Category: Journalists
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2016/17 John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford University ($65,000 Stipend, Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: 11:59 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, December 1, 2015. The John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford foster journalistic innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership. Each year, JSK give twenty outstanding individuals from around the world the resources to pursue and test their ideas for improving the quality of news and information reaching the public. Each…
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2017 United States of America (USA) Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV – 2017) – Live and Work in USA.
Application Deadline:November 3, 2015. The congressionally mandated Diversity Immigrant Visa Program is administered annually by the Department of State. Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) provides for a class of immigrants known as “diversity immigrants” from countries with historically low rates of immigration to the United States. For Fiscal Year 2017, 50,000…
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Efua Dorkenoo Pan African Award for Reportage on Female Genital Mutilation (
Application Deadline: 4 January 2016 UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and The Guardian are launching the Efua Dorkenoo Pan African Award for journalists reporting on FGM across Africa. The award is intended to increase media awareness and engagement on FGM within community, national and regional media outlets and recognize and encourage outstanding efforts of…
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IWMF African Great Lakes Reporting Initiative 2016 for Women Journalists. (Reporting Trip to DRC,Rwanda & Uganda- Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: October 3rd 2015 REPORTING TRIP DATES: Rwanda/DRC: January 26 – February 12, 2016 Uganda: January 26 – February 8, 2016 The International Women’s Media Foundation is pleased to announce its first ever cross-border reporting trip to Rwanda/DRC and second reporting trip to Uganda. Ten women journalists will report on conservation and sustainable agriculture…
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Knight Visiting Nieman Journalism Fellowships 2016 at Harvard (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline:October 31st 2015 The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard wants to hear your idea for making journalism better. Come spend a few weeks working on it in Cambridge. The Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowships at Harvard offer short-term research opportunities to individuals interested in working on special projects designed to advance journalism in some…
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UNDP Voices2Paris Story Telling Contest on Climate Change for Young Journalists (Fully Funded to cover COP21 Climate Conference in Paris, France)
Application Deadline: October 11th 2015, UNDP has launched today a global storytelling contest, Voices2Paris, to contribute to raising public awareness on the negative impacts of climate change as well as on the opportunities and solutions seen in actions by individuals and governments alike across vulnerable developing countries worldwide. UNDP story telling contest on climate change…
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ICFJ/Malaria No More Covering the Fight to Eradicate Malaria Fellowship for Journalists (Fully Funded to Thailand)
Application Deadline: September 14th 2015 Malaria kills roughly 584,000 people a year, predominantly children under the age of five, even though it’s a treatable and preventable disease. Malaria is the deadliest and costliest disease in human history, and one of the few major global diseases that we can end in our lifetime. Recognizing the need…
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2016 Scripps Howard Foundation Semester in Washington Internship Program, USA (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: September 25th 2015 Dates: 1/7/2016 – 4/13/2016 The Scripps Howard Foundation Semester in Washington internship program brings two international students per year to Washington, D.C., to work at the Scripps Howard News Service for a semester. The internship is designed to give international students an opportunity to cover events in the U.S. capital,…
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ICFJ Fellowships for Journalists Covering Road Safety ( Fully Funded to attend the 2nd Global High Level Conference on Road Safety in Brasilia, Brazil)
Application Deadline: August 31, 2015 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), traffic crashes kill more than 1.24 million people and injure between 20 and 50 million a year, with more than 90 percent of these casualties occurring in developing countries. To help improve coverage of this global public health crisis, the International Center for…
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2015/2016 Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship for Journalists (Fully Funded in Columbia University in New York City. )
Application Deadline: September 28th 2015 The Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship is a unique seminar program for senior and mid-career journalists who wish to deepen their knowledge of emotional trauma and psychological injury, and improve reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy. The Fellowship was established in 1999 by the Dart Center in partnership with the International…
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2015 British Council Future NEWS Journalism Competition for Undergraduates (Fully Funded Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland)
Application Deadline: 24th July 2015. What: The Future NEWS, a three-day event on 4, 5 and 6 September 2015, will bring together more than 100 young people from across the world. For Whom: Undergraduates Does journalism excite you? Have you got what it takes to share the future’s news with the world? Then we’ve got news for…
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2015 United Nations Foundation Training on sustainable development for journalists
