Via Sree Srenivasan

The Post and Courier has an immediate opening for a photojournalist to join its award-winning team. Located in Charleston, South Carolina this 100,000 daily is looking for someone who is creative, energetic and versatile. The best candidate should have a bachelors degree and daily newspaper experience. Knowledge of digital photography and Photoshop is required. Proficiency in Spanish is a plus. Send resume and digital portfolio (PC or Mac format) to: Tom Spain Director of Photography The Post and Courier 134 Columbus Street Charleston, SC 29403.

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Photographer and multimedia producer, Shana Dressler, is looking for committed interns to work on various projects associated with her multimedia installation on the Ganesh Festival in Bombay which is in development. Interns are invited to help Shana prepare for a WNYC radio show on Ganesh music on March 31st, a slideshow at the United Nations in May and the preparation for a full scale installation which is in discussion with a New York museum.

Please contact Shana about this opportunity.

Interested interns would be involved in the following:

WNYC Radio Show

– researching Ganesh music
– looking through video footage to pick out interesting audio sound clips
– helping to locate a singer in the tri-sate area to record Ganesh’s 108 names

Slideshow at the UN

– help to locate a student animator currently in art school to work on opening sequence of the slideshow
– help to produce the slideshow which may include an opening dance to Ganesh, a invocation sung to Ganesh and coordinating a light meal
– putting together a press list and marketing materials to advertise slideshow to UN employees
– outreach to invite possible sponsors to fund final trip to Bombay in September 2005 to complete multimedia installation for museum
– work on updating website so that potential donors will have access to a range of information

Multimedia Installation at NY Museum

Once the proposal has been accepted help will also be needed to work on the multimedia installation currently being considered by a New York museum. Interns wishing to work on this should contact Shana for further information.

Internship start date: ASAP for WNYC/UN event; ongoing for Multimedia Installation

Application instructions: Please send a cover letter explaining why you're interested in interning on this project and include your resume as a PDF (preferred method) or MS Word document to shana@shanadressler.com.

Background info: photos

Biography:

Shana Dressler’s career as a multi-media producer has spanned several continents and disciplines. Her recent work includes putting together an exhibition of photographs of the Ganesh Festival as celebrated in Bombay at the National Arts Club in New York; consulting for the Music and Cultural Programming Department at Link TV; working with the Global Peace Initiative of Women on their upcoming Global Youth Leadership Summit; and helping to produce The Spirit of Fes, a 17 city US tour of world sacred music.

As a photographer, Shana has worked for magazines both in the United States and abroad. “If Only It Were Love,” a photography book based on her unrequited love story with an Italian underwater photographer in Italy, is pending publication. The photographs were exhibited at New York University’s Casa Italiana in January of 2003.

As a video journalist Shana covered the “Drumming In The New Millenium” festival shot in Cairo, Egypt for World Entertainment Network and has filmed station spots of world music stars such as Baaba Maal, Habib Koité and Afro Celt Sound System for Link TV.  In 2000, Shana completed “Can't Wait ‘Til Sunday,” a documentary short which she directed and produced with National Geographic photographer/cameraman Bob Sacha, about a Harlem preacher’s last night of work as a mechanic for the United States Postal Service. This film was part of a long-term photography project about spiritual experience in a Pentecostal church in Harlem. A portfolio of photographs from this project is part of the permanent collection of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York.

She has also produced “Around the Globe in 10 Weeks,” a ten part world music lecture and performance series. Speakers included, among others: Robert Browning, World Music Institute; Sean Barlow, Afropop Worldwide; Prof. Gage Averill, Director of the Ethnomusicology Program, NYU; Valerie Naranjo, percussionist of the Saturday Night Live Band, and Bobby Sanabria, Grammy nominated Latin drummer. In 1999, she was hired by Ellipsis Arts, a world music label, to produce the audio CD “African Lullaby” which won the Parent’s Choice Golden Seal Award that same year.  She is currently working on a compilation of African Water Spirit songs for an upcoming exhibition at UCLA’s Fowler Museum slated for 2007.

