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Nieman Fellowships in Global Health Reporting

Country

United States

Region

Global

Deadline Date

January 31, 2009

Journalists interested in reporting on health issues in the developing world have the chance to apply for a fellowship programme at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (US). The fellowships are organised by the Nieman Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Heath.

The Nieman Foundation will award two Nieman Fellowships in Global Health Reporting for the academic year. One fellowship will go to a US citizen, one to a non-US citizen.

The fellows will spend one academic year at Harvard, followed by three to four months of field work in a developing country. During their Nieman year, the global health fellows will be part of the 2009 Class of Nieman Fellows and will participate in weekly activities at the Nieman Foundation. They will pursue a concentrated course of study at Harvard's School of Public Health and will have access to faculty and courses across the university through the Harvard Initiative for Global Health. The three to four months of field work is intended to provide an intensive learning and reporting experience in countries with the most pressing problems in global health. At the conclusion of their field work, the fellows will be expected to produce work based on this experience and their academic studies. This work could be stories, a case study, or a handbook of best practices related to reporting on health issues in a developing country.


Qualifications for applicants include:

  • All applicants must be full-time staff or freelance journalists for the news or editorial departments of newspapers, wire services, radio, television, online publications, or magazines of general public interest. Additionally, photojournalists, editorial cartoonists, columnists, and broadcast producers are eligible.
  • All applicants must have at least 5 years of professional news-media experience, although most have been working for between 7 and 10 years.
  • Applicants must have their employer's consent for a 13- to 14-month leave of absence.
  • If you have recently participated in a fellowship, full-time course of study, or other sabbatical programme lasting four months or more, please wait two years before applying for a Nieman Fellowship.

The deadline for application is January 31 2009.

Application Information

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Contact

The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University

Lippmann House
One Francis Avenue

Cambridge MA
02138
United States
Tel: 617 495 2237
Fax: 617 495 8976

Source

Nieman Foundation website on November 25 2008.



Placed on the Communication Initiative site December 11 2007
Last Updated November 28 2008



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