Knight International Journalism Fellowships

Fellowship Openings

The Knight International Journalism Fellowships program makes lasting, visible changes that improve the quality and free flow of news in the public interest around the world. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the year-long program sends international media professionals to countries where there are opportunities to promote reliable, insightful journalism that holds officials accountable.

Knight International Fellows work in these key regions: Asia/Pacific, Eurasia/Former Soviet Union, Latin America, Middle East/North Africa, and Sub-Saharan African.

Qualifications and Skills:
- Strong leadership qualities
- Fluency in the local language of the host country
- Demonstrated knowledge of project focus and experience in project medium/media
- Minimum of 10 years journalism experience
- Training experience is a plus
- Fellowship is open to any nationality
- Fellowship duration is a minimum of one year, unless otherwise specified

An orientation program for new Knight International Journalism Fellows providing information about the Fellowships and training in digital media, mentoring techniques and monitoring and evaluation methods takes place twice annually.


Country: Bangladesh

Project Description: In honor of Rebecca Lipkin’s dedication to broadcast journalism and her work as a Knight International Journalism Fellow training journalists in Eastern Europe in 1999, the International Center for Journalists will send a fellow to Bangladesh in early 2011. For approximately a one-month period, the Rapid-Response Fellow will support the development of the Television News Agency (TvNA). Launched in 2009 by the Bangladesh Centre for Development, Journalism and Communication (BCDJC) and Knight International Journalism Fellow Kawser Mahmud, TvNA is the first women’s broadcast news agency in Bangladesh. In partnership with BCDJC, the fellow will help women journalists produce quality programming on issues that affect women and children for TvNA. The fellow also will help TvNA and its partners develop better newsroom management practices. The ideal candidate will have broadcast journalism and media-management experience.

Requirements:
10 years of broadcast journalism experience
Media-management experience
Demonstrated understanding of best journalistic practices
Journalism training or teaching experience


Country: Nigeria

Project Description: The fellow will lead a one-year project in partnership with key local media organizations, mentoring and training journalists to improve the quality, quantity and impact of health coverage. The project will work to create coverage that affects policy and helps save the lives of those threatened by deadly diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. The fellow will help build networks of health journalists that connect with each other to develop sources and resources and serve as mentors for their colleagues. The project also aims to improve business-management practices to make health reporting sustainable.

Language Requirement: English required, Hausa or Yoruba preferred.
Skills: Experience as media trainer/manager, background in health journalism.

To apply click: http://www.knight.icfj.org/OurFellows/ApplyforaFellowship/tabid/64/Default.aspx