The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is accepting applications from media professionals the United States, Canada, and Germany for its Arthur F. Burns Fellowship. The program offers young journalists, age 40 and under, the opportunity to share professional expertise with their colleagues across the Atlantic while working as “foreign correspondents” for their hometown news organizations.
Applications will open today on January 15, 2018. For US and Canadian applicants the deadline for submission of application is March 1, 2018. Whereas for German applicants the last date for the submission of application is January 31, 2018.
The annual program offers young media professionals, age 40 and under, an opportunity to share their expertise with colleagues across the Atlantic while working as “foreign correspondents” for their hometown news organizations. Fellows can apply for a nine- or five-to-six-week program. Each U.S. fellow receives a $4,000 stipend to cover living expenses during a nine-week fellowship in Germany. Participants also receive $1,200 for travel expenses or a travel voucher, and the program will pay his/her living expenses during an orientation in Washington, D.C. Fellows on the five-to-six week program will receive an amount proportional to the length of their fellowship.
Canadian applicants should go to the Massey College website for more information and to submit their application.
German applicants should go to the IJP website for more information and to submit their application.