Multimedia Editing Program - Online Application
In addition to filling out this online form, please email a color photo of yourself in jpeg format and two essays (more info below) directly to Agata Lowell at alowell@maynardije.org.
We will furthermore require a letter of reference from your supervisor (please mail a hard copy to Agata Lowell, Maynard Insitute, 1211 Preservation Park Way, Oakland, CA 94612). This letter should be a statement of support for your participation in the program. We would also like your supervisor to state how you will be able to apply the skills you will learn in the program to your job.
About the essays:
The first essay should be about 500 words long. In this essay, please discuss your professional career to date.
Describe your most significant accomplishments. Also describe how participation in the
Multimedia Editing Program will assist you in achieving your career goals.
The second essay should be 750 to 1,000 words long analysis of the paper/website you work for. Please describe how well, according to you, the paper/website covers the needs of its community.
- Georgia Worries About Uptick in H1N1 Cases
- Ireland May Deport Filipino Family for Joining Strike
- Fresno Widens Medical Safety Net for Poor
- Fake Foreign Degrees On the Rise In China
- Gay Couples Marry in Mexico City
- Cuban Dissident Hospitalized after Hunger Strike
- Hyphen Release Party Video on Myx
- Joan Blades: A Woman Making History
- links for 2010-03-15
- Arizona Human Rights Activists Caravan to D.C.
Come join Sally Lehrman, a professor and journalist who writes regularly on race, gender and identity issues and Maynard Institute President Dori J. Maynard as we talk about the best and worst of media coverage and diversity. Add comments and give us your thoughts.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
The Maynard Institute gears up for its coming celebration of Black History Month
Based on the late Robert C. Maynard's belief that the five fault lines of race, class, gender, generation and geography are the most enduring forces shaping lives, experiences and social tensions in this country, the Maynard Institute's Fault Lines framework helps journalists build a more diverse source list, have more voices in stories and determine which fault lines are at work in complex issues.
[more...]
Black History Month and Beyond documents and preserves the stories of those courageous African American journalists who broke into general circulation media during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s. [more...]









Post new comment