2010 NAJA Convention Update
The 2010 NAJA convention will take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in St. Paul, Minnesota from Wednesday, July 21st-Saturday, July 24th, 2010.
Please check back often as we update the site with more details about our next successful conference!
President's Message
Native Journalists:
I humbly accept the responsibility to keep the Native American Journalists Association on the path set in its mission statement.
We have commemorated a quarter century of existence during the latest successful convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Fellowships & Workshops
The Knight Digital Media Center Training Workshops
The Knight Digital Media Center delivers hands-on, newsroom-focused computer training for mid-career journalists. The workshops — delivered to accepted fellows at no charge — are funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation and are held at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
This year the KDMC will deliver five multimedia and two Web 2.0 training workshops. Each workshop accepts 20 applicants. All lodging, meals, training and materials are provided without fee. Accepted fellows must pay their own travel expenses.
Multimedia Workshops
Participants in the intense, six-day Multimedia Workshops produce publication-ready multimedia stories using proven journalistic story-telling techniques and the latest hardware and software.
Topics covered include using digital video cameras, photo cameras and audio recorders; doing storyboards, stand-ups, voiceovers and other broadcast techniques; digital video, audio and photo editing using Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro and Photoshop; creating photo slide shows with Flash; Web page creation using Dreamweaver, and multimedia Web site design. Also included are noontime and evening presentations by experts on the most pressing issues in online publishing.
Web 2.0 Training
The Knight Digital Media Center's Web 2.0 Training for Journalists provides participants with hands-on, newsroom-focused training on innovative publishing tools and technologies. Workshop fellows create data-driven map mash-ups, use Google publishing and data visualization tools, create SEO-smart blog posts, shoot, edit and post HD video, create publication widgets, and use Facebook and Twitter both for reporting and for driving traffic.
A major component of the intense 12-hour daily schedule is engaging in discussions lead by national leaders in journalism, technology, business, and newsroom innovation. Participants leave with new tools for reporting and with new insights on how to serve new and emerging audiences.
During five days of intense, hands-on instruction the fellows selected for the Web 2.0 training will:
• Blog breaking news using Twitter.
• Post photos in interactive news maps.
• Produce and publish photo galleries and audio slideshows.
• Create and edit videos with Final Cut Pro
• Incorporate user-generated content in breaking news stories.
• Use Facebook and publication widgets for news distribution.
• Learn technical specifics for optimizing breaking news rankings in Google.
Who should apply?
Print, radio, broadcast and online reporters and editors who want to lead their newsroom’s transition to 24/7 interactive, integrated multimedia, multi-platform news and feature delivery significantly benefit from KDMC’s proven training approach. KDMC also recognizes the need to actively engage in the professional development of new journalists and accepts applications from j-school educators who are building convergence curricula.
Workshop participants are expected to attend all sessions and activities, stay in the host hotel and join in workshop meals.
Applications for the Technology Training for Editors and Technology Training for Reporters are now open.
HOW TO APPLY:
An online application form and instructions are available at: http://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/workshops/
IWMF Calls for Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship Applications
The International Women’s Media Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2010-11 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, which is open to women journalists focusing on human rights and social justice.
Named for the 1998 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner and Boston Globe correspondent who was killed in Iraq in May 2003, the fellowship allows one woman journalist to spend an academic year in a tailored program with access to Boston-area universities as well as the Boston Globe and The New York Times.
Applications will be accepted until April 9, 2010, and the fellowship will run from September 2010 – May 2011.
* Read the press release
* Learn more about the fellowship
* Click here to apply
* Help pioneer change for women journalists by supporting the Elizabeth Neuffer IWMF Fund
Ted Scripps Fellowships in Environmental Journalism
Enhance your journalism skills and deepen your understanding of environmental science and policy. Apply now for the 2010-2011 academic year. Full-time U.S. print or broadcast journalists with a minimum of five years professional experience are eligible. Applicants may include reporters, editors, producers and full-time freelancers.
Prior experience covering the environment is not necessary. The program covers tuition and fees and provides a $48,000 stipend.
Application deadline: March 1, 2010
For applications and information, visit: www.colorado.edu/cej
In response to demand, the Freedom Forum Diversity Institute will expand its fee-based training programs next year in Nashville, Tenn., and offer at least five multimedia boot camps for journalism educators and professionals.
Registration is available immediately and on a first-come, first-served basis for all classes scheduled in 2010. However, the January and February classes already are starting to fill.
The multimedia training is tailored for journalists but open to anyone with an interest in multimedia storytelling, regardless of the individual’s background. For an additional charge, successful participants can earn 3 college credits. The courses are accredited by the Media Studies Department of Belmont University, which awards the credits.
