[Air-l] FW: Media Justice Consultant position

Michael Gurstein mgurst at vcn.bc.ca
Thu Apr 3 17:55:52 PST 2003


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From: nolan_bowie at harvard.edu [mailto:nolan_bowie at harvard.edu]
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Subject: FW: fyi: Job Announcement: The Funding Exchange Seeks Media Justi
ce Consultant (please post/forward)

Job Announcement

The Funding Exchange Seeks Media Justice Consultant

For a two year period, the Funding Exchange National Office will
administer a Media Justice Fund to promote media advocacy within the
context of social justice movements.

The Media Justice Fund of the Funding Exchange National Office

The Media Justice Fund will operate within the social justice framework
of the Funding Exchange grantmaking programs to shift the focus of media
and telecommunications policies to reflect social justice values. The
Fund will support local and national organizing efforts aimed at media
reform policies, open access to technology, and accountability by media
corporations. Such efforts have historically been underfunded and have
operated with only loose ties to other social justice movements, divided
by issues of race, age, culture, and sense of immediate priorities.  The
division has worked to the detriment of both movements, isolating media
advocacy efforts from the broader justice agenda and keeping social
justice groups from recognizing media policy as a core issue.

The Media Justice Fund will promote projects that manifest strong
collaborations between media and social justice activists and agendas.
The Fund will make grants to build constituencies, develop materials for
popular education, and support partnerships across cultural and issue
lines.

The Media Justice Consultant will hold the following responsibilities.

Responsibilities:
" Identify and locate media justice groups in diverse geographic regions
" Serve as a resource for grantseekers
" Coordinate briefings, local and regional meetings and other special
events
" Establish guidelines, review proposals and set schedules for
grantmaking process
" Produce reports as needed, including an annual report on building
media advocacy
" Publicize media advocacy issues among funders through written
publications and gatherings
" Convene and support grantmaking panel
" Monitor grant monies reports and establish other mechanisms to assure
accountability and evaluation
" Track project implementation and manage database with the help of a
database consultant

Qualifications for the position include:
" Familiarity with communications policy issues including FCC
regulations and their impact on communities
" Knowledge of issues, activities, developments and questions within the
spectrum of media advocacy organizing
" Familiarity with a wide range of progressive social change issues and
organizations
" Proven ability to initiate and implement programs, in coordination
with staff
" Excellent written and oral communication skills
" Proficiency with computer software (word processing and grants manager
software)
" Ability to work on a national level, with differences of class, race,
sexual orientation and gender

Send inquiries and applications to:
Charlene Allen, Director of Grantmaking, Funding Exchange
666 Broadway, Suite 500, New York, NY 10012 -- (212) 529-5356 x320






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