Registration for Workshop Weekend: Video is open! Join us on July 20th and 21st for a weekend focused on the art, craft, and tech of making video.

Learn more about the weekend and register at http://workshopweekend.net/video

Whether you’re a hobbyist, a budding filmmaker, a marketing genius, or a small business owner, our video weekend will give you the tools and skills you need to make professional-quality videos. We've got tracks taking you "From Novice to Pro" as well as workshops "For the Professional" — but feel free to choose your own set of workshops too: https://workshopweekend.net/video/catalog

The "Novice to Pro" track includes:

• First Steps: Concept to Video
• Camera Technique Basics
• On-Set Lighting
• Sound and Audio Production
• Animation Basics
• Basic Editing with Free Tools
• Crew Meet & Greet

"For the Professional" includes:

• Putting It All Together: Bootcamp
• Crafting the Story
• Advanced Editing with Final Cut Pro X
• Distribution: Making Music Videos for TV
• Distribution: Online Video and SEO Basics
• Crew Meet & Greet

Learn more about the weekend and register at http://workshopweekend.net/video

Use the coupon code WWVIDEO713 for $10 off each day of admission. This code is valid through tomorrow night, July 10.

And please reach out to us if you have any questions at all.

I hope we’ll see you there!

Warmly,
Gil, J.D., CB, and the Video Weekend team

P.S. — We still have two seats open in the Arduino event this weekend, July 13-14! More info at http://workshopweekend.net/arduino

It went so well the first time out, the BBC is announcing a second round for the Real America partnership launched last year with AIR and a consortium of public media organizations. With AIR, this year’s group includes the Third Coast International Audio Festival, the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, WNYC/New York Public Radio, and American Public Media (APM).

The theme is “Guns in America.” Many of you know Tony Phillips. He’s the editor this year, and he’s looking for three 17-minute features that, together, will comprise a one-hour special to be distributed via APM later in the year. The budget for each feature is $9000.

The deadline for submitting your pitch is Monday, July 22 at noon ET.

Full details, including instructions for submitting and a timeline for their decision-making process is at:
http://www.airmedia.org/PageInfo.php?PageID=793

You may want to have a look at our feature “BBC 101” published last June at
http://airmedia.org/PageInfo.php?PageID=742

Making Contact,  Producer 

work location: Oakland, CA

more info at www.radioproject.org

 

Making Contact seeks a part-time radio producer with a passion for public-interest media. We amplify the voices of community members who are seeking solutions to issues of economic, environmental and social justice.  This position is budgeted for 20 to 32 hours  hours/week, $20 per hour.

 

We seek an energetic, passionate, well-organized team-player with solid experience. The candidate should understand the craft of long-format feature production as well as the art of a good in-depth interview. They will join our two current part-time producers and our pool of freelancers.

 

Our program is a blend of evocative stories with analysis, and explores the relationship between individuals, groups and systems. We’re looking for someone committed to our greater mission and who is willing to do what it takes to produce our weekly show and to strengthen Making Contact's organization  as a whole.

 

Making Contact has produced a nationally-syndicated, progressive weekly radio series for almost 20 years. Our high-quality public-affairs and documentary radio programs are broadcast on 141 radio stations in the U.S., Canada, and Australia; thousands more listen via our website and podcasts.

 

We're looking to make exciting changes to our sound-design and revamp our website this summer/fall.

 

Our award-winning work has been recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists Northern California Chapter, among others.

Making Contact is more than a radio program. We thrive on the participation of volunteers and interns. We train community members in radio production, as time allows. We seek someone who can mentor others and is excited about growing and learning in their own work.

 

We’re looking for a journalist who respects the knowledge of community members, social movement activists and academics in helping to conceptualize and create pieces that inform, inspire, and move people to take action.

 

Required Skills/Experience

Demonstrated writing and script editing skills

Demonstrated audio editing skills

Track record of delivering pieces on deadline

Strong voice-craft skills and experience

Track record of journalistic work –dedicated to fairness, accuracy and fact-checking

Ability to read and synthesize research

Experience coaching and editing freelance reporters and producers

Familiarity with issues of our times and timeless issues

Commitment to building Making Contact as a whole, and to participating in a team process

Enthusiastic about participating in fundraising

 

Preferred Skills

Multimedia experience:  video, sound-slides, YouTube etc

Familiar with social marketing and online media distribution

Experience and enthusiasm for online distribution methods and audience building

Energetic and able to think on your feet

Sense of humor

Making Contact is an affirmative action employer. We actively recruit applications from women, people of color, LGBTQ folks, and disabled people. 

 

Position Open Until Filled–but aiming for July. Again, position is in Oakland California. if you are outside the Bay Area please pitch us freelancer pieces.

 

Please email resume, cover letter, writing sample (radio script preferred) and links to work samples to lrudman@radioproject.org

above the fray

Above the Fray, a fellowship in conjunction with NPR, is the keynote program of THE JOHN ALEXANDER PROJECT.

The Above the Fray fellowship is designed to give a promising radio journalist the opportunity to cover important but under-reported stories from a location abroad. One fellow will be selected each year based on a winning proposal to report from a region lacking significant mainstream media attention. The selected individual will spend three months filing on-air and online stories for NPR.

Above the Fray supports curious, truth-seeking, spirited individuals who wish to cover under-reported regions, but who do not have the financial means or professional support to pursue these stories. The fellowship is not about finding the most experienced candidate; it is about cultivating the next generation of international journalists. The fellowship strives to discover journalists who are at pivotal moments in their careers: those who are armed with the skills to independently tell stories and who possess the ability to take audiences off the beaten path.

Applicants should have 3-5 years of professional experience. Above all, the applicant must express sincere interest in innovative foreign reporting, a curiosity about global cultures and a demonstrated record of journalistic potential.

Please be sure to sign up for our mailing list to stay up-to-date. Fellowship deadlines and details here.

Grants will range from $2,500 to $10,000.
Projects should center on themes of social justice.
Reporters should be experienced and have an idea of where their articles/TV productions should be placed.

GEORGE POLK GRANTS FOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING

The George Polk Investigative Grants are given to experienced reporters to pursue reporting projects relating to social justice. The intent is to promote public awareness of social problems in immigration, housing, welfare, health, employment and other areas and to promote investigative articles on the Web as well as in print.

Special consideration will be given to journalists who are no longer employed by their news organizations, but this is not an absolute requirement. Ideally, an applicant should have a proven track record as an investigative reporter and propose an article on a subject with which he or she is familiar. The program is intended as a resource for a reporter who always has wanted to dig into a particular topic or has developed useful expertise – who knows “where the bodies are buried” – in an area of social importance.

Grants will range from $2500 to $10,000, depending on the duration and complexity of the project. The Polk program will provide some editorial supervision and assist when necessary in helping to place the article, but the primary responsibility for this rests with the reporter. Any fees or payment will be retained by the reporter. We do not fund book projects. We request that recipients keep a record, whenever possible, of the circulation/viewership of the publication/production and of the number of hits the article receives on the Website.

An applicant must provide a detailed prospectus, along with a resume, two references and a letter expressing interest in the project from a news organization. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, beginning June 1, 2013. All information will be confidential.

• Download the Application for the Polk Investigative Grant.