Coming Events:
Community University Television—Concordia is hiring a Station Manager. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Station Manager will oversee CUTV’s on-location programs and projects, including: equipment rentals for members, our grassroots coverage fund, workshops and other educational activities, and in-studio production.
The successful applicant will demonstrate some of the following: experience organizing events and communicating with the public, project management skills, a strong commitment to progressive values or activism, experience with video and audio production, and familiarity with campus life at Concordia.
The job posting will be open until the position is filled, but applicants are strongly advised to apply by 2 pm ET on August 15th, and will ideally be available to start work in late August.
About CUTV:
Community University Television (CUTV) is Canada’s oldest student TV station and operates as a non-profit fee-levy organization. CUTV is a hub for independent media production and growing alternative media institutions. The core of CUTV’s mandate is to train and build a network of mutually supportive independent journalists and media producers. Through educational events, workshops, and equipment lending, CUTV aims to connect the community and empower the next generation of journalists. Learn more at www.cutvmontreal.org/
Station Manager core responsibilities:
- Oversee the CUTV equipment rental program and studio space rentals
- Maintain up-to-date membership lists and member accounts
- Manage the office space
- Plan workshops and manage logistics for in-person and online events
- Coordinate grant disbursements and track projects
- Oversee communications with membership and public
Qualifications and experience:
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
- Involvement with social movements, labour organizing, or other activism
- Proficiency with MacOS, Google Drive and audio and video editing software
- Experience in video/audio production
- Ability to work autonomously
- Excellent organizational skills
- Ability to multitask and prioritize short and long term tasks
- Problem solving skills
Assets:
- Fluency in spoken and written French
- University degree in journalism, communications, film production, or another related field
- Currently enrolled as a student at Concordia university
Accessibility disclaimer:
- Our office is unfortunately not wheelchair accessible. Our office is located on the 4th floor and is only accessible via stairs.
More info:
- The position requires a minimum of three days/week of in-office work
- Reporting to the Executive Director and Board of Directors
- Compensation $20-25 per hour at 40 hours per week.
- This position is covered by CUTV’s group health insurance plan.
To Apply:
- Please attach your cover letter and resume in a single PDF document and send via email to jobs@cutvmontreal.org
Past events:
CUTV & CJLO 1690AM present: How to Make a Podcast! You’ve all heard the term before: podcast. It’s new, it’s exciting, and it seems like everyone has one. And maybe you already do! But if you don’t, luckily CUTV and CJLO 1690AM have got you covered! In this eight week series, participants will master foundational concepts of audio production and storytelling. At the end of the series, participants will have their very own pilot episode ready to go! We’ll cap things off with a listening party for all involved! And you won’t be alone– the staff from CJLO 1690AM & CUTV will be there to support you every step of the way, and participants will have full access to recording and editing equipment as well as a workspace to complete weekly tasks. By the end of the eight week series. We’ll cap things off with a listening party for all involved! There is a $20 or PWYC registration fee for this event. Proceeds from the registration fee will go towards a final listening party! If for any reason you require your fee to be waived, email emma@cutvmontreal.orgTo register, please fill out this form and follow the instructions to pay the registration fee: https://forms.gle/LyYA5NN4b9qpdPYE7 Dates of Instruction: June 7 | Into to Podcasting 1 A little bit about our facilitators: Francella Fiallos (she/her) is the Station Manager at CJLO 1690AM. She has done the whole J-School thing (twice!) at both Carleton University and the University of King’s College where she respectively earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree. She has bylines in CBC, Halifax Examiner, The Coast, and rabble.ca, but her main focus has been campus-community radio where she has spent the past seven years. She is a juror for Music Nova Scotia, ADISQ, and the Polaris Music Prize. Chris Aitkens (he/him) is the Program Director at CJLO 1690AM. He is also the host of Sewer Spewer, where he pays tribute to Montreal’s underground scene every week. He studied journalism at Concordia University, which led to him becoming a board operator and weekend “news vampire” at CJAD 800 before joining CJLO’s team. On the side, he writes about horror movies for Nightmare On Film Street, and screams in a heavy punk band called Gutser. His other obsessions include the Simpsons, VHS collecting and sewing. Emma Austin (she/her) is the Station Manager at CUTV. Emma is a musician and writer, and has worked as a professional musician for over ten years. She graduated from the Simone de Beauvoir Institute in 2020 with a double major in Gender Studies and Sociology, and she currently writes, edits, and co-hosts a podcast on the Harbinger Media Network called Gender Troubles. Andre Goulet (he/him) is the Executive Director of the Harbinger Media Network, a podcasting nonprofit empowering a new generation of progressive media creators. He’s also the host of the long-running politics and society interview podcasts “Unpacking the News”, “The Korea File” and “Harbinger Society