Alfred Friendly Press Partners Fellowship opens, Accepting Entries

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David Reed, Program Director, Alfred Friendly, Press Partners
David Reed, Program Director, Alfred Friendly, Press Partners

The Alfred Friendly Press Partners Fellowship is now open for the 2021 edition and accepting applications from early-career professional journalists in the print, broadcast and online mediums from developing countries. Applicants must have proficiency in English.

The fellowship is a six-month programme that provides fellows with basic and advanced hands-on instruction at the Missouri School of Journalism as well as place them in leading U.S. newsrooms.

The Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships are aimed at providing fellows with experience in reporting, writing and editing that will enhance future professional performance; transferring knowledge gained during the programme to colleagues at home, and fostering ties between journalists in the United States and other countries.

Applicants must have at least three years of professional experience, be in current full-time employment as journalists, be between 25 and 35 years old. They must have a good level of spoken and written English. Participants will work as staff reporters in their host newsrooms and will be required to develop training plans that they will implement when they return to their home newsrooms.

The next programme will start in mid-March and end in early September 2021. The fellowship begins with a two-week orientation at the Missouri School of Journalism, followed by placement in leading U.S. newsrooms.

Fellows receive travel, health insurance and basic living expenses.

Deadline for submission of application is August 31, 2021.

To apply, interested journalists who qualify should visit https://presspartners.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/2019-Fellowship-Application-AFPP-2.pdf to download the application form,fill and mail to info@presspartners.org.

For more information, please visit http://presspartners.org/fellowship-applications/