Sunday 10 November 2013

2014 Knight-Wallace Fellowships for US and International Applicants in USA

University of Michigan is providing journalism fellowships for US and international applicants in the USA. A Knight-Wallace Fellowships are awarded to journalists who personalized study plan with access to the courses and resources of the University. Applicants must be full-time journalists, with a minimum five years professional experience, whose work appears regularly as an employee or freelancer. Print, broadcast, photo, documentary and Internet journalists are eligible. There are no academic prerequisites. Application should be submitted till February 1, 2014. 
About Scholarship: A Knight-Wallace Fellowship is the rarest of opportunities: an academic year of study, reflection and growth at one of the world’s finest universities, nestled in one of the nation’s most livable cities. It is a time of expanding perspectives, intellectual growth and personal transformation. Each year, the fellowship brings together exceptional journalists from the U.S. and abroad to share this life-changing experience. Our fellows devise a personalized study plan with access to the courses and resources of the University of Michigan. Twice-weekly seminars bring the best from the worlds of journalism and academia directly to you. 
Study: Knight-Wallace Fellowship experience is a focused study plan that takes advantage of all the resources available at the University of Michigan. Course Level: The four to eight months Knight-Wallace  fellowship programme is available to journalists. Scholarship by: University of Michigan Location: USA 
Eligibility: Applicants must be full-time journalists, with a minimum five years professional experience, whose work appears regularly as an employee or freelancer. Print, broadcast, photo, documentary and Internet journalists are eligible. There are no academic prerequisites. 
Scholarship Open for: US and international applicants can apply for the fellowships. 
Number of awards: A typical Knight-Wallace Fellowship class comprises 12 U.S. journalists and six international colleagues.
Duration: Fellowship is offered for (four to eight months). 
Value: Stipends and Family Life include $70,000 for U.S. fellows (stipends for international fellows vary) and opportunities for our fellow’s partners, spouses and children. The intellectual resources of the university as well as the program’s activities are open to spouses and partners. Children are invited to many after-hour events at Wallace House. All tuition and course fees at the University of Michigan are paid for by the fellowship. Spouses and partners are invited to partake in university courses as well. In addition, all fellowship trips – domestic and international –are covered. If the fellows’ employer does not contribute to insurance coverage, health insurance is provided to fellows and their family members who join them in Ann Arbor. 
Selection Criteria: Fellows are selected on the basis of past performance, future promise and, above all, leadership in some aspect of journalism. Great care goes into assembling classes of fellows that mix the type and size of news organizations as well as personality, geography and background. Typically, 12 Americans are joined by six international colleagues. Selection is determined by a committee of distinguished journalists and University of Michigan faculty. U.S. finalists are interviewed at Wallace House in April and announced in early May. 
Apply: The mode of applying is online.
Deadline: The application deadline is February 1, 2014.
Further Information: http://www.mjfellows.org/about/

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