Events

The Power of Narrative 2016 conference, April 1-3, Boston

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I'm thinking of going to the Power of Narrative Conference in Boston, April 1-3. Any FC friends want to join? We could do an FC Happy Hour…
-Mia

Registration Now Open!

Gay Talese Named Special Guest at 
2016 BU Power of Narrative Conference
Legendary journalist and author Gay Talese will headline the 2016 Power of Narrative Conference on April 1-3 at Boston University, conference organizers announced today.
 
The gathering of narrative storytellers, with more than 500 attendees expected from around the world, will be among the most ambitious Power of Narrative events since the annual conference was founded nearly two decades ago.
 
"We're delighted to welcome Gay Talese back to the College of Communication's Power of Narrative Conference and to honor him for his unmatched contributions to this craft," said Tom Fiedler, dean of the BU College of Communication. "No journalist more ably demonstrates the 'Power of Narrative' in telling true stories, and none shares more generously the techniques that will enable others to succeed.  It's our great fortune to honor Gay as the 2016 Thomas R. Schoenenberger Visiting Writer."
 
In addition to Talese, among the more than 40 confirmed speakers are acclaimed authors Mary Roach, Hampton Sides, Sam Freedman and Meera Subramanian, and award-winning Boston Globe editor Brian McGrory. The Globe has come aboard as conference's "Presenting Sponsor," and will host a cocktail party for all attendees.
 
"The Moth" is bringing its unique brand of audio storytelling to the Friday night kickoff, and The New York Times is sending journalists Fernanda Santos, Sarah Maslin Nir and Ben Solomon, among others.
 
Keynote and breakout sessions will range across all platforms of narrative, in keeping with the conference's pledge to keep nonfiction storytellers "savvy, skilled and solvent in journalism's wired era." Registration for the conference opened Dec. 1, and discounted early bird registration runs through Jan. 22. Special rates are also available for college and graduate students and Boston University alumni.
 
Registration and other information can be found at bu.edu/com/narrative/.
 
Talese is a bestselling author who has written 11 books. He was a tenacious reporter for the New York Times from 1956 to 1965, and since then he has written for the Times, Esquire, The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, and other national publications.
 
His groundbreaking article "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold" was named the "best story Esquire ever published." He was one of the first journalists to apply fiction techniques to journalism, and was credited by Tom Wolfe with the creation of the innovative form of nonfiction writing called "The New Journalism."
 
His most recent book, A Writer's Life, was published by Knopf in 2006 and reissued in trade paperback by The Random House Publishing Group in July 2007. A collection of his sportswriting, The Silent Season of a Hero, was published by Walker & Company in September 2010.
Power of Narrative
The Power of Narrative Conference has convened in several places and under several names, since its founding at Boston University in 1998. The Power of Narrative's mission remains constant as storytelling journalism goes digital: helping narrative journalists strengthen their craft, following the highest ethical practices and imparting the down-to-earth humanity that characterizes the genre. Join us at the Power of Narrative Conference at Boston University College of Communication from April 1-3, 2016.
 
Boston University College of Communication
Established in 1947, the Boston University College of Communication prepares students for careers in Film, Television, Journalism, Mass Communication, Advertising, Public Relations and Media Analytics, and offers advanced studies in Communication Research, including the field of Emerging Media. With more than 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students, the college is among the largest of its kind in the country and offers a broad and deep curriculum rooted in the liberal arts and complemented by professional education.  The faculty is a blend of traditional academicians and widely experienced professionals. Last year COM celebrated its 100-year legacy, commemorating the first classes in advertising and journalism taught at Boston University in 1914.
Contact: Sarah Kess | srkess@bu.edu | 617-353-3484

The Power of Narrative | bu.edu/com/narrative | Facebook | Twitter

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Gigs

Detour seeks EPs in LA, Chicago, and NYC

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Hey folks. Very cool Bay Area-based org, Detour, seeks producers in three new cities: Chicago, NYC, & LA.


