2006
For more information, contact:
Lindsey Wray
(202) 496-1992
lwray@iwmf.org
International Women’s
Media Foundation Accepting Applications for Elizabeth
Neuffer Fellowship
Promoting Human Rights Journalism
The International Women’s Media
Foundation is calling for applications for
the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship,
named for 1998 IWMF Courage in Journalism
Award winner and Boston Globe
correspondent who was killed in
Iraq in May 2003. This program, created with
Neuffer’s family and friends,
aims to perpetuate her memory and advance her
life’s mission of promoting
international understanding of human rights and
social
justice.
The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship provides an opportunity for
a woman journalist working in the print, broadcast or Internet media to spend an
academic year in a tailored program that combines access to MIT’s Center for
International Studies and other Boston-area universities and two media
companies, The Boston Globe and The New York Times. With this
flexible structure, the fellow will have opportunities to pursue academic
research as well as hone her journalistic skills covering topics related to
human rights and social justice.
Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship
Research
As a research associate in residence at the Center for International Studies at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the
Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow will have access to a broad range of courses, seminars,
working groups and other programs at MIT and several other area universities,
including Harvard, Tufts and Boston University. She will also be
encouraged to present her work to faculty and graduate students in open
seminars.
Reporting
Depending on her qualifications and interests, the Elizabeth Neuffer
Fellow may spend time at The Boston Globe or The New York
Times. The companies will provide access to their networks of U.S.
print and broadcast journalists and professional contacts, as well as their
Boston, New York, Washington, DC, and United Nations bureaus.
The fellowship will run from September-May. The second fellowship will begin
in September 2006.
The fellow will also have a key role in the Elizabeth Neuffer Forum on
Human Rights and Journalism, a program scheduled each May.
Applicants
A successful applicant will:
- be dedicated to a career in journalism in the print, broadcast or Internet
media (freelancers are eligible to apply) - be committed to coverage of human rights and social justice
- describe how the fellowship will be a transformative experience for her
career - have three or more years of journalism experience
- have excellent written and verbal English skills
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