The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is inviting proposals for the one year Knight International Journalism Fellowships program from eligible journalists around the world. The program aims improve the quality and free flow of news in the public interest around the world. ICJF strives to achieve its objectives through these fellowships by helping to create news outlets and programming, training centers and schools, and innovative resources.
Knight International’s Fellows bring a broad range of skills, experience and knowledge to their work. They also embody the entrepreneurial spirit needed to make the changes they inspire last beyond their Fellowships. Knight International Journalism Fellowships are open to qualified candidates from any country.
Where do Fellows Work?
- ICJF works in Latin America/Caribbean, Central Europe/Eurasia, Asia/Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East. It targets countries where there is great opportunity to make a lasting impact. Examples of opportunities for fellowship projects:
- New leadership or improved media laws have opened a window for better journalism
- An end to conflict has enabled the growth of independent media
- Digital tools have created new ways for citizens to become active participants in their societies.
What do Fellows do?
Fellows help media organizations launch new content on the most-urgent issues of our time, from climate change to democratic reform to life-threatening diseases. Media working with Knight Fellows have developed voters’ guides before elections in Cambodia and Ghana, news programming for a newly privatized radio station in post-conflict Rwanda, ongoing television programs on social issues in Lebanon and Jordan, and a television news agency staffed by women in Bangladesh.
Knight fellows have used internet and mobile phone innovations in Bolivia, India, Malaysia and Tanzania to improve the flow of information from underserved areas to major media that influence policy makers.
Eligibility Requirements
Fellows should meet these requirements:
- Strong leadership qualities
- Entrepreneurship; ability to identify opportunities that produce results
- Fluency in the language of the country
- Demonstrated knowledge of fellowship focus
- Minimum of 10 years of journalism, multimedia technology and/or media management experience
Proposals are accepted on a rolling basis.
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