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Call For Entries: 2016 Alexia Professional Grant

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The Alexia Foundation is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for its 2016 Professional Grant. The deadline for submissions for the Professional Grant is 2 p.m. Jan. 31, 2016. The Student Grant application will open Feb. 3, 2016 with the deadline at 2 p.m. on March 3, 2016. The Professional Grant Winner will receive $20,000 to help produce his or her proposed project. The goal of The Alexia Foundation Grants is to give voice to those who go unheard, foster cultural understanding and expose social injustice. The strength of the proposal will be judged equally to photographic skills. The grants go to those who clearly and concisely propose significant projects that share in the Foundation’s mission and who also submit photographic or motion materials that reflect the ability to execute the proposed project. There is a $50 application fee for the Professional Grant. There is no application fee for…

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Chad Stevens Documentary Overburden Screening in NYC

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MediaStorm alum Chad Stevens will be screening his documentary Overburden as part of the New York Wild Film Festival. The film will be shown Saturday January 30th at 1:30 p.m. For more information, please visit the festival's web site: http://www.nywildfilmfestival.com/schedule-2016/ About the film: After a mine explosion kills her brother, a pro-coal activist joins forces with a tree-hugging grandmother to take down the most dangerous coal company in the United States. Lorelei, fighting to stop mountaintop removal, launches a campaign to build wind farm. Betty, who lost her brother in the disaster, joins Lorelei’s fight to bring justice and economic diversity to the coal fields of Appalachia. Director Chad Stevens presents the determination of the pair as they balance the town’s economic need for coal with its devastating impact.

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The Dallas Morning News currently has an opening for a Directory of Photography

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From Mike Wilson, editor of The Dallas Morning News: "Though this person will spend some time in the trenches making assignments and dealing with budgets, this is mainly a big-picture job. The right person has an opportunity to put a lasting stamp on our visual report. We're looking for an ideas person, an innovator, an inspirational figure. Our newsroom is newly focused on digital journalism, so we need someone who understands how to conceive and tell stories for an audience that is increasingly finding our work on mobile devices. We also need a teacher, someone who can help our staffers improve their skills and learn new things. It's important to us, always, to assemble a pool of candidates with diverse professional and personal backgrounds." Visit https://www.journalismjobs.com/job-listings/1625994 for more information.

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