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Bloggers, get your applications in for Dart “Guns and 'Gun Violence' Workshop”
The above is a screenshot from the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma's call for applications from journalists to attend a “workshop for journalists on covering guns and gun violence”. It is from the dartcenter.org website, so you can look for yourself. The workshop specifically includes an invitation for bloggers to apply. From DART:
To help journalists and news organizations in the Southwest improve their reporting on guns and gun violence, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia Journalism School is organizing a two-day regional workshop May 29 and 30, 2015 for reporters, editors, news directors, photographers, producers, and bloggers.
I have emailed the contact twice, asking rather pointed questions about the list of speakers, and the content. I have not received an answer. I have already sent in my application to attend. I do not expect to be selected. I suspect that this will be a seminar on how to construct propaganda to buttress the political efforts of Michael Bloomberg. He is the person that is supplying the money.
Do not let that dissuade you from applying. At the minimum, you can show that you were turned down. Perhaps someone who is not a committed disarmist will be able to attend, and report on the proceedings.
The application is a fairly simple process, all done with an email.
From The Dart Center:
To apply, please email [email protected] with your resume or CV, full contact information (name, address, city, state, zip, phone number and email address) and a one-page letter of interest that:
- Describes how and why this workshop is relevant to you and your work;
- Identifies three issues around guns or gun violence of particular interest to you;
- Explains a challenge you have encountered in pursuing a story on this topic (or a related one); and
- Briefly outlines a possible story you might pursue on the topic.
I strongly urge my fellow bloggers to apply. At the minimum, you will be able to brag that you were turned down by The Dart Center.
The event will take place at the end of May. That is a month and a half later than they originally showed on the screenshot, as you can see. It may mean that they are not getting many applications. Applications are to be sent in by 13 April. That gives you plenty of time.
©2015 by Dean Weingarten: Permission to share is granted when this notice is included.
Link to Gun Watch
Source: http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2015/02/bloggers-get-your-applications-in-for.html
