As we continue to build a world-class organization of top talent, we’re pleased to announce The Wall Street Journal Asia Fellowship 2013. The sixteen-month program offers budding journalists in Asia the chance to study Business and Economic reporting at a top research university in New York – study, travel and accommodation expenses paid. The program … Continue reading
East-West Center’s Jefferson Fellowships offer journalists in the United States and Asia Pacific a three-week dialogue and travel program to deepen their knowledge of regional issues and build international networks. 2013 Program Theme: New Leadership in Asia Pacific: Solving Old Problems, Managing New Realities Dates: June 9-30, 2013 Destinations: Honolulu, Hawaii; Tokyo, Japan; Beijing, China; Yangon, Myanmar
Online applications are now open for the 2013 Dart Asia Pacific Fellowships, a unique seminar programme for veteran journalists, editors and freelancers, based in Asia or the Pacific who want to deepen their knowledge of emotional trauma and improve coverage of violence, conflict and tragedy. WHO CAN BE A FELLOW Fellowships are open to print, … Continue reading
The International Reporting Project (IRP) is accepting applications for two new kinds of global reporting grants in 2013. For the first time in IRP’s history, each of these two new fellowship programs will be open to non-US media professionals as well as to US citizens. IRP New Media Fellowships (Application deadline December 7) The IRP will offer … Continue reading
The South Asian Journalists Association is taking application for its reporting fellowship as part of its mission to encourage in-depth coverage of South Asia and the South Asian diaspora. The first round of applications is due October 15. A total of up to US$20,000 may be given out annually, divided among projects or a single project … Continue reading
Have you worked at least one year in Asia at an English-language publication? And you’re fluent in English and an Asian language? AND you’re looking for an adventure in New York? Check out the Wall Street Journal Asia Fellowship at New York University. The deadline to apply is March 21. Entering its ninth year, the … Continue reading
The East-West Center is taking applications until March 12 for its Disaster Management and Resiliency Journalism Fellowship. Study tour destinations include Sendai and Tokyo. The program is from May 13-17. More about the fellowship here. Given the recent Great East Japan Earthquake and the resulting tsunami and nuclear crisis, there has been a rethinking of … Continue reading
Got a great idea on how you can use existing platforms to drive innovation in media and journalism? Enter Knight Foundation’s News Challenge to win a grant to make it happen! The first contest of the year, themed “Networks,” opens February 27! Knight will launch a second contest later in the spring as an open … Continue reading
The East-West Center is taking applications for its Jefferson Fellowship. The program from June 3-25 will take fellows to Honolulu, Hawaii; Singapore; Guangzhou, China; Songdo/Seoul, Korea. The theme this year is “Changing Cities: Innovation for an Urban World.” Working print, broadcast, and on-line journalists in the United States, Asia and the Pacific Islands are eligible … Continue reading
The East-West Center is taking applications for its journalists exchange program June 12-25, 2012. Six journalists from Korea will go to Washington, DC, and Denver, Colo., and six to seven U.S. journalists will go to Seoul, Pusan and Kwangju in South Korea for study tours. Journalists working in print, broadcast and online with a minimum … Continue reading
The International Center for Journalists‘ fellowship for minority journalists is taking applications until January 6, 2012. The 2012 program, Bringing Home the World: International Reporting Fellowship Program for Minority Journalists, sponsors select journalists of color for orientation at ICFJ headquarters in Washington D.C., followed by field reporting for two weeks. Applicants must present a project … Continue reading
The Reuters Journalism Trainee Program has a post in Singapore (other two places are New York and London), and it is taking applications for its 2012 intake. Deadline to apply is December 31. The program is nine months of intensive training, with the chance to join one of Reuters’ global newsrooms as a staff member. … Continue reading
The New York Times is offering online sessions in November and December about running your own community (hyperlocal) blog. The instructor is Mary Ann Giordano (@magiorNYT), editor of The Times’ Local blogs. The course (US$110 for live sessions, US$85 for self-paced) aims to provide bloggers the “concepts and tools to build a successful site.” Find … Continue reading
The East-West Center is inviting fellowship applications for its 2012-2013 leadership program in Honolulu. An innovative graduate level certificate program that combines the development of regional expertise with the enhancement of individual leadership skills. Type of study: A five or nine-month course of study; includes seminars, field studies and internships. Eligibility: Early- to mid-career professionals. … Continue reading
Journalists from Asia are eligible to apply for a free course in Bangladesh on rural poverty reporting. The training course is organized by Thomson Reuters Foundation’s TrustMedia. Workshops cover issues of global food prices/production, agriculture, water, competition for resources. The deadline to apply is October 21. And the program runs November 21-24. Apply or find … Continue reading
The Asia Journalism Fellowship, made possible by the Temasek Foundation in Singapore, is now accepting applications for its 2012 program. The deadline is October 14. Experienced journalists residing in Asia are eligible. The fellowship will bring journalists from Asia to Nanyang Technological University’s communications school in Singapore for intensive workshops and research opportunities. It runs … Continue reading
This September 2011 exchange is a dialogue-and-travel program for journalists from the United States and China. Participants will meet with government officials, community and business leaders, educators and students, local journalists and others to gain insights on the many diverse issues and perspectives among Americans and Chinese that shape the relationship between their two countries. … Continue reading
