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Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship is available for senior and mid-career journalists (with at least five years experience) from North America, Central and South America, Europe, the Asia Pacific region, Africa and the Mideast. Fellows attend an intensive weeklong program of seminars and discussions held at Columbia University in New York City. The Ochberg Fellowship covers round-trip travel and accommodations in New York City, meals and other expenses directly related to participation. This 2015 online application deadline is September 28, 2015.
Study Subject(s): Fellowship is awarded in emotional trauma and psychological injury, and improve 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:
– The Ochberg Fellowships are open to outstanding senior and mid-career journalists (with at least five years experience) 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 Fellows will be based in North America, with the balance drawn from Central and South America, Europe, the Asia Pacific region, Africa and the Middle East.
-All fellowship seminars are conducted in English. Fellows must be fluent in spoken English to participate in the program.
Scholarship Open for International Students: Journalists from North America, Central and South America, Europe, the Asia Pacific region, Africa and the Mideast can apply for these Ochberg Fellowship.
Scholarship Description: The Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship is a unique seminar program for senior and mid-career journalists who wish to deepen their knowledge of emotional trauma and psychological injury, and improve reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy. Fellows attend an intensive weeklong program of seminars and discussions held at Columbia University in New York City. Program activities include briefings by prominent interdisciplinary experts in the trauma and mental health fields; conversations with journalist colleagues on issues of ethics, craft and other aspects of professional practice; and other opportunities for intellectual engagement and peer learning.
Number of award(s): Up to twelve fellows will be awarded.
Duration of award(s): Fellows attend an intensive weeklong program of seminars and discussions held at Columbia University in New York City.
What does it cover? The Ochberg Fellowship covers roundtrip travel to and accommodations in New York City, meals and other expenses directly related to participation. The program does not cover costs related to travel visas, health insurance or ground transportation in fellows’ home cities.
Selection Criteria: Applicants are reviewed by a judging committee comprised of Dart Center staff, core Fellowship faculty and past Fellows. Selection is not based on any single factor. Judges’ consider many factors, with an emphasis on 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: Selected fellows will be notified by email in early-November.
How to Apply: The mode of applying is online.
Scholarship Application Deadline: This 2015 online application deadline is September 28, 2015.
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