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Overview of The Kim Wall Memorial Fund
“We can never get Kim back, but we will see thereto that her spirit and can survive , and encourage other young journalists to travel call at the planet and find the stories. quite ever, we’d like brave female journalists who formulate to the folks that normally never hit the front pages.”
– Ingrid and Joachim Wall
“The undercurrents of rebellion.” That’s how Swedish journalist Kim Wall described her unique approach to reporting on subcultures, broadly defined, round the globe. The International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF), in partnership with Kim’s family and friends, seek to form sure the sorts of stories Kim loved still be told, through the creation of the Kim Wall Memorial Fund. Whether reporting about Cuba’s underground marketplace for digital content and culture, how the politics of opportunity played out inside Kampala’s emerging Chinatown, or the extent to which women Tamil Tiger combatants in Sri Lanka were failed by the guarantees of a feminist utopia, Kim introduced us to incredibly interesting people others overlooked. The Memorial Fund will help other women with Kim’s adventurous spirit chase down these important, underreported stories.
Kim reported from everywhere the planet in her short but accomplished career as a world correspondent. Her reporting appeared in publications including Harper’s, The ny Times, policy , The Atlantic, TIME, Slate, Vice and Guardian. Kim was an IWMF fellow and grantee, and received support from the organization in 2016 to report from Uganda and Sri Lanka .
About Kim Wall
Since 2018, the Kim Wall Memorial Fund has awarded $5,000 reporting grants annually to women journalists whose reporting carries forward Kim’s legacy.
“Kim Wall was a fanatical journalist, and loved by our network of staff and journalists who worked closely together with her ,” said the IWMF’s executive Elisa Lees Muñoz. “She was dogged in her pursuit of important and sometimes quirky stories. She was adored by those that knew her.”
The Kim Wall Memorial Fund was established by Kim’s parents, her brother Tom Wall, her partner Ole Stobbe, and her friends Mansi Choksi, May Jeong, Adam Perez and Dhiya Kuriakose. Donations are often made here.
This fund was developed within the spirit that Kim would have wanted more women to be call at the planet , brushing up against life. Through this grant, the IWMF seeks to assist bend the planet toward Kim’s vision.
Applying to the Kim Wall Memorial Fund
Applications for the Kim Wall Memorial Fund (KWMF) are open through December 16, 2021! during this conversation, Kim’s parents, Ingrid and Joachim Wall, spoke with two past KWMF grantees: Violeta Moura (Portugal) and Bongani Siziba (Zimbabwe) about the grantee experience and the way you’ll be subsequent KWMF grantee. Apply here.
The world needs more reporters like Kim who encourage curiosity and empathy between communities. i’m honored to require part during this celebration of her life and work and humbled to be entrusted with carrying her journalistic legacy forward.
-Anne Kristine Hermann, Inaugural Grantee
DEADLINE: DECEMBER 16, 11:59 PM ET
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