Roshni Melia , Program Consultant
Roshni serves as Media Impact Funders’ program consultant. In that role, she works with members, partners, and the staff to develop and implement the organization’s programs and events. Roshni manages MIF’s program strategy to expand program offerings to foster meaningful collaboration and knowledge exchange between philanthropy and media makers. Prior to joining Media Impact Funders, Roshni worked at the Ford Foundation as an event producing consultant. She has worked in the philanthropic sector for most of her career in various capacities at organizations such as The Altman Foundation, North Star Fund, and Philanthropy New York. Roshni Melia holds a B.S. in Social Policy from Northwestern University and an MPA from New York University.
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Curating and Executing an Accessible Zoom Meeting: A Model for Accessibility
We recently hosted an online meeting about how funders can advance accessibility in media and film. Throughout the planning process, our team learned a lot about what it takes to produce a virtual event that is inclusive and accessible to all participants. Dig into the steps we took below—we hope this will serve as a blueprint for you when planning virtual events that foster meaningful engagement in the future. Costs: Excluding staff time and honoraria for speakers from non-member, non-grantmaking organizations, the costs for this session was $400. CART Services – $180.00 per hour of service ASL Interpretation – $140.00 per hour of service Pre-Production Ensuring Disability Representation: We prioritized disability representation among panelists to ensure diverse perspectives and lived experiences informed the session. Timeline For most of our programs, we typically follow a 4–8 week timeline for organizing an online session. However, for this program, we chose to postpone it several times to ensure we had the necessary time and space to execute it thoughtfully. Following best practices, we prioritized a deliberate pace of four months to ensure all elements were properly addressed, no one felt rushed, and both panelists and attendees had ample time to understand and prepare… Read More
December 10, 2024
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- Roshni Melia
Emerging Strategies for Supporting Local and Ethnic Reporting
Media Impact Funders and Southern California Grantmakers held a convening of funders on Saturday, September 26 in Los Angeles, at the Annenberg Foundation's Skylight Studios to explore emerging strategies for supporting local and ethnic reporting projects.
See our Storify from the day for highlights, speaker presentations and more. Read More
September 26, 2015
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- Roshni Melia
Documenting Impact featuring "When I Walk"
On Thursday, October 1 we hosted our first OVEE screening featuring clips and conversation from Emmy-award winning documentary When I Walk, one of the five powerful films selected for our 2015 Media Impact Festival held in June. Read More
September 1, 2015
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- Roshni Melia