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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. As a member of CUTV, you are formally invited to our Annual General Assembly! Join us to learn about all the things CUTV has accomplished over the year and what we are planning for this coming year. Due to limited capacity, we are offering a hybrid in-person & online event. If you would like to attend in person, please RSVP via the in-person registration link ASAP to reserve your spot. If you would like to attend via Zoom, please RSVP via the online registration link. This is also the exciting time when we will elect new members to the Board of Directors! Registration: In-person advance registration- Online advance registration- After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. BoD: The board is looking for new members to join our board! We are looking for: Before running please consider the commitment of being an active board member below: This year, CUTV is looking for Board of Director candidates that have experience in the following areas: To apply: Send a brief email to: info@cutvmontreal.org In your email, include a description of who you are and why you want to get involved. All candidates will also be requested to present themselves at the upcoming Annual General Assembly. Please note that you may still run for a board seat in the AGM without undertaking this process, we have set this up as a means of providing guidance and support to those candidates who are considering joining the board. See you there! We will have food and (non-alcoholic) drinks, as well as drink tickets for Reggies post-AGM!
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/
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https://maisonneuve.org/article/2020/01/7/funny-girl/
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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/
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