Deadline- 11 October 2013
Interested Journalists are invited to submit applications for Ochberg Fellowship Program in Journalism offered by Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Columbia University. For this program English will b the basic requirement. The goal of this program is to improve reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy. Reporting responsibly and credibly on violence or traumatic events — on street crime and family violence, natural disasters and accidents, war and genocide — is a great challenge.
The Ochberg Fellowship covers all travel, accommodations and other expenses directly related to program participation.
Eligibility & Criteria-
- Dart Center Ochberg Fellowships are open to outstanding mid-career journalists working across all media.
- Past Fellows have ranged from small-town and regional general-assignment and crime reporters to war photographers and foreign correspondents for international news organizations. Applicants’ work must demonstrate journalistic excellence and a strong track record of covering violence and its impact on individuals, families or communities.
- Fellowships are open to print, broadcast and online reporters, photographers, editors and producers with no fewer than five years’ full-time journalism experience. Approximately half of the Fellowship participants are based in North America, with the balance drawn from Central and South America, Europe, the Asia Pacific region, Africa and the Mideast.
- All fellowship seminars are conducted in English. Fellows must be fluent in spoken English to participate in the program.
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