CatchLight Local Community Kick-off & Information Session

CatchLight is a visual-first media organization that leverages the power of visual storytelling to inform, connect, and transform communities. They bring resources and organizations together to discover, develop, and amplify visual storytellers at all levels. The organization invests in the future of visual storytelling through two fellowship programs. TheCatchLight LocalFellowship seeks to establish the long-term sustainability of visual journalism by pairing partner newsrooms with community-based visual journalists, Local Fellows, to provide inclusive, in-depth, accurate, and locally contextualized information to the public. TheCatchLight GlobalFellowship annually provides three visionaries in the field grants to develop long-form storytelling projects, engage audiences, and continue their work as innovators and leaders defining the future of the field.

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<P>The <A HREF="https://www.catchlight.io/catchlight-local" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CatchLight Local Visual Storytelling Initiative</A> is a place-based program that connects powerful visual storytelling directly with local newsrooms and community members to establish vital common ground for diverse insights and possible solutions to critical issues in a local context.  </P>
<P>On June 6, 2019 CatchLight launched an <A HREF="https://catchlight.submittable.com/submit/8f20d530-043c-4503-b03f-0ba32eb8fdf4/2019-catchlight-local-june-open-call" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">open call</A> for visual storytellers, the deadline to apply is July 10, 2019, noon PST. Starting with a 2019 pilot in the Bay Area, this three-month long, $15,000 Fellowship will provide resources for visual storytellers to work on stories affecting their communities. Each visual storyteller will be paired with local newsrooms and story ideas can either be their own or assigned by the newsroom. During the fellowship term, visual storytellers will bring their work and process directly to the community through local “town hall” events and look at ways to bring the community back into the newsroom.</P>
<P>On Wednesday June 26th we will be hosting an information session featuring a live Q&A with CatchLight Local staff and newsroom partners, an informal project pitch breakout session, and lightning talks by program partners working at the intersection of community-based visual storytelling, journalism, creative placemaking, and social change. For those unable to attend in person this event will be livestreamed and available to watch later on our Facebook page.</P>
<P><STRONG><EM>This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 5:30pm; Program begins at 6:00pm.</EM></STRONG></P>
<H3>SPEAKERS INCLUDE:</H3>
<P><SPAN>Elodie Mailliet Storm</SPAN><SPAN>, CatchLight CEO<BR></SPAN>Kevin Grant, Co-founder and Executive Editor of The GroundTruth Project<BR>Jeremy Liu, Senior Fellow for Arts, Culture, and Equitable Development at PolicyLink<BR>Julie Makinen, California Editor, USA Today Network<BR>Marcia Parker, Publisher &amp; Chief Operating Officer, CALMatters<BR>Eric Shelton Report for America corps member and Photojournalist at Mississippi Today<BR>Robert Rosenthal, Former Executive Director of the Center for Investigative Reporting and CatchLight board member<BR>Jenny Jacklin Stratton, CatchLight Local Initiative Program Lead</P>
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