Individuals must be nominated by an organization in the MediaJustice Network.
Applications require a letter of nomination that can be uploaded as a pdf document. The letter should address why the organization chose to nominate this individual, outlining the individual’s relationship to the organization, their demonstrated leadership, and what the organization believes the applicant will be able to contribute to the organization and movement at large if selected.
We are seeking individuals who:
Organizations in the MediaJustice Network should nominate an individual who has the greatest potential to grow and give to their community. This fellowship is for individuals who would like to level-up existing skills and develop new ones, receive mentorship and a peer community towards a deepened analysis and skillset of combating racialized disinformation.
This fellowship is not for those who are already established in the field of media/digital justice or who have more than five years of full-time experience in the field.
The Fellowship takes place over a course of 8 months through remote programming. The estimated time commitment is 5 – 20 hours/ month. This includes:
Applications will be accepted online via Form Assembly here.
This is a paid fellowship. Each Fellow will receive a stipend of $5,000 contingent upon meeting all fellowship responsibilities.
A strong internet connection and access to a computer will be required. If this poses any concerns, applicants are encouraged to speak with their nominating organization.
Our trainings will be in English and requires a working knowledge of English. We are committed to accessibility to ensure all members of our communities can participate fully with us. If you have access needs we should know about, please share those in your application and we will do our best to support your attendance and participation.
We want your project to utilize the knowledge you’ve acquired through the political education and skill-building components of the fellowship. The project can be the beginning of something larger, relevant to the work of the fellow’s sponsoring organization. Questions that fellows will be encouraged to ask themselves include:
Racialized disinformation is impacting communities of color in a myriad of ways – from copaganda to medical disinformation to anti-trans disinformation to election disinformation to climate change, immigrant justice and more. We will examine case studies of specific projects that tackle these issues from a community power building lens, such as this copaganda toolkit and build skills in narrative strategy to support advancement of projects. Fellows may propose a wide variety of projects aimed at building power and combating racialized disinformation. This might look like:
Fellows will be introduced to and encouraged to draw from a transformative media organizing approach for their projects.
Transformative media organizing is a liberatory approach to integrating media, communications, and cultural work into movement building. It lies at the place where media justice and transformative organizing overlap. Transformative media organizers begin with an intersectional analysis of linked systems of race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, and other axes of identity. We seek to do media work that develops the critical consciousness and leadership of those who take part in the media-making process; create media in ways that are deeply accountable to the movement base; invite our communities to participate in media production; create media strategically across platforms, and root our work in community action. (This is from: http://transformativemedia.cc/the-project/tmo101/ )
Applications will be reviewed by a set of MediaJustice staff, followed by a set of MediaJustice Network Anchor members. We seek to prioritize a cohort that is geographically diverse, sector-diverse, and that uplifts the leadership of directly impacted, historically marginalized communities.
You can watch this recording of our information-sharing session, or email us at: [email protected].