Deadline: 28-Feb-22
The Dart Center for Journalism & Trauma is now accepting applications for Global Early Childhood Reporting Fellowship.
The Dart Center’s Global Early Childhood Reporting Fellowship is focused on illuminating issuesrelated to young children’s growth, development and wellbeing.
The 2022 program will support fifteen journalists with reporting stipends, mentoring, and on-going education to deepen their knowledge. Topics may be directly related to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, but they can also concern other current trends and circumstances.
Fifteen journalists from around the world will be selected for the fellowship – including print, online, audio or video-based. Freelancers, contract and staff journalists are all invited to apply. Applications for projects about children up to age six and their caregivers will be given priority.
Funding Information
Each Fellow will be awarded:
- $2,000 USD to use towards reporting a story or project. In addition, Fellows will also be assigned an experienced project coach and convene for monthly webinars featuring experts in the fields of science, education and public health. Webinars will be scheduled with varying time zones in mind.
- Note: Collaborative projects between more than one journalists will not be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any U.S. or international journalist who has a demonstrated interest in reporting on young children and/or their caregivers.
- Applicants must be proficient in English (although projects can be undertaken and produced in another language.)
- Applicants must propose a reporting project about young children and/or caregivers that can be completed and scheduled for publication or broadcast by November 30, 2022.
- Applicants must agree to attend at least four monthly webinars (out of six) during the fellowship period.
For more information, visit https://dartcenter.org/resources/call-applications-global-early-childhood-reporting-fellowship
