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Courage in Journalism Awards

Every year the International Women’s Media Foundation honors brave women journalists who risk political persecution,injury and sometimes death in their efforts to expose corruption and champion human rights.

Global Research on Women

The IWMF is working on ground-breaking research on the status of women in the media worldwide. The new study, the Global Report on the Status of Women in the News Media, will measure the career progress of women in the news media and use the results to help advocate for change.

The IWMF also tracks past studies on women in the news media, and will draw from this prior work in compiling the Global Report, which will be published in 2011.

4-Year Africa Project

With generous support from the Howard G. Buffett Foundation, the IWMF launched "Reporting on Agriculture and Women: Africa." The project is energizing the way African media cover one of the most important topics on the continent.
The IWMF is helping African journalists to boost coverage of agriculture and rural development and increase women’s voices – both as journalists and as sources – in stories about agriculture

Funding HIV/AIDS Investigative Reporting

The IWMF is establishing 10 fellowships to train journalists in South Africa to write investigative reports on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. With support from the M*A*C  AIDS Fund, these experienced journalists will conduct interviews and write in-depth research for their publications in 2011.

Opportunities


2012

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IWMF Offers Three $20,000 Grants to Women-Led Digital Media Startups

The IWMF will award three $20,000 grants this year to women journalists who aspire to be digital news media entrepreneurs.

U.S.-based women journalists – employed full-time, part-time or freelance – are eligible to apply for the Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital News Frontier grant program.  In addition to seed funding, grantees will receive pro-bono coaching, and will participate in a monthly call series featuring leading entrepreneurs and digital news media experts.

Applications will be accepted from Jan. 31 - March 2, 2012 (deadline is midnight EST).  Late applications will not be accepted.  Winners will be notified in April 2012.

Applicants must propose a new digital news media enterprise that has not yet launched - and that will not launch before the IWMF announces the winners in April, 2012 - that uses digital media in innovative ways to deliver the news. Women applying must include a business plan summary that demonstrates sustainability after initial funding has ended. Applicants must demonstrate how their project advances women in the field of news media.

Read more here.
J-Lab, McCormick Foundation Offering Funding to 4 Women-Led Media Projects
J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism and the McCormick Foundation are seeking to fund four women-led media projects that show promise in creativity and sustainability.

The projects must be created by U.S.-based individuals who have original ideas to create new Web sites, mobile news services or other initiatives that offer interactive opportunities to engage, inspire and improve news and information in a geographic community or a community of interest. The deadline for entries is Jan. 27, 2012.

The McCormick New Media Women Entrepreneurs program will give $14,000 in funding to women who have the vision, skills and experience to launch a new venture.

Awardees will receive an initial $12,000 in the first year. If they are able to raise $2,000 through their own efforts, they will receive an additional $2,000 in the second year. This money can be used for training, technical support or operations.

Projects that are in early beta (launched since Jan. 27, 2011) may apply. For more information read here.
$65,000 Edward R. Murrow Fellowship Offered to Journalists

The Council on Foreign Relations is offering a $65,000 Edward R. Murrow press fellowship for an outstanding working print, broadcast or online journalist at news operations available in the United States.

The fellow will spend nine months at CFR’s New York headquarters to speak and moderate study groups, share expertise and advice on CFR projects and attend meetings. Deadline for nominations is February 2012 and applications are due March 2012.

The Murrow fellowship is from September 2012 until May 2013. CFR does not sponsor for visas. For additional information read here.
Foreign Journalists Can Apply for World Press Institute Fellowships in U.S.
Non-U.S. journalists working outside of this country with at least five years of employment in the media are invited to apply for World Press Institute Fellowships.

Ten foreign journalists will be selected to spend a month in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and in New York and Washington, D.C.  Applicants must supply two essays, work samples and letters of recommendation by Jan. 31, 2012.  Finalists will be selected in early April.

Fluency in both written and spoken English is required. Applicants can work for news or editorial departments of newspapers, wire services, radio, TV, web sites or online publications. For additional information read here.
Oxford Fellowships Offered to Mid-Career Journalists
Experienced, mid-career journalists are being invited to apply for the Thomson Reuters Foundation Fellowship Program at Oxford, which ranges anywhere from three to nine months depending on area of study.

Deadline for the fellowship program is Jan. 31, 2012. International fellows research the most significant issues of the day facing media companies. The primary areas are: the business of journalism, the evolving practice of journalism and the relationships between journalism and accountability. For details about how print and broadcast journalists can apply, read here.

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