WE ARE GIVING YOU THE ACE....

A $100,000 grant from the Ford Foundation will make it possible for journalists of color to participate in a series of two-day "boot camps" featuring training, one-on-one mentoring, and a competition for start-up funding....

UNITY Invites Journalists of Color to Apply for New Entrepreneurship Program

UNITY has received a $100,000 grant from the Ford Foundation to implement New U: News Entrepreneurs Working through UNITY. The New U project is intended to increase the number of innovative thinkers and product developers who are of color, providing them with a forum in which to develop and express innovative ideas.

The program will support the creative ideas of participating journalists of color through a series of two-day "boot camps" at each of the four summer 2010 UNITY alliance partners' conventions. In addition to offering training and one-on-one mentoring, the program will include a competition for start-up funding to assist news entrepreneurs to realize their ideas.

Four participants will be chosen from a competitive applicant pool in advance of each UNITY alliance partner convention. Participants' travel expenses as well as the cost of the program will be covered through the grant.

Applicants must be a member in good standing with at least one of the UNITY partner associations :  the Asian American Journalists Association, the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and the Native American Journalists Association.

Application deadlines will vary based on program location. Visit the UNITY Web site for guidelines and program updates.

DETAILS:

http://www.unityjournalists.org/NewU/index.php

DEADLINE:

Deadline: Various:  May 28, 2010 (next deadline is tomorrow)

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