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Applications are now open for the 2025 CatchLight Global Fellowship! CatchLight welcomes applicants from all nationalities who are eager to leverage visual storytelling for social change. The Fellowship emphasizes creative leadership, innovative distribution methods, and meaningful audience engagement—essential components for shaping the future of visual communication. Submit an application by December 14, 2024 or contact global@catchlight.io for more information.

Journalism is essential for a healthy democracy. With your support, CatchLight can reach millions more readers in 2025 through meaningful visual journalism as we welcome newsrooms across the United States to the CatchLight Local Visual Desk. This Giving Tuesday, please consider supporting CatchLight and community-based visual journalism. Your contribution drives our work forward, and every dollar donated before the end of the year helps advance our mission. Donate today: https://lnkd.in/g_BwhJZb

"Documenting Dual Eligibility" is the recipient of The Anthem Awards Gold Anthem in the Health, Partnership or Collaboration, and Community Engagement Categories. 🏆✨🎉 Created by CatchLight and documentary photographer Isadora Kosofsky for Arnold Ventures in partnership with MediaStorm, the project details the daily challenges and benefits for patients who receive health care coverage through both Medicare and Medicaid. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gbd6MSNk

We’re excited to announce our partnership with Adobe and the launch of Adobe for Nonprofits, a new initiative that provides nonprofits with the tools and resources they need to make an impact. Learn how you can access these resources, including #AdobeAcrobat, #AdobeExpress and more: https://lnkd.in/g8We-Nwq

What an amazing event: Night of Photojournalism in Paris last weekend, across the river from the main Paris Photo events. It featured a diverse cohort of 100 photographers whose work was projected on a giant screen and set to music as 1000 photographers, creatives, journalists, media people, and collectors tuned in and chatted about future collaborations. If you want to talk about bringing this to North America, give me a holler! CatchLight, Dysturb, Fondation Carmignac, Elodie Mailliet Storm, Erica Garber, Pierre Terdjman, Emeric Glayse

Johanna Alarcón (2024 CatchLight Global Fellow) is developing an educational storytelling program with Ecuadorian Amazonian women land defenders as they protect over eight million hectares of rainforest. Her project will include a multimedia photo essay documenting conservation efforts in the region from the spiritual, cultural, and political perspectives of the new generations of Ai Cofàn, Waorani, and Siekopai women. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gqdyycXY

CatchLight Fellows are in Paris! Join Bayeté Ross Smith, Adama Delphine Fawundu, Tomas van Houtryve, Andrea Bruce, and Anastasia Taylor-Lind for a series of exhibitions, panel conversations, and live events during the 27th edition of Paris Photo from November 7–10.

2025 will be a key year of expansion for CatchLight and our partners in advancing community representation and engaging audiences locally and globally. Our goal is not merely to highlight issues when they enter the national consciousness. We aim to establish lasting support structures that ensure continuous representation of the issues and solutions that truly matter to local communities for years to come.

CatchLight, Fondation Carmignac, and Dysturb present the Night of Photojournalism on Saturday, November 9, 2024, in Paris, as part of PhotoSaintGermain festival. The Night of Photojournalism celebrates innovation in visual journalism, showcasing the work of over 100 photographers, journalists, photo editors, visual organizations, and creative collectives. Emceed by Patrick Banks, the night will feature panel discussions, the launch of the CatchLight Global Fellowship Program, and a projected exhibition of photography by celebrated photojournalists from around the world, all set to live music from Laurent Bardainne. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g8vw4pFU

Photographer Harlan Bozeman has spent years investigating the legacies of slavery and confronting the erasure of Black culture and its histories in the United States. As a 2024 CatchLight Global Fellow, he will co-curate an ever-evolving archive of images, stories, and audio that explore Black personhood and resilience in the town of Elaine, Arkansas. By expanding his photographic project into a form of social practice, Bozeman seeks to document how Elaine's history continues to shape the lived experiences of Black community members. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gMGKc2a5