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Roaming Journalism Mentors

Positions: 2
Location: Thunder Bay
Posted: April 3 , 2013
Deadline: May 7, 2013
Start Date: May 27, 2013
End Date: April 30, 2014

Hours per Week: 40*

Description:

The journalism mentors will spend one year conducting workshops and on the job mentorship with emerging radio and print journalists throughout remote Aboriginal communities in Northern Ontario. The goal of this training will be to generate local news content about and from Northern Ontario to be broadcast to Aboriginal and mainstream news networks across the province.

The Journalism Mentors will:

  • Spend their first month developing a media monitoring report that will track and analyze stories about Aboriginal people in Ontario in a wide spectrum of Ontario radio/print/tv media. Complete a follow-up report in the last month of the project, that compares and tracks changes over the life of the project.
  • Adapt JHR’s existing human rights and journalism curriculum to be relevant to Aboriginal culture and beliefs and create a Northern Ontario Journalism Training Guide.
  • Spend nine months living in three remote Aboriginal communities identified by Wawatay news and JHR in the Northern Ontario.
  • Work with and mentor community members/journalists, who have shown a demonstrated interest in pursuing careers in journalism, in basic radio and print journalism skills and human rights reporting through on the job mentorship and workshops.
  • Facilitate freelance contracts between trainee journalists and JHR’s media partners for this project
  • Conduct technical training in radio broadcast and reporting. (Using the communities existing radio facilities)
  • Conduct training for community members how to report for print publications and submit stories for Wawatay online and print outlets. On the job training, plus hosting workshops
  • Host community forums that are aimed to engage the entire community in how to work with news outlets for the betterment of their communities.
  • Complete 15 case studies of best practices while in the field and upload them the project website/portal
  • Maintain the project website/portal and provide advice and feedback in the community forum section of the website.
  • Provide training via email/phone/skype to communities throughout Northern Ontario
  • Conduct train the trainer workshops in each community, ensuring that at least one community member has the skills to train others once the mentor has left the community.
  • File monthly reports tracking all project progress. Complete monitoring and evaluation surveys.

Qualifications:

  • Experience working in or living in an Aboriginal community (required) 5+ years of experience in print and/or radio reporting. Candidates with experience in radio and print reporting are preferable. (required)
  • Experience in mentoring/training/teaching (required)
  • A thorough understanding of Canadian Aboriginal affairs and human rights. (required)

** All expenses for travel, food, accommodation and incidentals will be covered for the journalism mentors, plus a monthly stipend will be provided for other personal costs. Two weeks of vacation will be provided to the mentors in December 2013.**

Please send a cover letter and resume to robin@jhr.ca by May 3rd, 2013. For questions regarding the position please contact robin@jhr.ca as well.

Field Coordinator

Positions: 1
Location: Thunder Bay
Posted: April 3 , 2013
Deadline: May 7, 2013
Start Date: May 27, 2013
End Date: May 27, 2014

Hours per Week: 40*

Description:

The Field Coordinator will work for one year in Thunder Bay, Ontario, based out of the Wawatay Native Communications Society office. The Field Coordinator will be the main point person for JHR’S Northern Ontario Media Development Initiative, and will also be responsible for hosting workshops throughout the Thunder Bay region, aimed at bridging the gap between journalists and Aboriginal community.

The Principal duties of the Field Coordinator will be: :

  • Leading and managing the logistics for a team of two journalism mentors, who will be conducting training in remote northern Ontario communities, and over a dozen partners throughout the implementation of this project.
  • Monitor the movements of the remote trainers and coordinate logistics
  • Monitor and evaluate the overall project and project goals
  • The main point of contact between JHR head office and field staff in Northern Ontario.
  • Develop and host a bi-weekly, nine month long, workshop series targeted at journalists and Aboriginal community members in the Thunder Bay region.
  • Work with field staff to develop a media monitoring report and baseline and endline surveys to track project development.
  • Work with field staff to develop reporting curriculum for Northern Ontario Media training.
  • Writes case studies of successful stories coming out of the program and begins building curriculum for phase two.
  • Maintain relationships with over a dozen partners based in Northern Ontario
  • Submit monthly reports to JHR head office in Toronto
  • Manage components of the project budget, tracking all expenses and filing receipts.
  • Maintain an online portal, housing all training curriculum, project case studies and a community forum where journalism trainees can post questions and comments.

Qualifications:

  • Experience working in or living in an Aboriginal community (required)
  • A thorough understanding of Canadian Aboriginal affairs and human rights. (required)
  • Experience in mentoring/training/teaching (required)
  • Experience in a management role.
  • Experience managing project budgets
  • Experience managing and maintaining relationships
  • Experience facilitating workshops and coordinating events

**Please send a cover letter and resume to robin@jhr.ca by May 3rd, 2013. For questions regarding the position please contact robin@jhr.ca as well. **

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Journalists for Human Rights launches media project in Northern Ontario

15 May, 2013 - Canada’s leading media development organization, Journalists for Human Rights, launches the Northern Ontario Initiative, a project to increase Aboriginal Canadians’ participation in local and national media.

Working in remote Aboriginal communities over one year, the Northern Ontario Initiative, supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Government of Ontario, and Accenture Canada, will provide mentorship and professional journalism training for thirty aspiring journalists, based in remote Aboriginal communities, to produce reports and articles that will be published and broadcast by Aboriginal and mainstream media.
The project will bring Aboriginal community members and mainstream and Aboriginal media together to report on Aboriginal and Northern issues with professionalism, objectivity, and deep contextual understanding.

The project will help strengthen media coverage of Northern Ontario Aboriginal issues by creating a team of local journalists reporting from communities that currently lack local correspondents.

“Journalists for Human Rights is delighted to be partnering with Wawatay Native Communications Society and Aboriginal communities in Ontario on this important initiative,” said Rachel Pulfer, Executive Director of Journalists for Human Rights. “We will work with talented young Aboriginal journalists on skills that will enable them to report on issues facing their communities to both Aboriginal and mainstream audiences. This project will build bridges between Aboriginal and mainstream communities, and open up a constructive public conversation on common issues.”

"This partnership is a great benefit for everyone concerned, not only for our communities and Wawatay, but for all of Ontario as well," said Michael Metatawabin, Chair of the Board of Wawatay Native Communications Society.  "The opportunity is there for our members to provide stories to other news outlets in the south.  This will allow grassroots perspectives and understandings to be shared, especially as it relates to development in the north."
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