Also, FWIW, I'm throwing my hat in for the NYC gig, so let me know if you want to collaborate!
Best,
Mia


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Uncategorized

resource for budding filmmakers

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From what I can tell, ShoHawk is a page much like FC, but specific to filmmaking. From their homepage:


It’s a new era for filmmakers, and we’re here to usher you into it. We founded ShoHawk.com to share years of lessons on building a filmmaking career, and making the art you want to create, on your own terms. Along the way, you’ll see those creations, and learn how we made them happen! If you’d like to know more about who we are, CLICK HERE!

Check 'em out!
-Mia


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Pitches

call for pitches from new BBC show, The Culture Frontline

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This is awesome!! Visit AIR's Pitch Page for more info. And here's a link to the show itself: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0362l0f.

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BBC launches new show with call for pitches

The Cultural Frontline, a new, weekly arts program for the BBC World Service, has put out a call for pitches. 

Producer Ellie Bury wants 5-7 minute "journalistic responses to cultural moments and culturally informed reflections [from] … international writers and reporters who draw on their firsthand experience of culture where they are." The BBC will commission between three and five spoken-word dispatches, pre-recorded features and interviews each week for rates between $225 and $480.

For complete details about The Cultural Frontline and other programs, podcasts and networks that are seeking pitches, visit AIR's Pitch Page.


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Freelance Cafe West

Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics, deadline Jan 5

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Interesting fellowship that provides RT travel from NY to Europe. Geared toward grad students and recent grads. Application deadline Jan 5.

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FASPE Journalism is currently accepting applications for the summer of 2016. Below is a short email-friendly description of the program.

Please share this information with your students and alumni. Thank you.

For questions, please contact:
Thorin Tritter
FASPE
Managing Director
ttritter@FASPE.info
646-437-4307

Summer Ethics Fellowship in Journalism

Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) is now accepting applications for its 2016 journalism program. FASPE Journalism uses the conduct of reporters and other media professionals during the Holocaust and in Nazi Germany as a launching point for an intensive course of study on contemporary journalism ethics. FASPE is predicated upon the power of place. Fellows visit Auschwitz and other sites in Germany and Poland where they consider how to apply the lessons of history to the ethical challenges of journalism today.

FASPE Journalism is open to graduate students going into journalism, as well as working journalists early in their careers. Ten to 15 Fellows will be chosen for the 2016 program, which will run from Friday, May 20 through Thursday, June 2. All program costs, including travel to Europe from New York and back, European travel, lodging, and food are covered. FASPE Journalism is part of a program offering fellowships in several professional fields. Journalism Fellows travel and share some seminars with Business and Law Fellows.

FASPE programs are non-denominational. Candidates of all religious, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Completed applications are due by January 5, 2016. To apply or to learn more about FASPE, please visit: www.FASPE.info. For a flyer on FASPE Journalism, follow this link.

If you have any questions, please contact Thorin R. Tritter, Managing Director of FASPE, at ttritter@FASPE.info.

Information & Application: www.faspe.info Questions: ttritter@faspe.info
FASPE | 36 Battery Place | New York, NY 10280 US

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Gigs

quick-turnaround photog gig in Chicago

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CA-based producer seeks a photographic storyteller in Chicago for a quick-turnaround gig late this week/early next. Details below! -Mia
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Looking for a good storyteller in Chicago who has a journalism skill-set
that includes solid photography. This person will visit a Chicago start-up
for 1-2 hours and take some quick-turnaround photos, following the
guidelines I provide.

Ideally, you'll be able to collaborate with me by following a shot-list to
help capture the story of the people behind this start-up, while also
keeping an eye out for anything exciting that might be happening.

The shoot can take place anytime between Friday morning (Nov 14th) and
Monday afternoon (Nov 17th). We'll coordinate a mutually agreeable time
for everyone involved.

What I'm not looking for is a wedding photographer, an Instagram hobbyist,
or a professional portrait photographer. Rather, this role is for a
journalist or marketer with a good eye for image composition and a strong
sense of story.

This pays hourly (not per image) — think tape-sync, but with images
instead of audio. The rate is $50 per hour, with a minimum of $100.

