[Boston-wkg-video] please review outreach letter

[Sofia JarrinT]

[i sent this to the Discuss list, but I think many of you aren't on it...]
  
  hey cuchos,
    Please review and ok outreach letter below that Jamie & I prepared  to send to Communications departments in various colleges and  universities in town (focus will be community, low-income colleges).   It will be accompanied w/our flyer and some stickers.
    
    Also, does anyone have an electronic letter-friendly logo we can smack on the header?
    
    peace,
    sofia
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    Dear School Administrator,
     
    Boston Independent Media (BIMC) is an all-volunteer non-profit  organization committed to using media production as a tool for  promoting social and economic justice in the Boston area, and we are  looking for new members! Please distribute the enclosed flyers to any  students and members of your faculty who may be interested.
    
    Getting involved with Boston IMC is a great opportunity for students to  get real world journalistic experience as well as having their work  peer-reviewed and published. Volunteers at Boston IMC can gain skills  on: online publishing, feature writing, news reporting, video and audio  streaming, graphic design, and TV production.
    
    People who work with us come from diverse educational backgrounds  ranging from Communications to Law, from Sociology to Computer Science.  We believe in empowering people to "become the media" by providing  democratic access to the latest technologies and information. Anyone  interested in the way news and media affect contemporary society is  encouraged to contact us. 
    
    Some of our current projects/accomplishments include:
    
    •    BIMC web site (boston.indymedia.org): An "open newswire" site  where independent journalists post articles affecting Boston  communities. An Editorial Collective  maintains the site and makes  decisions on articles to be featured;
    •    “Incite Media: Discussion and Dissent”: A weekly program on  Somerville Community TV (Thursdays, 8:00-9:00 pm). It is run by the  BIMC Video Collective and includes 10 minutes of headlines plus one or  two guests on varied topics such as:  global warming, the death  penalty, direct action, immigration, etc.
    •    Boston Indy Media was recognized on April 2005, as Organization of  the Year by Cambridge Community Television, for their role producing  video segments during the DNC.
    
    Many BIMC volunteers have used their experience with Indymedia to move  on to paid positions in the communications industry, at places such as  Z Magazine, Inter Press Service, Jamaica Plain Gazette, Sounds of  Dissent on WZBC 90.3 FM, and more.  
    
    There is no better classroom than hands-on experience.
    
    Sincerely,
    
  
		
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