Reading Time: 10 minutes

APPLY NOW! 2021

OVERVIEW

The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship provides academic and professional chances to women journalists with commitment to human rights and social justice reporting. During this fellowship, the selected journalist will have the opportunity to finish research and coursework at MIT’s Center for International Studies and to engage in internships with The Boston Globe and The New York Times.

Due to COVID-19, the 2021-2022 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship may take place in-person or virtually. The IWMF and its partners reserve the right to determine the format of the Fellowship prior to the Fellowship start date.

ELIGIBILITY

• The Neuffer Fellowship is open to women and non-binary journalists whose work focuses on human rights and social justice issues.

• Minimum of three years of full-time professional journalism experienced applicants are eligible for the Neuffer Fellowship.

• Internships and journalism-related work completed as a university student do not count as professional experience. Applicants may be affiliated or freelance journalists.

• Journalists from any country across the globe are qualified to apply. However, applicants must speak, read, and write English fluently to fully engage and get advantage from the Fellowship.

APPLICATION

January 14, 2020 – February 25, 2021 at 11:59 PM East African Time.

NB Please review the Frequently Asked Questions page for the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship before starting your application or contacting the IWMF.

For any inquiries related to the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, please contact Claudia Gonzalez at cgonzalez@iwmf.org.

ELIZABETHAN NEUFFER FELLOWSHIP

The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship is an unmatched, transformative learning opportunity open to women journalists from every country across the globe. Since 2005, the IWMF has chosen one Neuffer Fellow annually to complete a seven-month Fellowship concentrated on human rights and social justice issues. The Fellowship was established in memory of The Boston Globe correspondent and IWMF Courage in Journalism Award (1998) winner Elizabeth Neuffer, who died while reporting in Iraq on May 9, 2003. Those selected for the Fellowship spend a fall semester at the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and The Boston Globe. Neuffer Fellows audit a variety of classes, attend seminars and events, pursue independent research and gain newsroom experience during their time in Cambridge.

Neuffer Fellows can also audit classes at other local universities including Harvard. After the fall semester, those selected for the Fellowship spend two months in New York City interning for The New York Times. With the knowledge they gain from these academic and professional opportunities, fellows return to work as journalists in their home countries where they advance Elizabeth Neuffer’s work in the fields of human rights and social justice.

DURATION
• The seven-month Fellowship commences at the fall and ends in the spring every year.

• The Neuffer Fellowship program involves both an orientation and a closing session in Washington, D.C.

• Neuffer Fellows are based at the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts from September to January.

• Working with the IWMF, they design a program that will enable them to pursue academic research while improving their ability to cover human rights and social justice issues.

• After the fall semester, Neuffer Fellows are located in New York City where they complete a full-time internship at The New York Times from February to March.

• Fellows must complete the entire seven-month program.

COURSES AVAILABLE

During the fall semester, Neuffer Fellows have the chance to audit different classes at MIT and other local universities. Neuffer Fellows work with the Center for International Studies to design their academic schedules, and each fellow decides how many classes they want to audit, as well as how much time they want to spend in The Boston Globe newsroom. Applicants may visit the website for the Center for International Studies for more information, as well as check MIT’s course listings here.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

• The Neuffer Fellowship is available to women and non-binary journalists whose work deals with human rights and social justice issues.

• Employed and experienced professional journalists with a minimum of three years of full-time journalism can only apply for the Neuffer Fellowship. Internships and journalism-related work completed as a university student do not count as professional experience. Applicants may be staff or freelance journalists.

• Journalists from any country around the globe are qualified to apply. However, applicants must speak, read and write English fluently in order to fully engage in and take advantage of the Fellowship.

• Applicants nominate themselves for the Neuffer Fellowship by submitting an application and supplementary materials via Submittable.

DEADLINE

The application for the Neuffer Fellowship opens in January and closes in late February or early March each year. To get application notifications, sign up for the IWMF’s mailing list on our website home page or follow our social media channels.

The selection process concludes in May. All applicants are notified of their application status shortly after application. The press release announcing the Fellow is posted in June.

ELEMENTS OF NEUFFER FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION

A whole application will encompass the following statistics:

• Biography
Modern-day résumé or CV
Assertion of interest
Fellowship goals
• Two paintings samples engaging human rights or social justice topics (links preferred).
If paintings samples aren’t in English, applicants should upload their own translations at the side of an expert translator’s assessment of their correctness. As a substitute, candidates may additionally have their paintings samples translated professionally.

• Two letters of advice (in English)
Instead of a prolonged assertion of interest, we ask candidates to reply a sequence of questions a good way to assist us to learn about them and their motives for looking for the Neuffer Fellowship.

• The underneath questions are enclosed within the “announcement of interest” phase:

– Why is this a great time for your profession to use and engage inside the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship? (restriction of 500 words)

– What is the single maximum essential aim you desire to obtain with the Fellowship? Why? (restriction of 500 words)

– How will attain the Fellowship goal outlined above to improve your journalism on human rights and social justice issues? (restriction of 250 phrases)

– What are your lengthy-term aims? What do you spot your self doing in 5 years after the Fellowship, and the way do you count on the Fellowship revel in to help you reap the one’s objectives? (limit of 250 phrases)

• The below questions are enclosed inside the “Fellowship desires” segment:

– The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship has each an educational and journalism factor. Does one maintain extra hobby or significance for you to your cutting-edge career scenario than the opponent does? In that case, please give an explanation for. (limit of 250 words)

– Please highlight the topics you would really like to research and expatiate how they’ll increase your journalism and the way they correlate for your profession targets. (restrict of 500 words)

– Please explain the kind of journalism studies you would love to have and the particular talents you would really like to develop at some point of the newspaper internships. (restriction of 500 phrases)

– How will these stories and abilities advance your short and lengthy-term profession targets? (limit of 500 words)

– Beyond The Boston Globe and The big apple instances, are there any retailers or activities you would like to access whilst a Fellow? (limit of 500 words)

To research more about the Neuffer Fellowship and receive software recommendations, watch our #ConvoswithJournos webinar approximately the Neuffer Fellowship!

SELECTION

• Neuffer Fellows are selected through the IWMF and a committee of Elizabeth Neuffer’s family and friends.

• Consideration of applicants may be based on their complete packages, the quality and promise of their reporting on human rights and social justice problems, and their responses explaining how the Fellowship could be a transformative revel in for his or her careers.

• Finalists qualifiers for the Fellowship can be interviewed by the IWMF and committee participants.

FUNDING

• Neuffer Fellows get hold of a fixed month-to-month stipend to cover their residing expenses.

• The IWMF additionally arranges and covers the price of housing in Cambridge and the big apple city for the man.

• The IWMF purchases spherical-ride financial system airfare from the man’s place of residence to Washington, D.C., as well as transportation between the Fellowship cities.

• The fellow gets medical health insurance at some stage in the route of this system. The Fellowship does not encompass earnings. For fellows dwelling out of doors of the united states, the Fellowship also covers the prices of making use of for and obtaining a U.S. Visa.

• The fellow is absolutely answerable for any extra incidental fees and other prices.

ACCOMPANYING THE FELLOW

Circle of relatives individuals are welcome to accompany the man. However, the IWMF will not be answerable for any preparations or prices related to the tour and residence of a circle of relatives contributors, consisting of the assist of visa packages.

Extra details and information right here.