Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Journalism Program will host upcoming funders meeting

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

The McCormick Foundation is one of the co-hosts for the Journalism Funders meeting held in Chicago this year. The meeting convenes funders who support journalism and media at a number of levels—some are major investors, like the Knight and McCormick foundations, and others like the California Endowment invest in journalism as a means for communicating health information and as an agent for policy change. The meeting, which will take place July 20-21, 2011, will feature roundtable discussions on key issues facing journalism funders, as well as networking and collaboration among funders. MacArthur Foundation, Driehaus Foundation and the Chicago Community Trust are co-hosts.

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Monday, July 11, 2011

NYC Digital Waves Youth Media Festival

Monday, July 11, 2011

New York youth media groups are invited to come together, exchange ideas and collaborate as Radio Rookies, Radio Rootz, RHI Radio and The LAMP prepare to host the NYC Digital Waves Youth Media Festival on Saturday July 30th at WNYC’s The Greene Space.
This year’s festival will focus on audio, including using a smartphone to record audio, how to incorporate sound into a project and how to critique an audio piece.
For more information, and to register, click here.

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