Shana is a 1989 graduate of Vassar College with a B.A. in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. She received her photography training at the International Center of Photography in New York where she took courses in photojournalism while studying Comparative Religion and Anthropology at Columbia University. She is fluent in Italian, French and Spanish.

Via S. Mitra Kalita

These jobs were posted on the YoungJournos.org site. If you are 35 and under in age, you may want to check this site out.

PHOTO/REPORTING INTERN
A photo intern and a reporter intern for The Colorado Statesman, a nonpartisan weekly in Denver. Must be deadline-oriented, able to work at least 20-25 hours/week starting in January and have an interest in covering important assignments at the state Capitol. Excellent opportunity to gain experience at a high level for a team player who is serious about journalism. Please e-mail responses to:
Info@ColoradoStatesman.com. Posted Dec. 22.

PHOTOGRAPHER
Sentinel and Transcript Newspapers (Golden, Colo.)
The Sentinel and Transcript Newspapers, a growing group of suburban Denver weeklies, is seeking an entry-level staff photographer with an eye for pictures that reflect the complexities of our readers' lives with a straightforward perspective. In accordance with the research conducted by the Readership Institute, we value photography that is both personal and visceral. Portfolios should demonstrate the ability to recognize those traits and to create images that connect with our readers.

Other requirements include the flexibility to work weekends and nights; the ability to write accurate and thorough captions; the desire to collaborate with writers, designers and editors; a minimum of an undergraduate degree (journalism preferred) and some newspaper photojournalism experience. Applicants must have their own digital equipment and must be proficient in Photo Mechanic, PhotoShop CS and image downloading and transmitting. Applications should include a cover letter with salary requirements, a résumé with references and portfolio. Digital portfolios need to be Mac compatible. Out-of-state candidates should be aware we do not interview or provide moving expenses.

Send application materials to Mitch Pugh, editor, Sentinel and Transcript Newspapers, 1000 10th St., Golden, CO 80401. No phone calls please. Include an SASE if you want your portfolio returned. Application deadline is Jan. 15. Applicants must be able to start by March 1. Posted Dec. 21.

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Phaidon Press publishes some of the world’s most respected photography books, working with renowned photographers including James Nachtwey, René Burri and Nan Goldin. A rare opportunity has arisen to work with leading artists, such as these, to produce books of outstanding quality and beauty. Reporting to the Operations Director, the successful candidate will work with the editors and photographers, and be responsible for co-ordinating and managing all stages of book and packaging production, from design concept to the finished book. The role requires: thorough knowledge of the latest repro and print technologies; minimum 5 years’ relevant experience of the reproduction of photography, ideally in book form; meticulous eye for detail and colour;ability to colour correct and press pass; confidence to liaise and work with creative leaders in photography and book design; imaginative yet commercial approach to realising innovative concepts; self-motivation and the ability to manage multiple projects within schedule and on budget; excellent communication, interpersonal, IT and numeric skills. Please send full CV and covering letter, including current salary details, to Frances Johnson, Operations Director, Phaidon Press Limited, 18 Regent’s Wharf, All Saints Street, London N1 9PA, by 30th November 2004.

PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME or POST YOUR RESUME/CV HERE. If you do, I'll have to delete it. Sorry, but good luck.

Via Tom Burton

A summer internship at the Orlando Sentinel will take you into the heart of the ultimate journalism class. Working with our award-winning staff, you'll gain the photojournalism skills that will make your education complete. But the experience won't be all work: After all, you'll be spending your free time in one of the world's top vacation destinations.

A paid news photography internship ($500 per week) will be offered for the summer of 2005 to a junior, senior or graduate student. Candidates must have completed an earlier internship at a daily newspaper; be able to work at least 10 consecutive weeks; and have a driver’s license and use of a car. Housing is not provided.

To apply, please send a packet that includes: A letter describing your background, career goals and internship objectives. Biographical essays are not needed. A resume with journalism-related references. Samples of your best work. Send prints, a CD or the address of your online portfolio.

Please apply to: Mr. Dana S. Eagles, Recruitment & Staff Development Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 633 N. Orange Ave., Orlando, FL 32801. More information click here.

Deadline for receipt of applications is Nov. 15, 2004.