Telling the story of immigration at election time – a training opportunity
You work hard. You know there are others stories you want to do. But you don’t have time. Or resources.
Here’s a chance for some training and truly helpful support in reporting on immigration as it becomes an issue here and across the country in elections this year.
If you ask me, it’s a great deal for you and for those of us who care about the future of the ethnic news media.
Because if you can’t tell the stories that matter, you lose the link to your community. And then your community’s voice gets a little more quiet and a lot more disconnected.
So, here’s the form. Apply. And if you get one of these fellowships, let me know and we’ll all celebrate.
Benefit too.
Apply for 2012 Immigration Reporting Program
Fellowship Application Deadline: January 17
IJJ is accepting applications for its 2012 professional fellowship program, which will examine the contentious immigration issues playing out across the country on local, state and federal levels and their role in the 2012 election campaign.
Twelve Fellows will be selected to participate in the professional development program, which will help reporters cover legal, political and demographic developments involving immigration.
The program will provide journalists with facts, figures and perspectives to move beyond the typical campaign rhetoric on immigration. It also will examine the anticipated electoral impact of immigrants who have become newly eligible to vote.
The program, “Immigration in the Heartland: the 2012 Elections and Beyond,” will take place April 20-25 at the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication and its Institute for Research and Training, which are partnering with IJJ in this program.
The Ethics and Excellence in Journalism Foundation is the program’s funder.
The deadline for receipt of applications is Jan. 17.
Click here for program details and application form.
Questions may be directed to ijj@justnews.org
PLEASE SEND NAME AND EMAIL OF POTENTIAL APPLICANTS
TO ijj.justnews.org AND WE WILL FOLLOW UP.
Visit our website: www.justnews.org
See previous Immigration in Heartland projects: http://immigrationintheheartland.wordpress.com/
Written by Stephen on December 1, 2011
Filed Under: ETHNIC MEDIA
Tags: fellowship to cover immigration, immigrants and eledtions
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