Deadline: 25-Mar-22
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (RJI) is inviting proposals from individuals and organizations for Reynolds Journalism Institute Fellowship who wish to partner with them on practical innovative projects for local news.
Chosen projects often include devising new strategies or models to solve a problem, building new tools, creating a training workshop/program or building resources for journalists. All fellowship projects are built and implemented within the span of the 8 month fellowship.
The fellowship program is focused on innovation and problem-solving. Each fellow is expected to produce deliverables intended to enhance the practice and understanding of journalism or advertising.
Types of Fellowships
They have three types of RJI Fellowships:
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Residential: Residential fellowships are designed for individuals who want to collaborate with RJI staff, students and faculty on-site at the institute in Columbia, Missouri. Residential fellows spend eight months on campus at the Missouri School of Journalism to take advantage of the intellectual and technological resources of RJI and the Missouri School of Journalism. Resource examples include access to programmers and app developers, support to conduct market research, and paid students to produce multimedia content.
- Who Qualifies: Anyone above the age of 18
- Start Date: July 1, 2022
- Duration: 8 months (two academic semesters)
- Stipend: Fellows receive a $10,000 a month stipend and a one-time reimbursement for relocations up to $10,000.
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Nonresidential: Nonresidential fellowships can tackle something you are interested in pursuing on your own or something that could benefit a current employer. You do not need to live in Columbia but you will need to make at least one visit to consult with RJI leadership and staff. Your project will be implemented and tested in the newsroom of your choice during your fellowship.
- Who: Anyone above the age of 18
- Start: July 1, 2022
- How Long: 8 months
- Stipend: Fellows receive a $20,000 stipend, payable quarterly in increments of $5000.
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Institutional: Institutional fellowships are designed to unlock some of the thoughtful, meaningful ideas in your newsroom or company that for various reasons haven’t been able to be explored yet. RJI will collaborate with a leader at your institution or company who can develop the idea and lead a team that will make it a reality. That leader will be named an RJI Fellow but will continue working at his or her job. The stipend for this fellowship will be paid to the company or institution to be used for salary relief for the fellow, or for another purpose that the company or institution determines will best ensure the success of the fellowship project. The project will be implemented and tested at the institution or in a newsroom of their choice during the fellowship.
- Who: Managers and executives from institutions or companies
- Start: July 1, 2022
- How Long: 8 months
- Stipend: Fellow’s institutions receive a $20,000 stipend, payable quarterly in increments of $5000 to the institution
Eligibility Criteria
- RJI Fellowships are open to U.S. citizens and U.S. news organizations.
- They also accept proposals from international journalists who plan to partner with U.S.-based news and/or organizations to address a challenge that impacts U.S. journalism and newsrooms.
- Because of the acute financial challenges to supporting quality journalism, they are interested in ideas on how to connect citizens with news and advertising more efficiently, to grow revenues, to engage communities or to ensure that the industry is taking full advantage of new and emerging technologies, but they welcome any proposals that offer the hope of strengthening the journalism-democracy relationship.
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For more information, visit https://rjionline.org/about-rji-fellowships/