New Fellowship Opportunities at Feet in 2 Worlds

Feet in Two Worlds is offering a limited number of fellowships to immigrant and ethnic media journalists in New York City who want to improve their online reporting and social networking skills while covering business and economics issues in immigrant communities in New York City.

Fellows will receive training in blogging and multimedia presentations (audio slide shows, videos, podcasts), as well as on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook.  They will produce stories for the Feet in Two Worlds blog (news.feetintwoworlds.org), and for the news organization for whom they normally report.

This three-month fellowship runs from December 1, 2010 to March 1, 2011.  In addition to media training, fellows will receive a $500 stipend and the opportunity to have their work featured on http://news.feetintwoworlds.org and other online news sites.

The training is open to staff and freelance reporters and editors who work in any language. The training will be conducted in English, although the actual reporting may be in a language other than English.  The training will focus mainly on work in the field, although there will also be a limited number of group workshops.

Applications are due by 5 PM on Friday, November 12, and should include the following:

• Three story ideas for coverage of business and economic issues in New York’s immigrant communities or directly affecting immigrants in New York City.
• Your resume.
• Samples of your work.
• The url of the media outlet(s) for whom you report.

To apply or for more information please contact Anna Schneider at schneida@newschool.edu.

Feet in Two Worlds is a project of the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School which brings the work of immigrant and ethnic media journalists to public radio and the web.

Feet in Two Worlds is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the New York Community Trustand the Mertz Gilmore Foundation.

LGBT Reporting for Immigrant and Ethnic Media Journalists in New York

Feet in Two Worlds is offering a limited number of fellowships to immigrant and ethnic media journalists in New York City who want to improve their online reporting and social networking skills while covering LGBT issues in immigrant communities in New York City.

Fellows will receive training in blogging and multimedia presentations (audio slide shows, videos, podcasts), as well as on social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook.  They will produce stories for the Feet in Two Worlds blog (news.feetintwoworlds.org), and for the news organization for whom they normally report.

This three-month fellowship runs from December 1, 2010 to March 1, 2011.  In addition to media training, fellows will receive a $500 stipend and the opportunity to have their work featured on http://news.feetintwoworlds.org and other online news sites.

The training is open to staff and freelance reporters and editors who work in any language. The training will be conducted in English, although the actual reporting may be in a language other than English.  The training will focus mainly on work in the field, although there will also be a limited number of group workshops.

Applications are due by 5 PM on Friday, November 12, and should include the following:

• Three story ideas for coverage of LGBT issues in New York’s immigrant communities.
• Your resume.
• Samples of your work.
• The url of the media outlet(s) for whom you report.

To apply or for more information please contact Anna Schneider at schneida@newschool.edu.

Feet in Two Worlds is a project of the Center for New York City Affairs at the New School which brings the work of immigrant and ethnic media journalists to public radio and the web.

Feet in Two Worlds is supported by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the New York Community Trustand the Mertz Gilmore Foundation.