Visual Editors Foundation http://www.visualeditors.org A 501(c)(3) non-profit charity Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:51:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Visit Visual Editors Web sites http://www.visualeditors.org/2010/charity/01/visit-visual-editor-web-sites/ http://www.visualeditors.org/2010/charity/01/visit-visual-editor-web-sites/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 01:45:12 +0000 admin http://www.visualeditors.org/?p=68 Visual Editors produces and operates several key Web sites and interactive services.

  1. Visual Editors is main site with forums, jobs board groups and portfolio reviews.
  2. Camp Versatile Journalism hosts the training events in video journalism and multimedia reporting.
  3. Charles Apple produces a widely-read blog about visual journalism issues.
  4. Alan Formby Jackson contributes a U.K. focused blog about visual editing in the UK and Europe.
  5. @Media_pros is a Twitter account that serves thousands of followers with alerts and links to new media job openings.
]]> http://www.visualeditors.org/2010/charity/01/visit-visual-editor-web-sites/feed/ Make a donation here http://www.visualeditors.org/2009/charity/12/make-a-donation-here/ http://www.visualeditors.org/2009/charity/12/make-a-donation-here/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:53:32 +0000 admin http://www.visualeditors.org/?p=43 Please support the non-profit classroom for visual journalism by pledging a donation to VisualEditors.org.

Direct your gift to one of four areas of need.

General Support (The Web site and general operations)


 

Workshop support (i.e. tuition for out-of-work journalists to attend)


 

Bruce Allen White Montgomery Scholarship University scholarship)


 

Education (Tutorials and training resources)


Non-Profit Organization Information

Visual Editors, NFP was founded in 2004 as a 501(c)(3) public charity organized for educational purposes. A volunteer board of directors serves thousands of registered members. The charity provides nearly all of its program activities for free to the general public.

Visual Editors:
• Operates an e-learning Web site that serves student and professional journalists in newsrooms and classrooms around the world.
• Raises money for journalism scholarships.
• Produces multimedia training workshops in Chicago, Toronto, Orlando, London and Berlin.
• Develops social media resources like the @media_pros Twitter feed that serves thousands of followers with alerts to journalism job postings.

Visual Editors board of directors positions have been volunteer jobs since the founding of the charity and the group’s federal tax ID number is 34-2015808

More information can be found at http://www.visualeditors.org

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Thanks for supporting the non-profit

Thanks for supporting the non-profit

]]> http://www.visualeditors.org/2009/charity/12/thanks-for-your-support/feed/ About the audience http://www.visualeditors.org/2007/charity/06/about-the-audience/ http://www.visualeditors.org/2007/charity/06/about-the-audience/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:53:41 +0000 admin http://visualeditors.org/2007/06/26/about-the-audience/ Millions of page views
Millions of pages, frequent and focused visitor traffic.

Visual Editors serves hard to reach editorial executives and creative leaders in newsrooms around the world.
The audience composition is focused and egaged.
The numbers show heavy usage from core members and considerable strength in time spent at the site and in return visits.

Contact us about reaching this well-defined audience.

]]> http://www.visualeditors.org/2007/charity/06/about-the-audience/feed/ Corporate sponsors and partners http://www.visualeditors.org/2007/charity/06/sponsorships-and-corporate-giving/ http://www.visualeditors.org/2007/charity/06/sponsorships-and-corporate-giving/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:10:11 +0000 admin http://visualeditors.org/2007/06/26/request-a-sponsor-packet/ Sponsors of Visual Editors have included Beamups.com, The Toronto Star, Chicago Sun-Times, KircherBurhardt, Topix.net, The Orlando Sentinel, the San Jose Mercury News, and the Font Bureau.

Gifts are tax deductible and in-kind donations are always welcome.

Contact an officer of Visual Editors to discuss the additional benefits of making a tax-advantaged gift or in-kind donation.

]]> http://www.visualeditors.org/2007/charity/06/sponsorships-and-corporate-giving/feed/ Educational purpose http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/11/educational-purpose/ http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/11/educational-purpose/#comments Mon, 27 Nov 2006 06:58:57 +0000 admin http://visualeditors.org/2006/10/25/educational-purpose/ The Visual Editors charity provides free learning opportunities to students and the public through online forums, journalism critiques, and seminars. The Visual Editors peer-to-peer education concept helps student journalists and also helps make journalism practices more transparent to lay people.

Visual Editors provides message boards, blogs and multimedia journalism learning tools for students.

]]> http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/11/educational-purpose/feed/ What do donations pay for? http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/10/what-do-donations-pay-for/ http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/10/what-do-donations-pay-for/#comments Sat, 28 Oct 2006 07:03:34 +0000 admin http://visualeditors.org/2006/10/25/what-do-donations-pay-for/ Visual Editors serves tens of thousands of unique users each month. Sponsor support makes possible the research, digital learning environment, programming and seminars Visual Editors develops to provide students with a wide range of scholastic resources.

]]> http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/10/what-do-donations-pay-for/feed/ Gifts are tax-deductible http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/10/gifts-are-tax-deductible/ http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/10/gifts-are-tax-deductible/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:04:40 +0000 admin http://visualeditors.org/2006/01/25/gifts-are-tax-deductible/ Visual Editors received official 501(c)(3) status by the Internal Revenue Service allowing contributions from donors to qualify as tax deductions. According to IRS rules, contributions dating back to the founding in 2004 qualify for tax exemptions.

If you prefer to make a donation by check, it should be made payable to Visual Editors, NFP and mailed to 931 W. 75th St., Room 221, Naperville, IL 60565, Attention: Support Director. If you would like to make a donation in some other form, or have questions about your donation, please contact us for additional information. Visual Editors, NFP has been incorporated and is operated as a public charity. It has received official IRS recognition of its tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our federal ID number is 34-2015808. Donations will be tax deductible and disclosed to the IRS. Privacy Policy: If you choose to make a donation to visual Editors, your credit card information will be used only for this transaction through our secure online payment system. Visual Editors does not retain card information.

]]> http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/10/gifts-are-tax-deductible/feed/ Are the board members paid? http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/10/are-the-board-members-paid/ http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/10/are-the-board-members-paid/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:04:10 +0000 admin http://visualeditors.org/2006/10/25/are-the-board-members-paid/ No. The private donations the charity collects are used to develop and operate the educational activities, learning tools and resources for the Visual Editors web site and seminars. Board members serve one-year terms and the officers volunteer their time and expertise.

]]> http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/10/are-the-board-members-paid/feed/ Used by students, journalists and educators http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/10/used-by-students-journalists-and-educators/ http://www.visualeditors.org/2006/charity/10/used-by-students-journalists-and-educators/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2006 07:01:39 +0000 admin http://visualeditors.org/2006/10/25/used-by-students-journalists-and-educators/ Visual Editors is the online classroom and meeting hall where student and working journalists from newsrooms around the world come to study the latest reporting, editing and design techniques, story forms, media trends, and interactive strategies.

Visual Editors documents feedback from high school and college students students who are studying journalism using our teaching tools.

Educators also use Visual Editors’ virtual classroom resources to research current journalism issues for their own classrooms.

Students on Visual Editors are able to study the latest reporting, editing and design techniques, story forms, media trends, and interactive strategies.

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