Application deadline: August 30, 2015 Start date: Apr 27, 2015 End date: Aug 21, 2015 Location: Multiple Locations Thomson Reuters Foundation has partnered with the United Nations Foundation to train over 500 journalists, government and non-governmental leaders worldwide ahead of landmark United Nations Summits on sustainable development and climate change by mid-August 2015. The…
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2015 U.N. CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION AWARDS FOR BEST COVERAGE OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND U.N. AGENCIES ( $USD60,000 Prize)
Application Deadline: September 15th 2015 The prizes amount to over $60,000 to be distributed among the prize categories and winners.WINNERS WILL BE HONORED AT GALA EVENT BY THE U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 14th 2015 AT CIPRIANI WALL STREET, NEW YORK The United Nations Correspondents Association (UNCA) invites media worldwide to submit entries for its…
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2015 International Citizen Media Award (€1000 Euros Cash Prize)
Application Deadline: 30th of September 2015 Topic: Our World, our Dignity, our Future – Sustainable Development and Engagement The International Citizen Media Award 2015 intends to honor tremendous international work in the field of citizen media and its products in the categories VIDEO and AUDIO that have been created by private, non-commercial producers. The award…
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2015 CCMP Fellowships for Journalists to Attend the UN Climate Negotiations in Paris, France (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: July 31, 2015 The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) led by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network have launched Fellowship opportunities for journalists to attend the 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) being held in Paris, France. Formed in 2007 by Internews’ Earth Journalism Network (EJN), Panos…
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2015 Forum Freelance Fund Bursary Competition for Journalists ($3,000 Canadian Grant)
Application Deadline:June 30th 2015 The Forum Freelance Fund Bursary Competition, sponsored by Giselle Portenier, is open to freelance journalists or independent documentary-makers with projects focusing on human rights abuses. The winner will receive up to $3,000 for hazardous environment training, and the competition is open to people of any nationality, with no requirement for a…
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2015 RFI/France 24 Visa d’or for the best Web documentary ( € 8000 Prize)
Application Deadline: July 27th, 2015 Visa pour l’Image–Perpignan is launching the seventh competition for the Web Documentary Visa d’or award sponsored by RFI & France 24. The Visa d’or for the best Web documentary will be awarded for the best story produced with original, innovative use of multimedia tools. Eligibility Requirements: Entry in the competition…
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2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellowship for Journalists ($60,000 Stipend, Spend 10 Months in the Best Newsrooms in the world)
Application Deadline: August 21, 2015 at midnight EDT. Open to: Any Country around the World Are you a developer, technologist, civic hacker, or data cruncher who wants to help change the world of journalism? Apply to become a 2016 Knight-Mozilla Fellow and spend ten months embedded in one of the best newsrooms in the world,…
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2015 UNICRI Journalism and Public Information Programme on New Threats, Italy (Scholarships Available)
Application Deadline: June 22nd 2015 United Nations Campus in Turin, Italy. The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) is organizing a series of short courses within the framework of the UNICRI Journalism and Public Information Programme, a unique international programme tailored for journalists, chief information officers and those who want to specialize…
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2015 Solidarity Academy Workshop for Young Journalists and Writers, Poland (Fully Funded)
Application Deadline: June 7th 2015 The European Solidarity Centre, New Eastern Europe, Eastbook.eu and the Marshal of Pomeranian Voivodeship are organizing the 11th edition of the Solidarity Academy, an international educational project aimed at maintaining and developing the tradition of the Solidarity Movement. This year it will be held from 6th to 13th September 2015 in Gdańsk,Poland gathering 16 young journalists who will have the…
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2015 Earth Journalism Network Climate Communications Innovation Fund ($USD50,000 Grants)
Application Deadline: June 15, 2015. The Earth Journalism Network has created the Climate Communications Innovation Fund to support the development, adaptation, and introduction of novel story telling methods focused on the human dimensions of climate change. Communities living in regions with climatic changes that undermine their livelihoods face a two-way problem: a lack of capacity…
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2015 Falling Walls Science Fellowship for Journalists/Bloggers (Fully Funded to Berlin, Germany).
Application Deadline: July 31st 2015 In an effort to keep the public informed on life-changing scientific breakthroughs, Falling Walls have created the Falling Walls Science Fellowship for Journalists. It is aimed at journalists and bloggers with at least three years of experience, and who hope to advance their knowledge in the area of sciences. The Fellows get…
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2015 Knight Foundation-VICE Innovators Fund for Innovation in Journalism (Fully Funded Training in the USA)
Application Deadline: June 1st 2015 The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and VICE have teamed up with the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism to create a special fund to support innovation in journalism. The partnership will encourage journalists to adopt new forms of storytelling, create new tools and curricula, and take the tools…