Deadline:
February 07, 2025
Location(s)
United States of America
Columbia, Missouri
Overview
The Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute invites proposals from individuals and organizations who wish to partner with us on practical innovative projects for community centered news, journalists and the communities they serve.
Details
We have two types of RJI Fellowships:
1. Residential Fellowship
Our residential fellowship is for an individual who wants to spend a year at RJI to create a resource to help with a current need, gap or challenge for journalists and/or newsrooms. The resource can be a platform, a tool, a workshop series; it can be digital or physical. It just needs to be free, accessible and utilizable by newsrooms across the country.
The fellow will collaborate with RJI staff, students and faculty on-site at our institute in Columbia, Missouri. They will get a $5k monthly living stipend and have access to up to $100,000 funding through the institute for project expenses. The end product will be a free, accessible and equitable resource that has been piloted across the country in community-centered newsrooms before the end of the fellowship.
2. Remote: Nonresidential or Institutional
Nonresidential fellowships are a remote fellowship where the funding goes directly to an individual to let them pursue an idea outside of their day job/work. You will visit to RJI to kick off your fellowship meet your Fellow cohort, RJI leadership, faculty, students and access on-site resources. Your project will be implemented and tested in the newsroom(s) of your choice during your fellowship, before your final product is launched for journalists to utilize.
Institutional fellowships are a remote fellowship where the funding for the fellowship goes to the company or institution, rather than an individual. RJI will collaborate with the individual assigned to lead the team/project, that individual will be named an RJI Institutional Fellow. The Institutional Fellow will visit RJI with the fellow cohort to meet RJI leadership, faculty, students and access on-site resources. The stipend for this fellowship can be used for salary relief for the fellow, or for another purpose that the company or institution determines will best ensure the success of the fellowship project. The project can be implemented and tested at the institution or in another newsroom of their choice during the fellowship.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
RJI Fellowships are open to U.S. citizens and news organizations as well as international news outlets. We also welcome proposals from international journalists who plan to partner with U.S.-based news, technology and civil society organizations.
Dates
Deadline: February 07, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
FUNDING: Up to $100,000 for project expenses + a $5k monthly living stipend.
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
