Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship for International Journalists in Journalism in USA, 2013

Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is offering 10-15 Ochberg fellowship in journalism. The fellowship is offered for senior and mid-career journalists from North America, Central and South America, Europe, the Asia Pacific region, Africa and the Mideast. Applicants must be fluent in English and have to attend a week long seminar at Columbia University in New York City. The fellowship covers travel, accommodations and other expenses. Send your application online by October 11, 2013.

Study Subject (s): The International fellowship is awarded in emotional trauma and psychological injury, and improves reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy.

Course Level: This fellowship is available to senior and mid-career journalists to attend a week long seminar at Columbia University in New York City.

Scholarship Provider: Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism

Scholarship can be taken at: USA

Eligibility:

• Dart Center Ochberg Fellowships are open to outstanding mid-career journalists working across all media.
• Past Fellows have ranged from small-town and regional general-assignment and crime reporters to war photographers and foreign correspondents for international news organizations.
• Applicants’ work must demonstrate journalistic excellence and a strong track record of covering violence and its impact on individuals, families or communities.
• Fellowships are open to print, broadcast and online reporters, photographers, editors and producers with no fewer than five years’ full-time journalism experience.
• Approximately half of the Fellowship participants are based in North America, with the balance drawn from Central and South America, Europe, the Asia Pacific region, Africa and the Mideast.
• All fellowship seminars are conducted in English. -Fellows must be fluent in spoken English to participate in the program.

Scholarship Open for Students of Following Countries: Journalists from North America, Central and South America, Europe, the Asia Pacific region, Africa and the Mideast are eligible to apply.

Scholarship Description: The Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship is a unique seminar program for senior and mid-career journalists who want to deepen their knowledge of emotional trauma and psychological injury, and improve reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy. Reporting responsibly and credibly on violence or traumatic events — on street crime and family violence, natural disasters and accidents, war and genocide — is a great challenge. Since 1999 the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, a project of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, has offered the annual Ochberg Fellowships to outstanding journalists interested in exploring these critical issues. Number of awards offered: 10-15 fellowships are offered.

Duration of award (s): Fellows attend an intensive week long program of seminars and discussions held at Columbia University in New York City.

What does it cover? The Ochberg Fellowship covers all travel, accommodations and other expenses directly related to program participation. The program does not cover costs related to health insurance or ground transportation in fellows’ home cities.

Selection Criteria: Applicants are reviewed by a judging committee comprised of Dart Center staff, Fellowship core faculty and past Fellows.

• Selection is not based on any single factor.
• Among the judges’ considerations are whether applicants:
• Demonstrate consistent and thoughtful journalistic engagement with issues of violence, conflict, tragedy and their aftermath;
• Have demonstrated journalistic excellence and leadership;
• Will likely benefit personally and professionally from the Fellowship experience and contribute meaningfully to the program.
• Other considerations may include geographic and other diversity, and overall group composition.

Notification: The judging committee will review applications and select 10-15 fellows for 2013. Selected fellows will be notified by phone and email in mid-November.

How to Apply: The mode of applying is online.

Scholarship Application Deadline: The deadline for applications is October 11, 2013.

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