CatchLight

Catchlight

Catchlight is a nonprofit media organization that leverages the power of visual storytelling to inform, connect, and transform communities. Established in 2009 and headquartered in the United States, Catchlight operates various programs to support and advance visual journalism and storytelling.

One of their flagship initiatives, the CatchLight Global Fellowship, seeks to support individual visual storytellers in enhancing audience engagement through innovative distribution methods. This program aims to amplify the impact of their work, with more details available at www.catchlight.io/global.

Additionally, the CatchLight Local program focuses on collaborative visual journalism to promote trust and representation in local media. It includes the CatchLight Local Fellowship, offering full-time staff visual journalism positions on two-year cycles, and the CatchLight Local Visual Desk, which provides editorial support and visual strategy to local newsrooms. More information can be found at www.catchlight.io/local.

CatchLight's Visual Storytelling Summit is an annual event in San Francisco, bringing together leaders in art, media, journalism, technology, and philanthropy for a day of portfolio reviews, discussions, and community building. Details are available at www.catchlight.io/summit.

They also organize the Night of Photojournalism, a traveling visual media showcase in partnership with Fondation Carmignac, highlighting the work of photographers globally. Furthermore, their Focal Points speaker series features leaders in the visual field who have used photography to foster social change.

For those interested in exploring more of CatchLight's work, they can visit www.catchlight.io.