The Knight International Journalism Fellowships seeks qualified applicants to work on the following targeted projects:
1. Knight International seeks an experienced journalist with a background in health journalism to lead a high-impact, results-driven Fellowship in Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Background in health reporting required
- Strong leadership qualities
- Training experience is a plus
- Experience in Africa a plus
- Minimum of 10 years journalism experience
- Fellowship open to any nationality
- Fellowship duration is a minimum of one year.
2. Knight International seeks an experienced multimedia journalist or journalism professor to develop a digital media center at a Latin American university.
The Fellow will develop a curriculum, recruit participants and faculty, teach some courses, and oversee the center, which will work with professional journalists and media organizations to increase digital-media capacity across the region.
Fellowship criteria:
- Minimum of 10 years professional journalism or academic
- Journalism experience required
- Experience in digital media required
- Fluency in Spanish required
- Management skills preferred
- Experience in Latin America preferred
- Fellowship open to any nationality
- Fellowship duration is a minimum of 18 months.
3. Knight International seeks an experienced journalist with a background in elections and political coverage for a Fellowship in Pakistan.
- Background in elections reporting and investigative reporting required
- Fluency in spoken and written Urdu is required
- Minimum of 10 years journalism experience
- Fellowship open to any nationality
- Fellowship duration is a minimum of one year
- Media-training experience is a plus.
Please contact Donna Brutkoski, e-mail: dbrutkoski [at] icfj.org for any assistance.
For fellowship application: Knight International Journalism Fellowships