IWMF Fellowship Program for International Women Journalists

The IWMF Fellowship program offers women journalists from around the world the opportunity to receive on-the-job training with top media companies in the United States. The four-month fellowship is available to women journalists living and working outside of the United States. U.S. and international journalists working in the United States are not eligible.

One fellow will be selected for 2005 for a fellowship that will begin in March and end in June.

Program Goals
The program offers:

• Training and education
• The opportunity to learn first-hand about standards and practices in the U.S. media
• Skills and experience that the fellow can take back to her own country

The Fellowship
The fellowship will begin with an orientation provided by the IWMF. It will include a program briefing, an introduction to living and working in the United States and an overview of the U.S. media and their tradition of freedom of the press.

An advisor selected by the host media company will work with the fellow to create a training plan for the length of the four-month fellowship. The advisor will oversee and work with the fellow throughout the fellowship.

The Fellow will do research, conduct interviews, file stories and perform other work expected of newsroom staff. She is also encouraged to take part in the community where the media company is located by attending community events and speaking with local groups about her home country.

The IWMF will work with both the fellow and the host media company throughout the fellowship. At the end of the fellowship, the fellow will evaluate the fellowship and create a plan to incorporate her new knowledge and skills when she returns home.

Applicants
Women who apply to the program must:

• be dedicated to a career in journalism in the print, broadcast or Internet media
• have five or more years of journalism experience
• be currently working in an independent media organization
• show a strong commitment to sharing knowledge and skills with colleagues when they return home
• have excellent written and verbal English skills

Questions
Contact us at fellowship@iwmf.org.

Since 2004, this program has been funded by Peter and Helen Bing, Leonard Nimoy and Susan Bay-Nimoy Family Foundation, Linda Peek Schacht and The Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.