Deadline: 14th December 2024 | Harnessing the power of visual storytelling to change the world. CatchLight supports individuals who want to cultivate significant audience engagement through inventive distribution methods that will increase the impact of their work.

Central to the Global Fellowship goals and deliverables are sharing learnings and processes with the CatchLight community and wider field. Fellows are responsible for sharing outcomes and insights through three primary reporting mechanisms during the Fellowship year:

  • Shared work through regular updates
  • Presentation of your work/findings
  • Visual documentation and data collection

You maybe the ideal candidate for a CatchLight Global Fellowship if you are a(n):

  • Long-form storyteller with a specific impact project
  • Leader with a plan to advance/or grow the field
  • Educator with innovative approaches to supporting emerging storytellers

Proposals will be assessed on how they employ and strengthen new methods and potential solutions with an eye towards one or more of the following target outcomes:

  • Innovative Distribution: Testing a new distribution method of an existing project to effectively engage a specific audience through visuals.
  • Community Activations: Testing how visual storytelling can be leveraged to engage specific audiences and/or address specific community information needs
  • Field sustainability: building systems and models that push the field of visual storytelling or media ecosystem forward.

A CatchLight Global Fellowship is awarded for life. Fellows are encouraged to share expertise beyond their Fellowship cohort year, and CatchLight hopes that Fellows will offer and seek mentorship within the community throughout their careers.

BENEFITS OF THE FELLOWSHIP

  • $30,000 award
  • Potential access to additional future funding through the CatchLight Impact Fund
  • Paid travel and accommodations for the 2025 CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit in San Francisco.
  • Personal development opportunities, including executive coaching
  • Impact strategy and networking support from CatchLight staff and our extended network.
  • A community of like-minded Fellows and industry professionals with opportunities for mentorship, education and speaking engagements.

Find out more and apply at the official link below:

OFFICIAL LINK

 

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Apply before 14th December, 2024