Please contact Stacy at stacyb@audioluxe.org.  Thank you!

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Freelance Cafe West

“Radio Is Yours” Contest from XRAY.fm, deadline Dec 11

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Fun contest open to any radio producers, with a separate category for student submissions! Details HERE and below. Deadline Dec 11.

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I'm happy to announce the Radio Is Yours contest from XRAY.fm. This is a radio storytelling contest open to anyone around the country. You have between 7 seconds and 7 minutes to tell a story about change you've seen in your community and/or city. We're looking for two types of submissions, each with their own guidelines.

All the details can be found here: http://xray.fm/radio-is-yours

You can win money, air time on XRAY, and a bunch of other prizes, so check it out! The deadline for submissions is midnight on Friday Dec. 11th. Good luck!

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Pitches

The Pulse seeks pitches for “Fresh Start” themed show

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The Pulse wants your stories! Details below.

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Reporters & Producers,

We're working on show with the theme "A Fresh Start," and we're currently looking for great pitches from freelancers to fill a couple open spots in our rundown. We're in need of stuff in the 5-10 minute range, and we're open to format, style, and both first-run and repurposed material. Send us your good ideas.

Joel Patterson
jpatterson@whyy.org

About Our Show
The Pulse is a weekly exploration of the worlds of health, science, and innovation. Our goal is take our audience on a journey, to humanize the inhuman, to celebrate with skepticism, to put people first, to surprise, to answer questions people didn’t even know they had, to empower them to take control of their health, and certainly to keep it weird. We’ve covered everything from the role of precision medicine in bridging the racial divide to the oddly fascinating history of the dimmer switch. We’ve documented the challenges of interstellar sex, and we’ve sat at an old grand piano in a hospital lobby as a young doctor played us a tune in her down time. We’re hungry for sound-rich stories that take us beyond headlines and into the heart of a story…sometimes literally.

show: one hour weekly

segments: up to 10 minutes

compensation: $350-900 commensurate with length and depth of reporting and reporter/producer experience

pitch: By email. Please put PITCH in the subject line, be as succinct as possible about the voices and sound of your proposed piece and please listen to the show in order to understand our tone and previous pieces. Please also include a couple of links to your past work.
contact: Joel Patterson, Managing Editor, jpatterson@whyy.org
phone: 215-351-5883
mailing address: 150 N. 6th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
website: http://www.whyy.org/thepulse


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Grants

Grants, Fellowships and Awards for November and December from AIR

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For the real deal and much more, sign up for AIR.

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• JoLT (Journalism Leadership Transformation) Fellowships
Deadline: Nov. 18, 2015
Details: Three funded Fellows simultaneously will earn a Master’s of Art in Game Design while working to reorganize the way media are communicated, analyzed and produced from a leadership perspective.
Website: http://www.american.edu/gamelab/#!jolt-fellowship

• ABOG Fellowship For Socially Engaged Art
Deadline: Nov. 23, 2015
Details: Project support of $20,000 with minimal restriction for artists who demonstrate artistic excellence and serve as innovative conduits for social change. Proposed projects will be judged on artistic excellence, capacity to enact social change, viability in everyday life, and fit with fellowship resources.
Website: http://www.abladeofgrass.org/application/guidelines/

• Princeton in Asia Fellowships
Deadline: Nov. 13, 2015
Details: PiA offers year-long, service-oriented fellowships in 21 Asian countries in the fields of education, international development, public health, environmental advocacy, journalism and business, with a majority of fellows working as English teachers at universities and high schools.
Website: http://piaweb.princeton.edu/

• Bicentennial Swedish-American Exchange Fund
Deadline: Nov. 15, 2015
Details: Up to SEK 30,000 ($3,450) in support of intensive research trips to Sweden of 2-4 weeks in length. Applicants should have well-developed projects within the prioritized fields of politics, public administration, working life, human environment, mass media, business and industry, education or culture.
Website: http://www.studyinsweden.se/Scholarships/SI-scholarships/The-Bicentennial-Swedish-American-Exchange-Fund/

