Fellowships

Digital Journalists can apply for Tow Center Fellowship

DEADLINE: JANUARY 11, 2021 — The Tow Center for Digital Journalism is currently accepting proposals to research emerging technology and trends impacting the news industry.

The Tow Center’s mission is to help individual journalists, students, faculty, news organizations, and policymakers to develop and expand their thinking around and practice in digital journalism.

Students, researchers, faculty, and practitioners in the fields of computer science and journalism can apply.

The amount of funding award depends widely on the scope, duration, and complexity of the research project.

Proposals must cover these areas:

  • Computation, Algorithms, and Automated Journalism
  • Data, Metrics, and Impact
  • Audiences and Engagement
  • Experimental Journalism, Models, and Practice

This is a non-residential fellowship open to both Columbia and non-Columbia affiliates.

Fellows work primarily off-site; the research is not limited to within the United States.

The fellowship will begin in January of 2021, and the research is expected to be completed by January 31, 2022.

The deadline for Research Project Proposals is January 11, 2021

APPLY HERE

MORE MEDIA AND JOURNALISM OPPORTUNITIES FROM I-79 MEDIA

Apply for the Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2020 ― Business journalists from across Africa are invited to submit entries for the 6th edition of the Pan African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards. APPLY HERE

Coronavirus News Collaboration Challenge 2020

DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2020 ― The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is seeking proposals that develop innovative approaches to reporting on the novel coronavirus crisis using collaboration among journalists and newsrooms across state lines or national borders. APPLY HERE.

Apply for Goethe-Institut Africa-focused memory project

DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2021 ― Interested persons can apply for the Goethe-Institut memory project tagged Archive of Forgetfulness. APPLY HERE

Apply for Rory Peck Trust COVID-19 Hardship Fund

DEADLINE: ROLLING ― In response to the devastating impact of the pandemic, the Rory Peck Trust has created a dedicated fund to provide practical and financial support to active freelance news journalists whose work and livelihoods have been directly affected by COVID-19. APPLY HERE

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