Open Internet Reporting Fellowships
Sponsored by the G.W. Williams Center for Independent Journalism in partnership with
New America Media
Applications Due: April 2, 2010, 5 PM PDT
The G.W. Williams Center for Independent Journalism and New America Media are
calling for journalists working in ethnic and community media to apply for the Open
Internet Reporting Fellowship. The fellows will produce a story, or a series of stories,
documenting and explaining the threats to an open Internet and the impact on the
communities served by fellows’ respective outlets.
Each fellow will submit a proposal outlining an in-depth or investigative story or series of
stories she or he intends to pursue, as well as a signed agreement by his or her
publisher/producer to run the story or stories in their ethnic/community media outlet.
Fellows will receive assistance as needed with research, reporting and producing their
stories.
NAM will disseminate stories produced by the fellows to ethnic and mainstream media
partners and nonprofit collaborators through NAM’s news wire. The G.W. Williams
Center will also distribute the stories through independent media as well as its nonprofit
partners.
All stories must be edited and approved by project editors before publication/broadcast
and must be completed by June 30, 2010.
Fellows will receive a $500 stipend once the story or series has been published or aired.
For more information contact Linda Jue, director and executive editor, G.W. Williams
Center for Independent Journalism: 415/321-1733 or nvijdirector@gmail.com
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 Open Internet Reporting Fellowship.
Publisher/Producer signature __________________________
Date _____________________________
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/broadcast segments and approximate length,
relevance to your audience, and tentative publication/air date.
3) Three samples of published or broadcasted journalistic work, preferably related to
politics and policy. You can email links to stories.
The form can be scanned (with the publisher/editor’s signature) and emailed in.
Alternatively the editor/publisher can email agreement to publish the story directly to
nvijdirector@gmail.com, Attn: Open Internet Reporting Fellowship
Please send completed applications to: nvijdirector@gmail.com.