MULTIMEDIA CLASSES IN 2010:
• Advanced Multimedia Boot Camp: Jan. 6-10, 2010. To apply for this class, registrants must have basic proficiency in multimedia storytelling through audio, still photography and video. Past participants in Freedom Forum multimedia training are strongly encouraged to sign up.
• Multimedia Boot Camp: Feb. 24-28, 2010
• Multimedia Boot Camp: Aug. 2-6, 2010
• Multimedia Boot Camp: Aug. 11-15, 2010
• Multimedia Boot Camp: Nov. 17-21, 2010
Journalism educators, professionals, students and others can develop and hone their skills in audio, photo and video storytelling at the boot camps.
Tuition is $850, payable in advance. Low-cost housing at Extended Stay/Vanderbilt is available for an additional $71.40 per night. Registrations for the February boot camp will be accepted until Feb. 3, but will be cut off as soon as classroom capacity is reached.
Applications and additional information are available at www.freedomforumdiversity.org. Questions may be directed to lead instructor Val Hoeppner at vhoeppner@freedomforum.org or 615/426-7160.
The hands-on training, Feb. 24-28, is modeled after the Freedom Forum’s acclaimed multimedia curriculum and is equivalent to a 3-credit-hour college course. It is designed for those with limited or no multimedia experience. The schedule is intense. The boot camp opens at 8:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 24, and adjourns at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 28. Most days, instruction will begin at 8:30 a.m., continue through the morning, afternoon and evening.
The training will occur at the Diversity Institute’s state-of-the-art school facilities in the Freedom Forum’s John Seigenthaler Center, 1207 18th Ave. South, Nashville, Tenn. Tuition covers all supplies, use of multimedia equipment and software during training, some meals and a take-away binder filled with step-by-step guides to producing audio, video, Soundslides and other multimedia projects.
Participants will learn how to:
• Produce multimedia on a budget, buy the right gear and find cheap ways to record and edit audio.
• Use basic tools in Adobe Photoshop: toning, cropping and text.
• Produce a Soundslides project.
• Produce two video projects, using Final Cut for storytelling and editing.
• Apply and sharpen newly-acquired multimedia skills and instruct and coach others.
The Diversity Institute was established and funded by the Freedom Forum as a school dedicated to teaching journalism skills and First Amendment values by advancing news media diversity, fairness and excellence. The Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, Inc., is a Tennessee public charity corporation with offices, staff, programs and classes at the John Seigenthaler Center in Nashville, at the Al Neuharth Media Center in Vermillion, S.D., and at the Freedom Forum headquarters and Newseum in Washington, D.C.
Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan
$8,750 monthly stipend, plus all tuition and fees
The Fellowship is designed to broaden perspectives, nurture intellectual growth, and inspire personal transformation. International travel is an integral part of this; currently excursions include Argentina and Russia. With no deadlines to worry about, you are free to explore the expanse of scholarship available at the University of Michigan. Multi-platform training features a workshop by instructors from the Poynter Institute and a “backpack” of equipment supplied to each Fellow to help tailor new techniques to individual demands. Leading academics and figures of major interest in journalism give seminars and discuss issues. Speakers have included Mike Wallace, Charles Gibson, Seamus Heaney, Michele Norris, Gloria Steinem, Ken Auletta, Michael Moore, Ellen Weiss, Clarence Page, Patrick Oliphant, Anne Garrels, Richard Ford, Brian Tierney, George Soros, Tom Friedman, Jill Abramson, Ira Glass, Bob Mankoff and Paul Tash.
Spouses are an integral part of the Fellowship experience and are invited to participate actively. They often end their year with a book in the works or a new career on the horizon. Housing is easy and the public schools are very good.
Mike and Mary Wallace House, a graceful, spacious home, is a gift from the CBS newsman and his wife that serves as headquarters.
One application offers consideration for any and all Fellowships available. Full-time journalists in any media with five years experience may apply.
Application deadline: February 1 postmark
Send inquiries and applications to:
Wallace House
University of Michigan
620 Oxford Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734-998-7666; Fax: 734-998-7979
Email: kwfellows@umich.edu
The McCloy Fellowships
The American Council on Germany is seeking applications for the McCloy Fellowships in Journalism. McCloy Fellowships provide American print, broadcast, and new-media journalists in relatively early stages of their careers with the opportunity to travel overseas to conduct on-site research and interviews and pursue stories of their own design. Fellows travel to Germany and/or other EU27 countries, provided that the project bears relevance for contemporary Germany within the wider EU context. The fellowship provides a stipend in the amount of $200 per day for up to 21 days abroad; transatlantic airfare and pre-approved inter-city travel are also covered. Fellowships may be extended for up to 7 additional days if a compelling need for additional time is demonstrated.
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