Contests, Grants, Workshops, Internships
Contests:
DOROTHEA LANGE-PAUL TAYLOR PRIZE, a $20,000 award from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, promotes the collaboration between a writer and a photographer in the formative or fieldwork stages of a documentary project. Collaborative submissions on any subject are welcome. To learn more, go to http://cds.aas.duke.edu/l-t/
or send an SASE to Lange-Taylor Prize, Center for Documentary Studies, 1317 W Pettigrew St., Durham NC 27705.
from Popular Photography
Send digital images -- JPEG files of up to 100KB -- to YourBestShot@hfmus.com or on a CD-ROM to Your Best Shot, Popular Photography & Imaging, 1633 Broadway, NY, NY 10019
Deadline-monthly
Grants:
J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism at American University has been awarded $250,000 from the McCormick Foundation to fund eight innovative women-led news startups over the next two years.
http://www.newmediawomen.org/site/new_funding_for_women_media_entrepreneurs/
NPPA - links to 5 different grant and scholarship programs
http://www.nppa.org/professional_development/students/scholarships/
Workshops:
Eddie Adams
an intense four-day gathering of the top professionals in photojournalism, along with 100 carefully selected students. The Workshop's purpose is to create a forum in which an exchange of ideas, techniques, and philosophies can be shared between both established members and newcomers of the profession of picture journalism. The Workshop is tuition-free, and the 100 students are chosen based on the merit of their portfolios.
http://www.eddieadamsworkshop.com/
Poynter Institute
Faculty from Poynter and the renowned Stan Kalish Workshop team up to teach effective picture editing for print and online. Learn to produce more compelling photographic coverage and to showcase your work in innovative ways using multimedia tools. Improve your reporting, researching and editing skills. Be better prepared to face the biggest issues confronting photojournalists, including ethics and professional development.
http://www.poynter.org/
Multimedia Reporting With Video
Once your world was simple: words on paper, accompanied by photographs. Now you must deliver the story online with video — and quickly. Learn the fundamentals in this hands-on seminar on the basics of video storytelling. Explore framing, motion, lighting, depth of field, selecting backgrounds and the basics of interviewing. Practice collecting sound and then move into the fundamentals of video editing.
http://www.poynter.org/seminar/seminar.asp?id=4563&catid=