Fi2W on the Radio: A Sisyphean Art Installation Comes To A Natural End
The latest from our podcast editor Rosalind Tordesillas.
The latest from our podcast editor Rosalind Tordesillas.
Using art to call attention to extremely unsafe working conditions.
The deadline to apply for this fellowship has passed.
Are you a journalist or media-maker from an immigrant background interested in covering food and related subjects in metro Detroit?
Do you want to develop your skills as a storyteller in a variety of formats including audio?
Do you have unique story ideas at the intersection of food, immigration and Detroit communities?
Feet in 2 Worlds, an award-winning website and journalism training project and WDET, Detroit’s public radio station have teamed up to offer a limited number of food reporting fellowships to immigrant journalists and media-makers in metro Detroit. This is a unique opportunity to learn new skills while covering stories about critical issues in food including food culture in immigrant communities, child nutrition and education, labor and employment, anti-hunger efforts, sustainability, climate change and government food policies.
Fellows will work in the WDET newsroom and will be mentored by experienced audio producers. You will produce stories for Feet in 2 Worlds’ website and for broadcast on WDET and online distribution on WDET’s website.
Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis. The fellowship starts in late September and continues to the end of 2018. This is a paid fellowship open to staff reporters and editors, and freelance journalists. The fellowship is structured to allow maximum flexibility for journalists with full-time jobs or other obligations.
Fellows receive the following:
The deadline to apply is Monday, August 20th, 2018.
Support for the fellowship comes from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Michigan Council of Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA) and through matching gifts from station donors, The International Association of Culinary Professionals’ foundation, The Culinary Trust, and its Growing Leaders Food Writing program. The Food Writing Program is funded with the support of the Boston Foundation.
A filmmaker puts down his camera and picks up a hammer to help the rebuilding effort.
An artist becomes an activist
A young Muslim woman defies expectations to create her own path.
Mersiha Mesihovic confronts the trauma of her past and her struggle for self-liberation through dance.
A documentary film explores the hard work of making a hand-crafted specialty food.
Listen to the story of Mona, a woman who left the Philippines for a better life in the U.S., and ended up having to escape from an abusive employer.
Highlights of our recent film series and a conversation with participating filmmakers.