Presents”. Goulet is also the producer of “Le Plancher des Vaches” from Pivot Quebec, “Face au Futur” from Spacing Magazine, the weekly Jewish-Canadian current events show ‘Bonjour Chai’ and the 2018 Paris Podcast Festival Grand Jury Prize-winning “Fil Rouge”, a French-language series exploring stories from First Nations and Inuit communities in northern Quebec. CUTV is hiring a Summer Reporter. Community University Television (CUTV) is Canada’s oldest student TV station and operates as a non-profit fee-levy organization. CUTV is a hub for independent media production and growing alternative media institutions. The core of CUTV’s mandate is to train and build a network of mutually supportive independent journalists and media producers. Through educational events, workshops, and equipment lending, CUTV aims to connect the community and empower the next generation of journalists. Learn more at www.cutvmontreal.org/ Summer Reporter Job Description: Core Responsibilities: Qualifications and experience: Assets: Education: The ideal candidate is a current/former student in journalism or communications. More info: To Apply: Concordia University Television (CUTV) is Canada’s oldest student TV station and operates as a non-profit fee-levy organization. CUTV is a hub for independent media production and growing alternative media institutions. The core of CUTV’s mandate is to train and build a network of mutually supportive independent journalists and media producers. Through educational events, workshops, and equipment lending, CUTV aims to connect the community and empower the next generation of journalists. Learn more at www.cutvmontreal.org/ Core Responsibilities: Qualifications and experience: Assets: Education: The ideal candidate is a current undergraduate student in journalism, communications, film production, digital media, graphic design, or related field. More info: This position requires some in-person work To Apply: Applicants must be authorized for work-study status through Concordia. To apply for work-study authorizations, head to this link. Deadline to apply for work-study status is April 15th, 2022 How can journalists effectively and respectfully speak about topics like abuse, harassment, racism, sexism, or colonization? In this panel discussion, journalists Savanna Craig, Aude Simon, and Dawn Kagan Fleming will discuss best practices to ensure stories featuring sensitive topics are covered with care. Savanna Craig is video journalist and host of CUTV’s Local 514. Aude Simon is a journalist for CUTV’s Local 514 and video editor for The Link. Dawn Kagan Fleming is an anchor on Montreal’s CJAD. Please register for the event using the form below. You will receive the Zoom link on the day of the workshop. Please ensure you are a CUTV member before registering. REAPER is a digital audio workstation, video editor and metadata authoring software all packed into a resource- conscious and affordable package, with endless customization options, making it the go-to option for podcasters, sound designers, video editors and more. In this workshop you’ll get hands-on experience with REAPER and a brief overview of its ever-growing feature set. We recommend downloading the REAPER free trial for this workshop. Arya Afshar is a freelance audio engineer, musician and sound designer. He has dedicated his life to the art & science of audio recording, editing & production. In this workshop, he will walk you through the very basics of Audio, how it’s captured, edited and produced, and discuss the importance of good audio while sharing tips, hacks and workarounds to common audio issues. Please register for the event using the form below. You will receive the Zoom link on the day of the workshop. Please ensure you are a CUTV member before registering. Livestreams are a great way to engage with your viewers organically and create content that requires little to no editing. In this workshop you will learn all about the hardware and software required to stream on any platform, create transitions, manage CPU and GPU workload and more, all using the free and powerful OBS Studio. OBS Studio Arya Afshar is a freelance audio engineer, musician and sound designer. He has dedicated his life to the art & science of audio recording, editing & production. In this workshop, he will walk you through the very basics of Audio, how it’s captured, edited and produced, and discuss the importance of good audio while sharing tips, hacks and workarounds to common audio issues. Please register for the event using the form below. You will receive the Zoom link on the day of the workshop. Please ensure you are a CUTV member before registering. How do you tell a story through images? What issues can be effectively communicated in a photograph? In this workshop, photojournalist Diego Bravo Pacheco will discuss the essentials and key concepts to photojournalism. He will discuss his own work, successes he has had and challenges he has faced. Diego is an Indigenous-Mexican and Cuban internationally published photographer, journalist, filmmaker, and former professional baseball player. He is currently in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal where he finds pleasure in running in rain, shine or snow. He is also studying his second year of his MA in Media Studies at Concordia University. This event is open to all CUTV members. Concordia undergraduate students can become a CUTV member for free by following this link: https://www.cutvmontreal.org/membership/membership-student-members/ Once you have become a CUTV member, please register for the event by filling out the form below. You will receive the Zoom link on the day of the event by email. Image description: Diego is an Indigenous-Mexican and Cuban brown-skinned man in his early thirties. He is wearing a beige camera vest, holding a camera, and wearing a mask, sunglasses