Knight Visiting Nieman Journalism Fellowships 2020 at Harvard University (Funded)

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Application Deadline: September 27, 2019, at 11:59 p.m. (EDT).

The Knight Visiting Nieman Fellowships at Harvard offer short-term research opportunities to individuals interested in working on special projects designed to advance journalism. Since this initiative’s inception in 2012, the Nieman Foundation has awarded 42 visiting fellowships ranging between two and twelve weeks. Candidates need not be practicing journalists, but must demonstrate the ways in which their work at Harvard and the Nieman Foundation may improve the prospects for journalism’s future.

Knight Visiting Nieman Fellows utilize the extensive resources at Harvard and MIT, including local scholars, research centers and libraries, to achieve concrete results, either developing a project that can be completed during the time spent at Harvard or as part of a larger undertaking that continues after the fellowship period ends. Additionally, fellows are expected to share their progress and findings either through publication on one of Nieman’s in-house websites—Nieman Reports, Nieman Journalism Lab, and Nieman Storyboard—or in another medium or format better suited to the project.

Eligibility

  • The proposed project must have the potential to advance journalism. This may be related to research, programming, design, financial strategies or another topic.
  • Those who should consider applying include journalists, publishers, technologists, entrepreneurs, programmers, designers, media analysts, academics and others who want to make an impact. There is no age limit or academic prerequisites, and a college degree is not required. Both U.S. and international applicants are invited to apply.
  • Candidates must be available to be in residence in Cambridge, Mass., for the duration of the fellowship.
  • Prospective fellows must speak and read English fluently and have a command of written English.

Fellowship Duration

Visiting fellowships take place during the calendar
rather than the academic year. Applicants list their preferred start
date, the number of weeks requested (no more than 12), and any
flexibility regarding dates in the online application. The Nieman
Foundation will work with selected fellows to determine a start date.
The duration of the fellowship awarded may be shorter than the number of
weeks requested. Most fellowships are between four and eight weeks.

Financial Support

For fellows not supported by an employer during the
fellowship, a stipend of $1,350 per week will be provided. If an
employer keeps the fellow on salary during the fellowship because the
project benefits the organization, a fellowship stipend will not be
provided.

If a fellow does not reside in the Boston area or otherwise have
accommodations, free use of a furnished one-bedroom apartment will be
available for the length of the fellowship.

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Knight Visiting Nieman Journalism Fellowships 2020

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