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JOB TITLE:
NEA ARTS JOURNALISM INSTITUTE IN THEATER AND MUSICAL THEATER FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY * * APPLY NOW
COMPANY:
USC ANNENBERG SCHOOL FOR COMMUNICATION & THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
LOCATION:
LOS ANGELES, CA
DESCRIPTION:
USC Annenberg School for Communication and the National Endowment for the Arts are pleased to announce the 5th annual Arts Journalism Institute in Theater and Musical Theater. This is an 11-day intensive workshop in theater and musical theater for writers, editors, broadcast and online producers from the 50 states and Puerto Rico. Based in Los Angeles, the Fellowship provides a total immersion experience that includes attending as many as ten performances or rehearsals. Participants will meet theater professionals ranging from directors and administrators of Los Angeles’ primary theater companies to artists and journalists of national stature, who will engage them individually for writing instruction and exercises. Professional sessions addressing changes in the media industry will be offered and special attention will be paid to building digital media skills. The institute is designed for American arts journalists. No specialized knowledge of theater is required. Staff journalists and freelancers who work in print, radio, TV or online media are welcome to apply.
 
IMPORTANT DETAILS
 
Institute dates: April 14-24, 2009

How to apply:  Email an application request to:   neainst@usc.edu  . Include your name, media affiliation, number of years you have been practicing arts journalism and your contact information. In addition, please note if you have applied in the past and for what year.
 
Individuals deemed eligible to apply will receive an application within three business days of registration via email.
 
Individuals living or working outside of the United States are NOT eligible to apply.

Application Deadline:  received by January 23, 2009

Notification of Acceptance:  February 18, 2009
 
Location:  USC Annenberg School for Communication, downtown Los Angeles

Cost:  The program covers most expenses, including: roundtrip travel to and from Los Angeles, hotel, most meals, reading materials, Internet access in your hotel room and
transportation within Los Angeles.
 
COMMENTS FROM PAST FELLOWS AND THEIR EDITORS
 
“The ideas we generated in the common area of the digital lab at USC began to make a huge difference,
if only by giving us tools, vocabulary and motivation to start building a
possible future.”
    ~ Thomas Cashman Avila, Metro Weekly, Washington, D.C.
 
“The Institute helped me make crucial connections with other writers and editors. It surely opened my mind
about the myriad ways to cover the arts, and I’ve definitely made the jump
from ink on paper to blog, voice and video.”
    ~ Wendy Rosenfield, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pa.
   
“Amazing, inspiring and career-changing.”
    ~ Bridgette Redman, Lansing State Journal, Mich.
 
“I use things I learned through the Institute every day.”
    ~ Sharon Eberson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Pa.
CONTACT:
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT:    http://annenberg.usc.edu/nea

JOB TITLE:
THE ROSALYNN CARTER FELLOWSHIPS FOR MENTAL HEALTH JOURNALISM
COMPANY:
THE CARTER CENTER MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
LOCATION:
ATLANTA, GA
DESCRIPTION:
The Carter Center Mental Health Program in Atlanta, GA provides six one-year fellowships for U.S. journalists to report on a selected topic regarding mental health or mental illnesses. The Fellowships are designed to increase accurate reporting on mental health issues and decrease incorrect, stereotypical information.
Each journalist awarded will receive a $10,000 stipend. 
 
Applicants must have at least three years of professional experience in print or electronic journalism, submit an application packet (packet found online), and attend orientation and presentation meetings in September at the beginning and end of the Fellowship year. Fellows will not be required to leave their current employment.
Awards will be announced July 10, 2009.                                        Deadline: April 20, 2009.
CONTACT:
Ms. Rebecca Palpant
The Carter Center Mental Health Program
The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism
One Copenhill
453 Freedom Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30307
(404) 420-5165                   FAX  (404) 420-5158
Email: ccmhp@emory.edu                     URL: http://www.cartercenter.org

JOB TITLE:
TEMPLETON-CAMBRIDGE JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS
COMPANY:
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
LOCATION:
CAMBRIDGE, MA 
DESCRIPTION:
Fellowships in Science and Religion. The fellowship enables ten print, broadcast or online journalists to pursue an intensive two-month course of study in issues of science and religion. The programme includes three weeks of seminars at the university of Cambridge featuring eminent, well known authorities in the field. Fellows are paid a stipend in addition to travel expenses to Cambridge. The fellowship, now in its fifth year, seeks to promote a deeper understanding and a more informed public discussion of the interface of science and religion. Potential areas of study include Islam and science, neuroscience, cosmology, quantum uncertainty, multiverses, the New Atheism and spirituality and health. Applicants must demonstrate an interest in the field, originality of thought displayed in previous writings and a superior record of journalistic achievement. The awards are open to all journalists with a minimum of three years’ experience, though priority will be given to mid-career and senior journalists.  Application deadline is Monday, December 15, 2008.
CONTACT:
For more details on the program and to apply for the fellowships, please go to http://www.templeton-cambridge.org   or     http://templeton-cambridge.org