and a blue beanie while photographing a street blockade protesting tax reform in Cali, Colombia in 2021. Image of Diego taken by María Alejandra Vásquez. Instagram: @malejilla90 Do you want to produce critical and creative arts and culture coverage? Not sure where to start? In this workshop, writer Rosie Long Decter will discuss her writing process, the challenges she has faced, and will offer some tips and tricks for quality arts & culture writing. Rosie Long Decter is a writer and musician based in Montreal. She is a contributing editor at Reader’s Digest Canada and music writer for Maisonneuve and Herizons. Her work has appeared in Xtra, Bright Wall/Dark Room, Briarpatch, THIS, In the Mood, Cult MTL, and elsewhere. She is currently pursuing an MA in Media Studies at Concordia University. Check out some of Rosie’s writing below: https://this.org/2021/03/08/making-space-for-pain/ This event is open to all CUTV members. Concordia undergraduate students can become a CUTV member for free by following this link: https://www.cutvmontreal.org/membership/membership-student-members/ Once you have become a CUTV member, please register for the event by filling out the form below. You will receive the Zoom link on the day of the event by email. It has been said that we would watch almost anything, but we won’t listen to bad sound. In a world where capturing high-quality video has become as easy as reaching for your phone, good audio still alludes many and has become a tell-tale sign of an amateur production. Thankfully, getting together your first audio recording set-up has never been cheaper, more portable and more user-friendly. Arya Afshar is a freelance audio engineer, musician and sound designer. He has dedicated his life to the art & science of audio recording, editing & production. In this workshop, he will walk you through the very basics of Audio, how it’s captured, edited and produced, and discuss the importance of good audio while sharing tips, hacks and workarounds to common audio issues. This event is open to all CUTV members. Concordia undergraduate student can become a CUTV member for free by following this link: https://www.cutvmontreal.org/membership/membership-student-members/ Once you have become a CUTV member, please register for the event by filling out the form below. You will receive the Zoom link on the day of the event by email. Applications are now closed. To pay your registration fee, please find the PayPal form below.
June 14 | Intro to Podcasting 2
June 21 | Intro to Recording
June 28 – July 1 | Recording troubleshooting office hours
July 5 | Editing sessions 1
July 12 | Editing sessions 2
July 19 | Editing sessions 3
August 9 | Publishing & Promoting/Listening Party
NOTE: This will be an in-person series, meaning all participants must be based in Montreal. CUTV and CJLO 1690AM will follow all directives issued by Concordia University. 
The summer reporter position will collaborate with our existing coordinators, reporters and volunteers to deliver reporting on underreported local issues and social movements.
– Participate in pitch meetings with the journalism team
– Research stories
– Participate in collaborative script writing
– Conduct interviews
– Deliver on-screen reports
– Travel to outdoor demonstrations and events to conduct interviews and provide on-the-ground reports (while abiding by all health and safety measures relating to COVID-19 put forth by the Government of Quebec)
– Assist in editing video and audio footage
– Assist in social media promotion
– Attend weekly staff meetings
– Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
– Excellent computer skills
– Ability to work autonomously
– Experience using video editing software (PremierePro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci, etc)
– Experience using audio editing software (Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Audacity, etc)
– Fluency in spoken and written French
*This position requires some in-person work*
Reporting to the station manager and lead journalist
Compensation $15.00 per hour at 35 hours/week for 8 weeks
Contract start date: ASAP
Deadline to apply: rolling
Applicants must be eligible for Canada Summer Jobs positions. The qualifications are as follows:
– You must be between 15 and 30 years of age
– You must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or person to whom refugee protection has been conferred (foreign students are ineligible) and be legally entitled to work in Canada.
– Please send your cover letter and resume to jobs@cutvmontreal.org
Reporting to the station manager and the Board of Directors
Compensation: $15.25 per hour at 11 hours per week.
Contract start date: May 1st, 2022
Contract end date: August 30th, 2022
Email your cover letter and CV to jobs@cutvmontreal.org by April 18th, 2022. Please note in the body of your email whether you have been approved for work-study status through Concordia.
For this workshop, we recommend downloading the following software so you can follow along:
VB Cable (PC)
Soundflower (Mac)
If you are not a Concordia undergrad, you can become a CUTV member for $20 by following this link: https://www.cutvmontreal.org/membership/membership-community-members/
https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2020/11/23/whatever-it-is-youre-looking-for-smiley-face/
https://maisonneuve.org/article/2020/01/7/funny-girl/
https://xtramagazine.com/culture/two-gays-shoegaze-music-profile-177544
https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2020/07/06/almost-famous/
If you are not a Concordia undergrad, you can become a CUTV member for $20 by following this link: https://www.cutvmontreal.org/membership/membership-community-members/
If you are not a Concordia undergrad, you can become a CUTV member for $20 by following this link: https://www.cutvmontreal.org/membership/membership-community-members/
