News Corp Media Fellowship 2023

Application Deadline: 26th March 2023

Eligible Countries: All

To Be Taken At (Country): Washington, USA

About the Award: In collaboration with The Wall Street Journal, ICFJ is offering international journalists an opportunity to participate in an innovative program that includes training on creative storytelling and offers grants to support data-driven projects.  The prize for the best project is a three-month News Corp Fellowship in New York, where the fellow will receive hands-on training and mentorship at the WSJ media science lab.

This program builds on the News Corp Media Fellowship, which has offered international journalists an immersive, hands-on experience in some of the world’s most digitally advanced newsrooms since 2014.

During the fellowship, the journalist will be embedded for three months in the WSJ’s media science lab to work on a data-driven project relevant to the fellow and tailor-made for the WSJ. The selected News Corp Media Fellow will have the opportunity to work on projects related to:

• Workflow and collaboration in a global newsroom;
• Data science, artificial intelligence and computational journalism;
• New forms of training and internal leadership development;
• Audience surveying and emerging forms of social media analysis.

Prior to the three-month fellowship, ICFJ will host a three-day orientation in Washington D.C., where the fellow will receive training and be prepared to develop his or her own digital projects at the Journal.

Type: Fellowship

Eligibility: To be considered for the fellowship, journalists must:

1. Participate in two half-day webinars conducted by editors and reporters with expertise in digital tools, data journalism and visualization, artificial intelligence, mobile journalism and audience engagement. Webinars will be open to a select group of up to 50 journalists. Both webinars will occur in April.

2. Receive one of five news innovation grants to support a data or digitally-driven project. Only journalists who participate in both webinars are eligible to apply for these grants. Projects should promote new forms of storytelling, data journalism and visualization, or citizen engagement. Each grant recipient will also receive online editorial coaching and mentorship from experienced editors, reporters and experts.

Only journalists who complete both stages successfully will be considered for the News Corp Media Fellowship. The ideal fellow will be one who:

• Has a strong news sense and curiosity
• Demonstrates strong collaborative skills
• Has an interest in audience engagement and building community
• Is willing to try new things, experiment and innovate
• Comes with ideas for several projects to work on during the fellowship

Number of Awards: Not specified

Value of Award: All travel and fellowship expenses are covered by the program.

Duration/Timeline of Programme: 3 months

How to Apply: Please apply here.

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