Deadline: 15 May 2016
The Journalism and Women Symposium (JAWS) is inviting women from all over the world for its fellowship programs that focuses on strengthening core journalism skills, building personal brands and careers, developing strategies for success in our evolving media landscape, improving gender parity in our profession, empowering women in leadership and management, and encouraging a more accurate portrayal of the whole society.
It aims to bring women who are just starting their careers to the Conference and Mentoring Project (CAMP) as well as those looking to transition into the next step of their career.
Benefits
- Participants enjoy a dynamic weekend filled with inspiring speakers, motivating career development sessions and rewarding networking and mentoring opportunities.
- It’s an experience that has helped launch countless careers, and it’s also ignited lifelong friendships.
Fellowship Programs
Emerging Journalist Fellowship
- Open to professionals in the early stages of their careers.
- JAWS looking for journalists with at least one but no more than five years of professional journalism experience.
- Winners are selected based on a combination of merit, financial need and their potential contribution to JAWS as an organization that supports diversity across race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, media platform, beat and location.
- Fellowships cover CAMP registration and travel expenses.
- Fellows also receive a one-year JAWS membership or renewal.
Next Step Fellowship
- It is three days of training, networking and professional development.
- JAWS will recognize these veteran journalists by bringing at least one to CAMP 2016, where she can participate in hands-on technical and social media workshops, individual mentoring and lots of informal brainstorming to figure out next steps and learn about new opportunities in the rapidly changing new media landscape.
- The Next Step fellowship stipend covers registration and travel costs for the weekend.
- Applicants should have a substantive record of at least 15 years working as a journalist and have been a paid up member of JAWS for at least five years.
Diversity Fellowship
- JAWS select one journalist from a community traditionally under represented in the media, and whose work supports diversity.
- The fellowship stipend covers registration and travel expenses to the annual JAWS Conference and Mentoring Project (CAMP), where the fellow will meet industry leaders and trailblazers, and have the opportunity to learn new skills and share their own. The goal of the Diversity Fellowship is to help the practice of journalism better reflect society.
- This is an opportunity for journalists who are traditionally underrepresented in newsrooms, including but not limited to women of color, journalists in the LGBTQ community and those with disabilities.
Entrepreneurial Fellowship
- It is a three days of training, networking and professional development.
- The fellowship stipend covers registration and travel costs for the weekend.
- The goal of the Entrepreneurial Fellowship is to help a woman journalist move forward with an innovative journalism project.
- JAWS will help bring this entrepreneur to CAMP 2016, where she will have the opportunity to mine the JAWS brain trust and explore skills that will be useful for her proposed project.
- Applicants should be journalists with a well-conceived project, the background that shows they can do it, and at least five years of professional experience. Preference is given to current JAWS members.
How to Apply
Interested applicants can apply via given website.
For more information, please visit The Journalism and Women Symposium.