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{{Funding Application | {{Funding Application | ||
|title=Wikimedia Australia | |title=Wikimedia Australia Pilot Internship stipend | ||
|application_date=2021-06-21 | |application_date=2021-06-21 | ||
|applicant_name=James Gaunt | |applicant_name=James Gaunt | ||
|amount_requested=$1800 | |amount_requested=$1800 | ||
|description=This grant will fund participation in a pilot Wikimedia Australia internship program for tertiary students. | |description=This grant will fund participation in a pilot Wikimedia Australia internship program for tertiary students. The pilot program will enable a tertiary student studying journalism, data science, computer science, information studies, museum or GLAM sector related story, to undertake a Wikimedia Australia internship. | ||
The grant will fund a stipend of $1800 one day per week for a total of 15 days work for student James Gaunt from June 2021 until October 2021 to work with Wikimedia Australia to develop and partake in the pilot as supervised by Community Outreach and Support Coordinator Caddie Brain. As part of RMIT's Graduate Diploma of Journalism, students are required to undertake at least one internship of 15 days to complement studies and gain relevant industry experience. | |||
The Wikimedia Australia internship will give students a chance to research and publish feature stories on the WMAU blog, write resources and internal communications, support WMAU events and workshop activities with partner organisations and contribute to ongoing research projects as negotiated with each participating student. | |||
'''2021 Intern: James Gaunt''' | |||
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James is a writer, illustrator, and librarian from Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Making Psyence Fiction, a book on the early career of James Lavelle and DJ Shadow, and has written extensively on the English record label Mo’ Wax. | James is a writer, illustrator, and librarian from Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Making Psyence Fiction, a book on the early career of James Lavelle and DJ Shadow, and has written extensively on the English record label Mo’ Wax. | ||
Revision as of 07:46, 21 June 2021
| Date: | 2021-06-21 |
| Applicant: | James Gaunt |
| Amount requested: | $$1800 |
| Status: | Draft |
| Outcome: | This application has not yet been discussed at a Committee meeting. |
Description
This grant will fund participation in a pilot Wikimedia Australia internship program for tertiary students. The pilot program will enable a tertiary student studying journalism, data science, computer science, information studies, museum or GLAM sector related story, to undertake a Wikimedia Australia internship.
The grant will fund a stipend of $1800 one day per week for a total of 15 days work for student James Gaunt from June 2021 until October 2021 to work with Wikimedia Australia to develop and partake in the pilot as supervised by Community Outreach and Support Coordinator Caddie Brain. As part of RMIT's Graduate Diploma of Journalism, students are required to undertake at least one internship of 15 days to complement studies and gain relevant industry experience.
The Wikimedia Australia internship will give students a chance to research and publish feature stories on the WMAU blog, write resources and internal communications, support WMAU events and workshop activities with partner organisations and contribute to ongoing research projects as negotiated with each participating student.
2021 Intern: James Gaunt
James is a writer, illustrator, and librarian from Melbourne, Australia. He is the author of Making Psyence Fiction, a book on the early career of James Lavelle and DJ Shadow, and has written extensively on the English record label Mo’ Wax.
James’s illustrations have been featured in Doll Hospital, and several small zines. He also creates short hand-drawn animated films, such as Five Penguins and Santa’s Hat which can be watched both in English or French.
He completed a Graduate Diploma in Library and Information Management at University of South Australia, and has a keen interest in exploring how libraries connect with and are used by our communities.
Previous writing on Wikimedia and Libraries: How the State Library of Victoria spent their lockdown improving Wikipedia: https://jamesgaunt.com/?page_id=97
Objectives
- Fifteen days work (7 hours per day)
- Develop a dataset retaining to Australian Music with GLAM industry partner
- Six blog posts
- Participation/support of delivery of at least one workshop
- Brief activities report