New America Media Ethnic Elders Fellowships for Ethnic Media Journalists:
Ethnic Elders Today and Tomorrow
Application Due: Monday, Jan. 25, 2010
New America Media, Fellowship Application, Paul Kleyman, Ethnic Elders Editor
New America Media is calling for applications from ethnic media reporters and freelance journalists for
its 2010 Fellowship, “Ethnic Elders Today and Tomorrow,” underwritten by a grant from The Atlantic
Philanthropies.
By 2030, the number of elders in America will double, with a growing percentage expected to be ethnic
elders. While America’s mainstream media has largely ignored this demographic tsunami, ethnic-media
communities remain under-informed about the wide-ranging challenges of aging of color in America.
From health care disparities and income struggles to seniors’ unsung community contributions as
mentors and heritage keepers, generational coverage is too often missing from, yet crucial to the
conversation about how to prepare for the coming longevity revolution.
Selected fellows will research a story or a series of their design, documenting and explaining the
pressing issues ethnic elders in their respective community are facing.
Each fellow will submit a proposal outlining a major article or series of stories, she or he intends to
research and write, as well as a signed agreement by his or her publisher/producer to run the story or
stories in their ethnic media outlet.
In addition, fellows will participate in a MANDATORY two-day workshop on key social, politics and
policy issues, hosted by New America Media in Washington, D.C., in late February 2010, where they
will meet national policy-makers, leading journalists on the generational or retirement beat, policy
advocates and researchers. NAM will disseminate stories produced by the fellows to ethnic and
mainstream media partners and nonprofit collaborators through our news wire.
All stories must be edited and approved by NAM’s Ethnic Elders Editor before publication and projects
must be completed by June 1, 2010.
Fellows will receive a $2,500 stipend in two increments ($1,000 at the Washington, D.C. workshop and
$1,500 once the story or series has been published or aired). NAM will arrange all flights and hotel
bookings for the Washington workshop, and fellows will be reimbursed for all qualifying travel expenses
(i.e. cab fares and train/bus tickets).
For more information contact NAM Ethnic Elders Editor Paul Kleyman at
pkleyman@newamericamedia.org or call him at 415-503-4170, ext. 133.
New America Media Ethnic Elders Fellowships for Ethnic Media Journalists:
Ethnic Elders Today and Tomorrow
Application Due: Monday, Jan. 25, 2010
Fellowship Applicant:___________________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________________
Phone: __________________ Mobile Phone: _______________________
Email:____________________________________________________
Preferred Method of Contact _____________________________________
Ethnic Media Outlet of Employment: ____________________________________________________
(If you are a freelancer, please specify the length of time you have worked for the ethnic media outlet
that will publish or broadcast your work.)
Employer Address: ___________________________________________________________
Employer Phone: ________________________
You must provide the signature of your publisher or producer agreeing to publish your story or stories to
be considered for the Fellowship.
I, _____________________________________, Publisher/Producer of
_______________________________ media outlet agree to publish or air the story or
series produced by ________________ for the Ethnic Elders project.
Publisher/Producer signature ____________________________________
Please attach the following supporting materials to this form:
1) A resume.
2) A two-page proposal, describing the story topic, how you will research and cover the subject,
including the number of articles and approximate length, relevance to your audience, and tentative
publication date.
3) Three samples of published or broadcasted journalistic work, preferably related to politics and policy.
Please send complete applications by e-mail to: pkleyman@newamericamedia.org
or by mail to:
Paul Kleyman
New America Media
275 9th St
San Francisco, CA 94103