ELIGIBILITY:

Applications are open to journalists working in any medium (online, print, television, multimedia, new media). We encourage applications from freelance reporters and staff from all types of media organizations — international, national and local.

Eligible applicants for the EJN Reporting Fellowship must: 

Be a professional journalist from or representing an established media house and reporting from a low- or middle-income country. 

Have a minimum of 5 years of journalistic experience. 

Have demonstrable interest and experience reporting on one of the four thematic areas, and provide recent, relevant and journalistic work samples on those topics, which can be uploaded as documents or web links.

Be able to participate fully in an English-language fellowship. For the purposes of this opportunity, we will only be accepting applications in English. 

Commit to participating in all fellowship activities, with the full support of their media house. 

Commit to being part of an online community with current and future Fellows. 

Have strong and stable internet access for the purposes of virtual activities (minimum 1.2Mbps).

Provide a signed letter of support from an editor, producer, or supervisor who can confirm that you will be allocated time to participate in all fellowship activities (equivalent of 2 days per week for the duration of the fellowship), and that reports will be published or broadcast in an established media outlet. Freelancers are welcome to apply but must provide a letter of support from a media outlet for which they intend to report. The template for this letter of support is provided for freelancers here and staffers here. 

Provide 2 signed professional references (letters of recommendation) from supervisors or professional associates who are familiar with your journalistic abilities, qualifications, training and interests. 

BENEFIT:

One fellowship will be awarded for each thematic area of reporting, and interested journalists must indicate which fellowship they wish to apply for. EJN Fellows that are awarded this first-of-its-kind opportunity will: 

Attend an orientation workshop hosted by EJN to strengthen their reporting skills and meet the other participating Fellows; 

Receive mentorship from senior journalists with expertise in each thematic area to provide 1-1 guidance, reporters’ resources and editorial support for their reporting; 

Build thematic expertise by learning from and interviewing experts in all four focus areas; 

Hone reporting skills through training on data journalism, Mojo, solutions journalism, fact checking, data visualization and more;  

Receive a quarterly stipend of 6,000 EUR to cover expenses for story production and the Fellows’ time; 

Receive 6,000 EUR per Fellow to cover travel to conferences, travel for story production, professional development opportunities and more; 

Engage in peer-to-peer learning and exchange.