.

Visit the Video Wall featuring short interviews with young people who have experienced homelessness or housing instability, including our featured video:  The Street Through My Eyes: A Guided Tour. All videos were produced by NAM/YO! 2009 Summer interns.

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NAM Journalism on Aging Fellowship

DEADLINE: August 2, 2010

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Duy Nguyen is in the studio talking about the world premiere of his play Beijing, California where in the year 2050 China has literally invaded the US and San Francisco is segregated into militarized zones.

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DEADLINE APPROACHING!! Earn $40k a year as a Butler Koshland Fellow. The program is looking for an independent, intelligent, and highly-motivated person to serve a one-year appointment as a Fellow to Marty Krasney, executive director of a new program: the 14th Dalai Lama Global Scholars and Fellows Program.For more detailed information, please click here. Contact: bkfellowship@gmail.com. DEADLINE: July 12, 2010.

DEADLINE APPROACHING!! Society of Environmental Journalists Fund for Environmental Journalism is accepting applications for grants of up to $2,500 to help underwrite environmental reporting projects and entrepreneurial ventures. Click here for more information. DEADLINE: July 15, 2010

The HIV Prevention Research Advocacy Fellowship pairs 10 emerging leaders in advocacy and activism with existing organizations to develop and execute creative, context-specific projects focused on HIV prevention research. Please read all the accompanying documents. Contact: avac@avac.org DEADLINE: July 19, 2010

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship program is designed for mid-career journalists who want to deepen their knowledge of psychological trauma and improve coverage of violence, conflict and tragedy.The fellowship covers all travel and ground expenses. Fellowships are open to print, broadcast and online reporters, photographers, editors and producers with at least five years of experience. DEADLINE: July 21, 2010

$250 available in the first-ever Pluralism Project Photo & Video contest. Call for digital images and digital videos that convey the vibrancy of religious diversity in the USA. DEADLINE: August 1, 2010, 5PM EST

Travel stipends available for a two day training on health reporting in New Orleans, LA on August 11 -13, 2010. The training will enable journalists to interact, learn from one another, and share strategies for reporting on health care and health disparities. Contact: Sherice Perry, sperry@familiesusa.org, 202-628-3030. For more information, click here.

Don't miss a special 5-day IRE boot camp, August 16-20, 2010, hosted by San Diego State University and The Watchdog Institute. Learn how to use spreadsheets and databases to analyze data, plus how to download data, how to convert it from text, where to look for it on the Web, and more. Contact: Stephanie Sinn, stephanie@ire.org

The Rory Peck Awards, honoring the work of professional freelance cameramen and women is calling for entries for 2010. The competition is free to enter. Entries must have had their first broadcast between August 1, 2009 and July 31, 2010. DEADLINE: September 6, 2010.

The California Endowment Health Journalism Fellowships at USC's Annenberg School of Journalism provide California journalists with an opportunity to gain insights into community health issues and to learn multimedia reporting skills during two four-day sessions in Los Angeles October 21-24, 2010 and January 20-23, 2011. All-expenses-paid fellowships are open to print, broadcast and online reporters, photographers, editors and producers. Click here to register. DEADLINE: September 2, 2010.

South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) and Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts are calling for submissions that are reflections, critiques, and analysis on how the way we think about race, religion, etc has been change by 9/11. More information here. Contact: info@saalt.org DEADLINE: October 15, 2010.

The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans is offering a $25,000 stipend and half the tution for graduate study in the US for applicants 30 and younger who are either a resident alien, someone who has been naturalized as a US citizen, or the child of a US naturalized parent. DEADLINE: Novemeber 1, 2010

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