New York University (NYU)’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute is currently accepting applications for the World Journalist Fellowship in 2020.
This Fellowship provides support to international journalists who enrol in one of their graduate programmes in journalism at the NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. All of their programmes are 3 semesters, except for Global and Joint Program Studies and Literary Reportage, which is 4 semesters:
- Business and Economic Reporting
- Cultural Reporting and Criticism
- Global and Joint Program Studies
- Literary Reportage
- Magazine Writing
- News and Documentary
- Reporting the Nation and New York
- Science, Health and Environmental Reporting
- Studio 20: Digital First
Beyond the Fellowship, the Journalism Institute has additional aid that it can offer to applicants who are offered admission. Although they cannot promise aid, Fellowship applicants will be considered for scholarships along with all other admitted applicants. Although these scholarships are not as generous as the World Journalism Fellowship, many students find that it enables them to study at NYU.
Worth of Award
The 2020 Fellowship covers;
- Tuition expenses and registration fees for two of the three or four semesters of the programme.
- The fellow will also receive a stipend of approximately $14,000 for each of the two semesters of the fellowship.
Eligibility
Candidates must:
- Hold a non-U.S. passport
- Be fluent in English and at least one additional language
- currently, be an independent journalist or a journalist working for an independent news organization (corporate or institutional communications does not qualify).
- Have a minimum of four years’ experience at a print or electronic journalism publication. A combination of freelance journalism assignments equal to at least four years of full-time work will be considered. Internships and work for student publications do not count toward the four-year requirement. Public Relations and corporate communications experience do not qualify.
- Possess a four-year undergraduate degree or a three-year undergraduate degree plus one year of graduate work.
- Complete applications for both the fellowship and for admission to the M.A. program in Journalism
- GRE: some graduate concentrations require the GRE and some make it optional. Check the list below:
- Cultural Reporting & Criticism: Optional
- Global & Joint Program Studies: Required
- News & Documentary: Optional
- Science, Health, & Economic Reporting: Required
- Magazine Writing: Required
- Studio 20: Digital First: Optional
- Literary Reportage: Optional
- Reporting the Nation & New York: Optional
- Business & Economic Reporting: Optional
- TOEFL: take the TOEFL or IELTS. The TOEFL is waived only if English was an applicant’s language of instruction in his or her degree program.
How to Apply
- Journalists interested in the Fellowship must simultaneously complete an application for the fellowship and an
- Application to the M.A. program at NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Applicants must select one of our nine concentrations that most interest them as a course of study.
- The Journalism Institute reviews fellowship applications in collaboration with NYU’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
- In order to be considered for the fellowship, you must be accepted into a graduate program to receive funds.
Deadline: Application closes on January 4, 2020.