WITNESS uses video to open the eyes of the world to human rights violations. We empower people to transform personal stories of abuse into powerful tools for justice, promoting public engagement and policy change. Witness was co-founded in 1992 by musician and activist Peter Gabriel as the realization of his vision of capturing the stories of human rights atrocities on video and putting them at the forefront of human rights campaigns. Since then, WITNESS has trained and partnered with thousands of human rights activists to utilize video for change in over 80 countries all over the world.
The WITNESS Media Lab Curation Fellowship is designed to give a promising journalist, activist, or documentarian the opportunity to conduct innovative human rights reporting and advocacy by bridging citizen footage with human rights methodology. The fellow will conduct research and compile a report on a human rights story primarily using eyewitness video (often called “citizen journalism” or “user-generated content”). The report will be shared on lab.witness.org and potentially by media or advocacy partners. The fellow will also document the process and share challenges, strategies, and learnings on the WITNESS Media Lab blog.
Worth
- Fellows will be awarded a stipend of $11,250, to be disbursed at predetermined intervals, to cover their work during the 15-week fellowship.
- WITNESS will additionally cover the costs of traveling to our Brooklyn offices, and up to $3,000 in expenses related to the production of the project (reporting, design, and outreach; selected fellows will draw up a budget).
- WITNESS does not provide health insurance for fellows.
Eligibility
- The fellowship is open to beginning to mid-career activists, journalists, and documentarians who have demonstrated an ability to document, report on, or advocate around human rights issues, and an interest in working with eyewitness video.
- Fellows must speak and write English proficiently.
Deadline: January 8, 2016
To apply and for more information visit here
