Deadline: 10-May-21
The Pulitzer Center is currently accepting applications for the 2021-22 Richard C. Longworth Media Fellowships – a collaboration with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, aims to promote international reporting by Chicago and Midwestern journalists.
The fellowships are made possible by a grant from The Clinton Family Fund to honor Richard C. Longworth, a former Chicago Tribune foreign correspondent and now Distinguished Fellow at the Chicago Council.
Two $10,000 fellowships will be awarded each year for the next two years to journalists focusing on global issues that affect Chicago and Midwestern readers and viewers.
Distribution
- Proposed projects must include a credible plan for broad dissemination of the resulting work in Chicago or other Midwestern news media (print, online and/or broadcast).
- Both staffers and free-lancers should be able to demonstrate committed interest from editors and/or producers.
- For freelancers, the credibility of a distribution plan is generally most evident in an applicant’s track record working with the listed outlets.
- Please do not have editors send letters simply stating they would consider the work.
- Letters from editors and/or producers who have worked with you in the past, and are interested in working with you again, are encouraged.
Applications must include the following:
- A description of the proposed project and timeline in no more than 250 words.
- A preliminary budget estimate, including a basic breakdown of costs for travel, ground transportation, lodging, meals, visas and local reporting partner/translator fees.
- Distribution plan.
- Three samples of published work, either print or broadcast.
- Three professional references. These can be either contact information, or letters of recommendation. The latter is encouraged when letters from interested producers or editors are available.
- A copy of your curriculum vitae.
- Applications may also include a more detailed description of project, but this will be considered as optional supplement only. The most important part of the submission is the 250-word summary.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Longworth Fellowships are open to print, broadcast and online journalists based in Chicago or elsewhere in the Midwest.
- Staff journalists as well as free-lancers are eligible to apply.
- Field reporting should be from international locations and topics must be timely and of clear interest and importance to Chicago and Midwestern audiences
For more information, visit https://pulitzercenter.org/longworth-media-fellowships