• Health Coverage Fellowship
Deadline: Nov. 30, 2015
Details: The Health Coverage Fellowship is designed to help newspaper, radio, television, and online reporters and editors do a better job covering critical healthcare issues. Each year 10 journalists are selected from across the country for an intensive 9 days and nights of training. The fellowship is housed at Babson College’s Center for Executive Education in Wellesley, MA.
Website: http://bluecrossmafoundation.org/programs/health-coverage-fellowship

• APSA Congressional Fellowship Program for Communications Scholars and Journalists
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2015
Details: Early-to mid-career scholars and journalists receive $38,000 and a travel allowance to learn about Congress and the legislative process. Broadcast and print journalists must have a bachelor’s and 2-10 years full-time work experience.
Website: http://www.apsanet.org/cfp

• Alfa Fellowship Program
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2015
Details: Fifteen accomplished young Americans and Britons receive a monthly stipend, language training, program-related travel costs, housing and insurance for a professional development program in Russia. Russian proficiency is preferred.
Website: http://www.culturalvistas.org/alfa

• Nieman-Berkman Fellowship in Journalism Innovation
Deadline: Dec. 1, 2015
Details: A $65,000 fellowship over nine months for journalists to work on a specific course of research or a specific project relating to journalism innovation at Harvard University.
Website: http://nieman.harvard.edu/fellowships/nieman-berkman-fellowship-in-journalism-innovation-2/

• Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University
Deadline: Dec 1, 2015 (international applicants) or Jan. 31, 2016 (American applicants)
Details: A $65,000 fellowship over nine months for 24 journalists with at least five years of experience to pursue a course of study at Harvard University.
Website: http://nieman.harvard.edu/fellowships/

• Yale World Fellows Program
Deadline: Dec. 2, 2015
Details: A four-month residential fellowship at Yale University to cultivate and empower a network of globally engaged leaders who are innovating in their fields.
Website: http://worldfellows.yale.edu/

• Rhode Island Innovation Fellowship
Deadline: Dec. 11, 2015
Details: Two applicants will receive up to $300,000 over three years to develop, test and implement innovative ideas that have the potential to dramatically improve any area of life in Rhode Island.
Website: http://www.rifoundation.org/TransformingRhodeIsland/RhodeIslandInnovationFellowship.aspx

• NPR Kroc Fellowship
Deadline: Dec. 31, 2015
Details: Over the course of a year, the three Kroc Fellows get rigorous, hands-on training in every aspect of public radio journalism, both on-air and online, including writing, reporting, producing and editing. The Fellowship is designed to offer exposure to various units at NPR, in both the News and Digital Media Divisions, and at an NPR Member Station.
Website: http://www.npr.org/about-npr/183691179/kroc-fellowship-details-and-application

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Pitches

New online mag focused on global development and culture seeks pitches

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New online magazine, Broken Toilets, wants your pitches. Details below. -Mia
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Broken Toilets is an online magazine that presents independently reported stories and features about global development and culture in a frank, critical, and engaging way. Broken Toilets examines areas such as humanitarian aid, conflict and emergencies, migration, social justice, political change, public health, infrastructure, finance, climate change, and the environment through stories that draw out the implications for people and communities.

 

We’re interested in how change happens – change that results from initiatives executing global goals, organizations working through philanthropy and social enterprise, and the local practices of citizens, civil society and community groups. Broken Toilets content is driven by topic rather than by geography, rejecting outdated categories in order to cultivate a view that aims to be truly global.

 

Each month, the magazine publishes thematic issues presenting views from multiple contexts and contributors. Stories are told through a variety of genres, including short and long form journalism, multimedia, and cultural narrative. Our blog runs simultaneously engaging readers with additional curated as well as original content in the form of news stories, commentary, interviews, dispatches, videos, and images.
We plan to launch in February 2016 and have announced our call for pitches for the first few issues. Subscribe to this free magazine and/or pitch us a story! 


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Emily Madsen

Founder, Editor

Twitter: @brokentoilets


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