correspondents? We’re looking for passionate community members whom we can
train to become the voice of their communities. This is a good opportunity
to enable marginalized communities to speak for themselves, a good chance to
subvert the kind of content being produced by the mainstream media.
As you may know, VV launched its community news service, IndiaUnheard, on
3rd of May 2010. Since then, the first batch of 30 community correspondents
we trained have produced about a 100 videos. You can see the videos on our
website http://indiaunheard.
releasing one video per day.
VV’s goal is to eventually have one “Community Correspondent” in each of
India’s 626 districts. So it’s time for us to recruit the second batch of
correspondents!
Can you help? Since are associated with grassroots communities in India, we
are asking you once again for nominations from your circle. Please take a
moment to think of people who would benefit from this opportunity, and who
could become skilled communicators of the social causes we are fighting for.
Here are the criteria for candidates we will accept. They must be:
- From disadvantaged backgrounds from rural India or small urban centers
- Creative, intelligent
- Involved in social movements or NGOs
- Willing to work full time, for one year
- Speak Hindi or English
They do not need any media or journalism experience. VV will provide them
equipment, training and a stipend. As Fellows, their job will be to produce
several short videos a month on different community issues, as part of a
large network of Community Correspondents, from every state in India. Here
are the criteria online. We are particularly looking for women.
Read the overview of the program
http://www.videovolunteers.
Fill out the application along with the activist you are nominating
http://videovolunteersindia.
Read the FAQ, and get all your questions about the program answered
http://www.videovolunteers.
Once again here’s a chance to offer a new direction to the grassroots
activists you know. It’s a chance to equip the communities you work in with
relevant communication tools and enable them to report on everything from
rights violations to successful struggles against oppression.
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