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KQED’s Digital Community Fellowship

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Apply for KQED’s Digital Community Fellowship and a grant of up to $15,000 for your newsroom!

What is it?

KQED’s Digital Community Fellowship is a virtual 15-week program bringing together public media professionals to develop an online community for their radio show, podcast, or digital publication.

Digital Community Fellows will learn best practices for building an online community using the chat app Discord. You’ll develop moderation and engagement strategies that fit your newsroom needs, and collaborate on a “playbook” for other news organizations looking to engage in meaningful relationships with their audiences online.

KQED received funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to award grants to participating public media organizations. We’re offering grants of up to $15,000 to create and manage your own digital community over the course of the fellowship. The deadline to apply is Nov 4, 2024.

Who is this for?

This program is open to public media organizations serving local or regional communities in California. We’re looking for media partners who produce radio shows, podcasts, or digital publications with an element of audience involvement.

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📞 Do you host a call-in radio show?
🎙️ Do you feature listener comments and questions on your podcast?
🔍 Do your investigations benefit from crowd-sourced information?
✨ Do you have an advice or opinion column?
🍔 Do you review bars and restaurants based on reader suggestions?

If you want to build a community, strengthen trust, and interact with your audience online — this fellowship is for you!

What’s involved?

In this virtual 15-week program, you’ll have the opportunity to meet and learn alongside a small cohort of other journalists and news professionals in California.

  • Gather weekly on Zoom with a cohort of other media professionals
  • Design and launch a digital community for your radio show, podcast, or digital news publication using the social media app Discord
  • Experiment in your new digital community with discussion posts and engagement practices that help to build trust and disseminate information to your audience — and report back!
  • Receive and provide peer-support to other Digital Community Fellows
  • Co-create a “best practices” guide as a starting point for other public media organizations looking to build successful online communities

KQED received funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to award grants to participating public media organizations. We’re offering each organization a grant of up to $15,000 to create and manage its own digital community over the course of the fellowship.

How do I sign up?

Submit an application before November 4, 2024. It’s that easy!

Questions? You can email Francesca Fenzi, Digital Community Producer, at ffenzi@kqed.org

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