Deadline: 9-Feb-21
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, a project of the Columbia Journalism School in New York, is launching a project-based virtual Fellowship for journalists based in Brazil, Venezuela and Colombia which will be focused on illuminating the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on young children’s growth, development and wellbeing.
Projects about children under age five and their caregivers will be given priority. The Fellowship will take place from March 15 to August 31, 2021.
Applicants may propose single stories, multi-part series, longform narratives or investigative reports in print, online or broadcast formats. Freelancers, contract and staff journalists are welcome to apply. All program activities will be conducted in Portuguese and English, so applicants should speak at least one of these languages with facility.
Applications will be evaluated on the relevance of their topic; soundness of their approach; the project’s potential impact; previous experience reporting on early childhood issues at local, regional, national or international level; and the applicant’s likelihood of contributing positively to a Fellowship cohort.
This Fellowship program is part of “The Early Childhood Reporting Initiative: Covering Trauma, Resilience and the Developing Brain,” a multi-year Dart Center training program to improve news coverage of early childhood development around the world.
Benefits
- Each Fellow will be awarded $1,500 USD to use towards their project.
- In addition, Fellows will be assigned an experienced story mentor and will convene for monthly webinars featuring experts in the fields of science, education, public health, and journalism.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any journalist living and working in Brazil, Colombia or Venezuela who has a demonstrated interest in and commitment to reporting on young children and their caregivers.
- Applicants must propose a project about young children and/or caregivers that can be completed and scheduled for publication or broadcast by August 15, 2021.
- Applicants must be fluent in Portuguese and/or English to participate.
- Applicants must attend at least four monthly webinars during the Fellowship period (March 15-August 31, 2021) and participate in monthly conversations with an assigned story mentor.
Application Information
- The deadline to apply is February 9, 2021, at 5:00 pm EST.
- A committee will review applications, and applicants will be notified with a decision on February 23, 2021.
- The Fellowship will officially begin with a webinar on March 15, 2021.
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