Persephone Miel Fellowship: Journalism 1577 views

Persephone Miel Fellowship is designed to help journalists from the developing world do the kind of reporting they’ve always wanted to do and enable them to bring their work to a broader international audience. The fellowship is overseen by the Pulitzer Center in association with Internews.

The fellowship will be beneficial to those with limited access to other fellowships and those whose work is not routinely dispersed internationally. Miel fellowships involve reporting from within the applicant’s native country or following migrant communities from there to other locations.

Eligibility:

• Applications are open to all journalists, writers, photographers, radio producers or filmmakers, staff journalists as well as freelancers and media professionals outside the U.S. who are seeking to report from their home country.
• Women and journalists from developing countries are strongly encouraged to apply.
• Applicants must be English proficient.

Terms of travel grant:

• Travel grant of $5000 for a reporting project on topics and regions of global importance, with an emphasis on issues that have gone unreported or under-reported in the mainstream media.
• Specific grant terms are discussed during the application process based on the scope of proposed work and intended outcomes.
• Payment of the first half of the grant is paid prior to travel, upon receipt of required materials, and the second half on submission of the principal work for publication/broadcast.

How to apply:

Applications include the following:

• Proposed project including distribution plan (max. 250 words)
• Preliminary budget estimate, including a basic breakdown of costs.
• Travel grants cover hard costs associated with the reporting
• 3 samples of published work (print or broadcast).
• 3 professional references or letters of recommendation.
• CV
• Applications may also include a more detailed description of project but this will be considered as optional supplement only.