National Radio Project's Making Contact Internship
The National Radio Project, producer of Making Contact, seeks
Organizational and Production interns.

Making Contact is an internationally syndicated, public affairs
program, heard on 139 radio stations.

Making Contact currently has several available unpaid internships.
College credit can be given, but is not necessary.

    * Production Intern
    * Development Intern
    * Social Marketing Intern

 We are seeking individuals who are energetic, respectful, and
professional team players. Interns should possess a commitment to
social justice and the desire to support the use of media to inform,
inspire, and move people to take action.

Interns will gain excellent experience working on, Making Contact, an
award-winning weekly magazine/documentary-style public affairs
program. Come join our team of highly trained and experienced staff
in a supportive and nurturing environment.

Women and people of color are encouraged to apply. National Radio
Project is an Equal Opportunity Organization and does not discriminate
on the basis of gender, color, sexual preference, disability, national
origin, religion, or economic status.

Production Intern
National Radio Project is looking for a 12-20hr/week Production
Intern. The intern must be reliable and flexible, familiar with
community and public radio, and able to make a 6-12 month commitment.
The intern will learn how to produce a radio segment or feature for
"Making Contact." (S)he will learn audio editing, voicing, script
writing, interviewing and field reporting. By the time the intern
leaves, he or she will have produced at least one piece for us for
national broadcast.

Qualifications:

    * Must have excellent research skills.
    * Ability to book and conduct interviews (in-person and phone
interviews) and assist in script writing
    * Qualified individuals should have a basic knowledge of how to
use a microphone, digital audio recorder, headphones, and how to plug
into a multbox.
    * Some knowledge of Cool Edit Pro/Pro Tools/Sound Forge or any
other applicable editing software is preferred.
    * Additional responsibilities include: transcription, audio
editing, selecting soundbites/clips, participating in
listening/critique sessions and attending meetings, as needed.

To Apply: Download the production internship application at our
website: http://www.radioproject.org/production/prodintern.html Copy
and Paste into a Word document, and send completed application to
karl@radioproject.org along with an introductory e-mail letter (2-3
paragraphs is fine) and resume.

Development Intern
National Radio Project seeks a 6-12 hours/week Development Intern to
support a range of activities, including: research, online social
networking, and administrative support.

    * Manage individual donor communications, including donor letters,
acknowledgements and tracking.
    * Assist with editing E-newsletters and mail appeals
    * Database entry to support communication with our supporters.
    * Provide administrative support to Associate Director and
Executive Director.
    * Identify and research potential foundation and individual donors.
    * Assisting in researching and editing grant proposals;

Social Marketing Intern
National Radio Project is looking for a 6-10hr/week Social Marketing
Intern. Some tasks include:

    * Be part of a team that develops strategies to increase our
online presence..
    * Manage online social networking sites like Making Contact’s
Facebook Fan page, Twitter, etc. to continue to engage and communicate
with supporters.
    * Corresponding with blogs and social media portals that cover the
environment, gender, immigration, and other topics we cover.
    * Researching and identifying potential publicity opportunities
and exploring ways in which we might engage our audience.

To Apply: Download the organizational internship application at our
website: http://www.radioproject.org/getinvolved/orgintern.html. Copy
and Paste into a Word document, and send completed application to
karl@radioproject.org along with an introductory e-mail letter (2-3
paragraphs is fine) and resume.

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

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

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.