Perhaps we could make use of an intern. It mentions that it
"has been developed in collaboration with local, national and international
advocates and academics" near the bottom...
Joe Murray, PhD
President, JMA Consulting
57 Grandview Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4K 1J1
416.466.1281, 416.466.1277
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josephpmurray From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Rik Panganiban Sent: March 30, 2006 5:22 PM To: DO-CONSULT Subject: [DO-Consult] Need interns? Research? Get the "Necessary Knowledge" you need Dear Colleagues, This is the "pre-announcement" of the new project on media reform that I am now coordinating. Apologies for cross-posting and dupes. - Rik Panganiban, Program Coordinator, Social Science Research Council ------------------------------------------------------ ‘Necessary
Knowledge’ Opportunities for Advocacy Groups Working on Media Policy We
are pleased to announce the first "Necessary Knowledge for a Democratic Public
Sphere” projects. NKDPS is designed to build connections between advocates and
academics working on public interest media policy issues. The first round
of projects will provide a number of different opportunities for you to connect
with interns and researchers who can help you in your current campaigns and
projects. We
need to know what you need. This email is a request for specific information
about your potential need for student interns -- which we will then publicize to
media and communications schools -- and to alert you about our upcoming Research
Bounty program, which will enable advocacy groups to seek researchers and
funding for critical research projects. 1)
Do You Need Interns? ·
Name
of organization, location, website, contact person ·
Duration
of available internship: start & end dates, hours/week needed, flexibility
of hours, etc. ·
Brief
description of intern duties/projects: what will they be doing? what will they
be working on? ·
Any
requirements as far as experience, skills, educational level? (specific computer
skills? policy/research/advocacy expertise?) ·
Please
specify if you can provide: o
office
space (or is this for a virtual/telecommute intern?) o
a
computer (or do they need their own?) o
any
sort of stipend (i.e. wages/compensation, transportation, meals, work-study
arrangement, or any other benefits or perks) o
arrangements
to receive school/class credit (Of
course the more interesting/exciting the work is and the availability of any
stipends will increase the likelihood of getting interns!) 2)
Do You Need Research? The
Research Bounties program will enable advocacy groups to post online research
requests related to current campaigns and organizing/activist initiatives. These
requests will be vetted by a peer-review panel of activists and academics who
will assign "bounties" or prizes of up to $8000 for the completion of selected
projects. Projects and bounties will be published as open calls to the
research community, producing both new knowledge and new researcher/advocacy
collaborations. In
2006, the Bounties will focus primarily, but not exclusively, on research
related to the rewrite of the Telecommunications Act. We are interested in
(1) projects with clear strategic applications to contemporary media and
communications policy debates; (2) participatory research that builds capacity
within advocacy groups and communities; and (3) projects that examine at
under-researched issues, such as the racial and economic disparities associated
with media policy andinfrastructure. We
will notify you in the coming months when the online application process is
open. We will also provide more detail on the process and criteria. In the
meantime, we are hoping to prime the pump by encouraging you to think about
research projects relevant to your campaigns and projects—specifically those
that would benefit from collaboration with academics and scholars. A clear sense
of the time frame, data/analysis needed, potential costs and organizational
contribution to the research (data, staff/volunteers, resources, etc.) will be
important. With this information in hand it should be relatively easy for
you to post a project for the bounty competition, as well as make your work
visible to other possible academic collaborators. If you have any questions about the Research Bounties, or any part of this program, please feel free to contact us (see below). We look forward to supporting your work for media policies that serve the public interest, community needs and social justice. 3) More
About ‘Necessary Knowledge’ ·
An
‘Internship Network’: to
match graduate students with advocacy organizations. ·
The
‘Research Bounty’ project:
which will place cash prizes on advocate-defined research needs. ·
A
‘Resource Database’: an
online, community-editable database that will map the media and communications
field: people, institutions, networks, research materials, and
topics. ·
The
‘Data Consortium’: which
will work to improve access for non-profit and educational actors to
commercially-produced datasets used in media policy. We’ll keep you apprised of
news and developments, and hope for your participation and feedback as the
process gets underway. Please forward this email to anyone else in your
network who might be interested. The
NKDPS team Joe
Karaganis (Social Science Research Council) Aliza Dichter
(CIMA) Catherine Borgman-Arboleda
(CIMA) Philip Napoli
( ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Necessary Knowledge for a
Democratic Public Sphere," is a project of the not-for-profit Social Science
Research Council in partnership with CIMA: Center for International Media Action
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