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Workshops, scholarships and mentorship for students doing visual journalism

Date: 2022-04-27 14:30:51+00:00

By ['Taylor Blatchford', 'Taylor Blatchford Is A Journalist At The Seattle Times Who Independently Writes The Lead', 'A Newsletter For Student Journalists. She Can Be Reached At Blatchfordtaylor Gmail.Com']

The Lead is a weekly newsletter that provides resources and connections for student journalists in both college and high school. Sign up here to have it delivered to your inbox every Wednesday morning during the school year.

Looking for learning opportunities outside your own campus? There’s a wealth of training resources available for students pursuing visual journalism, many of which are free or low-cost.

The following list will help you find training, mentorship and professional resources to advance your visual journalism skills. And as the end of the school year approaches, look back at the work you’re most proud of and consider entering it in contests.

Professional organizations

Most journalism organizations offer discounted membership for students.

Workshops and trainings

Scholarships and fellowships

RTDNA scholarships: open to college students in their sophomore year or above

RTDNA fellowships: open to professionals with less than 10 years of experience

NPPF scholarships: eligibility varies by specific scholarship

Mentorship

Women Photograph: formalized mentorship program for early-career women and nonbinary photojournalists

Digital Women Leaders: offers free mentorship and coaching from 140 women working across different areas of journalism (including visuals)

Journalism Mentors: offers free mentorship and coaching for students and early-career journalists, organized across disciplines (including visual journalism)

Contests

What did I miss? What other opportunities should visual journalism students be aware of? Email me at [email protected] and I’ll include them in an upcoming issue.

One story worth reading

How does constant news consumption affect our brains and how we process information? Research provides insight into addressing “news-driven crisis fatigue,” Elizabeth Svoboda writes for Nieman Lab.

“Because our phones are buzzing more or less constantly, we start to gloss over each distressing headline as it comes in,” Svoboda writes. “Over time, a constant state of distress becomes unsustainable, so the brain downgrades the apparent risk — a kind of distancing that could be dangerous in a true crisis.”

Opportunities and trainings

💌 Last week’s newsletter: How to teach video journalism in your student newsroom? Just let your reporters do it.

📣 I want to hear from you. What would you like to see in the newsletter? Have a cool project to share? Email [email protected].

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