JOB TITLE:
PHILLIPS FOUNDATION JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS
COMPANY:
THE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION
LOCATION:
WASHINGTON, D. C.
DESCRIPTION:
The Phillips Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2009 Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellowship Program. Print and online journalists with less than 10 years of professional experience are eligible. The Foundation created this program to provide fellowships for projects by journalists who share the Foundation’s mission to advance constitutional principles, a democratic society and a vibrant free enterprise system. The awards are $75,000 and $50,000 full-time fellowships and $25,000 part-time fellowships to undertake and complete a one-year project of the applicant’s choosing focusing on journalist supportive of American culture and a free society. There are also separate fellowships on the environment, on the benefits of free-market competition and on law enforcement.
The Foundation is looking for journalism projects that are both original and publishable.
Applications must be postmarked by March 2, 2009
The winners will be announced next May and the starting date for fellowships is September 1, 2009.
CONTACT:
For an application and to view a list of previous winners visit www.thephillipsfoundation.org

JOB TITLE:
NIEMAN FELLOWSHIPS
COMPANY:
THE NIEMAN FOUNDATION
LOCATION:
CAMBRIDGE, MA 
DESCRIPTION:
Nieman Fellowships – The Nieman Foundation selects at least 12 U.S. and 12 international journalists for Nieman Fellowships each year. The fellowships are awarded to working journalists of accomplishment and promise who come to Harvard University for a paid year of study, seminars and special events. More than 1,300 journalists from 88 countries have received Nieman Fellowships since 1938. The application deadline for the 2009-2010 academic year is:
December 15, 2008 for international journalists and January 31, 2009 for U.S. journalists.
CONTACT:
More information about the Nieman Fellowship program is available at www.nieman.harvard.edu/nieman-fellowships/
For more information about the application process, send an e-mail to nieman_applications@harvard.edu

JOB TITLE:
KNIGHT FELLOWSHIPS
COMPANY:
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
LOCATION:
STANFORD, CA
DESCRIPTION: Significant changes are in place at the Knight Fellowships program at Stanford: The program is transforming itself in order to serve the needs of journalism and journalists as much in the years ahead as it has in the past. The dizzying landscape of layoffs and consolidation, Internet media sites, citizen journalism and bloggers make journalism a chaotic and exciting proposition today. We are making bold changes to meet these new realities. The most important change is that we'll be focusing more directly on journalism innovation, entrepreneurship and leadership. We're very excited, and hope that you will be, too. We believe that we can have a major impact. We are very interested in a diversity of applicants to our program. Among other new elements, we've started a blog about changes in the program and the changes in journalism in general at http://knightline.stanford.edu/ . Take a look.         
CONTACT:
http://knight.stanford.edu/news/2008/changes/.    Go to:   http://knight.stanford.edu/application    for application

You can reach us in a variety of ways. If you just want an application, the form is available in the How to Apply section. If you'd prefer to have us mail one to you, click on our email address below. If you have a question, the simplest way to reach us is by email, but you can also fax us, phone us or write to us.

John S. Knight Fellowships
450 Serra Mall
Building 120, Room 424
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2050

<> (650) 723-4937 phone
(650) 725-6154 fax
knight-info@lists.stanford.edu

JOB TITLE:
HISPANIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND & GATES MILLENNIUM SCHOLARS NOMINATIONS
DESCRIPTION:
Hispanic Scholarship Fund applications for the 2009-2010 year are now available at : WWW.HSF.NET

Gates Millennium Scholars nomination materials are now available at :  WWW.GMSP.ORG

The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) has scholarships of $1,000 - $10,000 available for students in all disciplines, and in any class level.  Last year, HSF awarded over 4,100 students nearly $26.5 million in scholarships.

The Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS) program is available for students enrolling at the first time in the Fall of 2009.  Each year, 1,000 students are selected for this prestigious program.  African American, Asian Pacific Islander American, American Indian & Hispanic American students are eligible for this program.

Specific eligibility requirements and deadlines can be found online.  


JOB TITLE:
FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
COMPANY:
ROSALYN CARTER FELLOWSHIPS FOR MENTAL HEALTH JOURNALISM
DESCRIPTION:

The Fellowship Program provides six one-year fellowships for journalists to study a selected topic regarding mental health or mental illnesses. Each journalist awarded will receive a $10,000 stipend. Applicants must have at least three years of professional experience in journalism.    

CONTACT:
Rebecca Palpant
Senior Program Associate
Rosalynn Carter Fellowships
for Mental Health Journalism
The Carter Center
404-420-3877
 ccmhp@emory.edu

JOB TITLE:
KNIGHT EDITING FELLOWSHIP FOR MINORITIES
COMPANY:
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
LOCATION:
COLUMBIA. MO
DESCRIPTION:
You're a working journalist who wants to sharpen your skills, and grow as an editor and leader for the future. Perhaps you’re a reporter or copy editor who wants to direct coverage, or an assigning editor who wants to try new things. Maybe you want a chance to create new content, or work more closely with photo and design.
The Knight Chair at the University of Missouri School of Journalism is offering a professional-in-residence fellowship for a minority journalist who appreciates the value of teamwork and the challenge of teaching. As a fellow, you'll join the editing team at The Columbia Missourian, a daily community newspaper. The Missourian, led by professionals and staffed by talented student reporters, photographers, designers and graphic artists, is a perfect laboratory for innovation and ambition.

