Applications are invited for the MIT & Black Public Media Fellowship 2021. The Fellowship is designed to support a Black filmmaker, artist, journalist, or creative technologist, who uses emerging technology to make nonfiction experiences.
The mission of the Fellowship is to encourage and develop the emerging-tech storytelling skills of a Black maker and connect the Fellow to MIT Open Documentary Lab’s network of storytellers, scholars, and technologists.
About Black Public Media (BPM)
Black Public Media (BPM), formerly known as National Black Programming Consortium develops, produces, funds, and distributes media content about the African American and global Black experience. Our mission is to commit to a fully realized expression of democracy and we accomplish this by supporting diverse voices through training, education, and investment in visionary content makers. For 40 years, BPM has addressed the needs of unserved and underserved audiences. BPM continues to address historical, contemporary, and systemic challenges that traditionally impede the development and distri...... continue reading
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BPM Fellowship Program
Aim and Benefits of BPM Fellowship Program
- A $7,500 honorarium after the first 30 days of the fellowship. This payment is dependent on completion of all MIT and Black Public Media contracts and agreements. Payments may be made to individuals only, not to their companies.
- Access to MIT’s community of artists, scholars, and technologists.
- Access to Black Public Media’s community of Black filmmakers and creative technologists.
- Ability to audit one (1) MIT course [requires permission of the instructor]. If a Fellow wants to audit an MIT class, they should choose the course as soon as they are selected, because classes begin on the September 8.
- Access to MIT’s library system and other online resources.
- Receive a potential showcase of the maker and/or the maker’s project at a Black Public Media event. If the prototype or finished production were an augmented reality app, a VR experience, or an AI app, for example, BPM could help drive traffic to the maker’s project or help recommend exhibition opportunities. Black Public Media has screened AR/VR experiences for more than 650 people since 2018. Introducing the world of spatial computing and other emerging storytelling technologies to Black creatives is a major focus of the BPMplus Program.
Requirements for BPM Fellowship Program Qualification
- Applicants may not be enrolled as part-time or full-time students while completing the Fellowship from September 2021 to May 2022.
- Applicants must be 18 or over.
Application Deadline
August 8, 2021
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to
Black Public Media (BPM) on submissions.blackpublicmedia.org to apply
For more details,visit BPM website
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