The staff works closely with a weekly lifestyle and entertainment magazine, a public radio affiliate, a campus-based television station, a Spanish-language newspaper and the bold new world of online publishing, as well as with a top-flight group of journalism professors and researchers.
As a visiting fellow, you'll teach a course in either beginning reporting or copy editing. Along the way, you can explore an innovative project at one of our publications, and pursue your own interests in the university's many courses.
If you want to polish your skills and help shape the journalists of tomorrow, this is the place to put your talent and leadership to the test. You'll receive a stipend of $50,000, to cover salary and expenses, for an 11-month fellowship. You'll return to your newsroom with a fresh outlook, ready to raise the editing bar.
Interested in joining us at the world¹s first and finest journalism school
CONTACT:
Send a resume and cover letter summarizing your experience and interest in a fellowship. Please include a 1,000-word autobiographical essay that defines your journalistic vision, a separate 1,000-word proposal for the kind of project you’d like to do as an editor at The Missourian, and samples of six stories you wrote or edited.

Please send all application materials to Anne Colmery, University of Missouri School of Journalism, 120 Neff Hall, Columbia, MO 65211 or via e-mail to colmerya@missouri.edu (preferred method).

The University complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act.  If you have a disability and need accommodations in the job application process, contact MU ADA coordinator by phone at (573) 884-7278 (V/TTY).

JOB TITLE:
ASSISTANT DIRECTORS TRAINING PROGRAM
COMPANY:
Directors Guild of America  The Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers
LOCATION:
Sherman Oaks, CA
DESCRIPTION:
The Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan was established in 1965 by the Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The purpose of the Program is to provide equal access to men and women of diverse backgrounds to participate in an industry sponsored program that trains people to become Second Assistant Directors in the motion picture and television industry. Since its inception, over 500 men and women have graduated from the Program and gone on to successful careers in the entertainment business.

Under the supervision of the Unit Production Manager (UPM) and Assistant Directors (ADs), the Assistant Director Trainee provides managerial, administrative, communication and facilitation support to all of the cast, crew and production personnel working on a production. A synopsis of the Trainee’s essential job functions follows. Please note that this is not meant to be an all-inclusive job description.

For complete description and application information, please go to:  www.trainingplan.org
CONTACT:
Directors Guild - Producer Training Plan
Assistant Directors Training Program
14724 Ventura Blvd., Suite 775
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Tel. 818.386.2545
Fax 818.386.2876
Email: mail@trainingplan.org

JOB TITLE:
FELLOWS PROGRAM
COMPANY:
ASNE/APME
LOCATION:
DAILY NEWSPAPERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
DESCRIPTION:
Brief Summary: Be part of an innovative journalism program! The groundbreaking ASNE/APME Fellows program, which offers journalists of color opportunities at small newspapers, is naming its last participants. Don’t let this great opportunity pass you by. Consider applying today. ASNE/APME Fellows are matched with full-time, permanent reporting, copy editing and photography positions at newspapers under 75,000 circulation. Fellows receive a newspaper salary, and the fellowship comes with a $20,000 stipend from the Freedom Forum and professional coaching/mentoring over a two-year period. Benefits also include a membership in a professional organization and the opportunity to attend a conference with an editor.

Who is eligible? Journalists without full-time newsroom positions, including new graduates. Applicants should have experience as a newspaper intern.
CONTACT:
For more information, visit the Freedom Forum’s Web site, http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=13113. To apply, please contact Cindy Stiff, Career Coach, ASNE/APME Fellows, The Freedom Forum, cstiff@freedomforum.org or 336-243-7193.

JOB TITLE:
THE FREEDOM FORUM
COMPANY:
ASNE/APME
LOCATION:
VARIOUS LOCATIONS
DESCRIPTION:
The Freedom Forum is seeking applicants for the ASNE/APME Fellows program developed to help diversify newsrooms of small- to mid-size newspapers. These are full-time, permanent jobs with extras.

The program matches new or returning journalists of color to positions as reporters, copy editors, photographers or graphic artists at newspapers under 75,000 circulation. Our fellows are at such papers as The Albuquerque (N.M.) Tribune, the Staten Island (N.Y.) Advance, The Bremerton (Wash.) Sun and the Ocala (Fla.) Star-Banner.

Benefits for journalists chosen as ASNE/APME Fellows include mentors and partnering colleagues at their newspapers and a career coach through the Freedom Forum. A newspaper pays a salary comparable to that of its other staffers and the Freedom Forum adds a $20,000 stipend over a two-year period.

Fellows have the opportunity to attend a professional convention each year while in the program and to become involved in news budget meetings and projects at their newspapers. Since these are full-time, permanent jobs, Fellows have typical benefits and responsibilities, including the choice to remain at their papers at the end of the two-year fellowship.
CONTACT:
For more information please go to our website, www.freedomforum.org, or contact Cindy Stiff at cstiff@freedomforum.org.

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