Nieman Fellowship Program
How to Apply
Nieman Fellowships in Global Health Reporting
The Nieman Foundation will award three Nieman Fellowships in global health reporting for the 2006-2007 academic year. One fellowship will go to a U.S. journalist, one to a European journalist and one to a journalist from a developing country.
The fellowships are supported by a three-year, $1.19 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and are a joint initiative of the Nieman Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health. The goal of the fellowships is to educate journalists so their work can improve public understanding about global health issues.
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During their Nieman year, the global health fellows will be part of the 2007 Class of Nieman Fellows and will participate in weekly activities at the Nieman Foundation. (Read more about Nieman Fellowships.) They will pursue a concentrated course of study at Harvard's School of Public Health and will have access to faculty and courses across the university through the Harvard Initiative for Global Health.
At the conclusion of the academic year at Harvard, the fellows will begin four months of journalistic field work in a developing country. The field work is intended to provide an intensive learning and reporting experience in countries with the most pressing problems in global health. At the conclusion of their field work, the fellows will be expected to produce work based on this experience and their academic studies. This work could be stories, a case study or a handbook of best practices related to reporting on health issues in a developing country.
Read a Q&A with more details about the Nieman Fellowships in Global Health Reporting.
Application Deadline
The application deadline for U.S. and European Union citizens has been extended to March 15, 2006. The deadline for global-health fellowship candidates from developing countries is January 31, 2006.
Application Process
Download the application instructions and an application form you can print out and complete using a typewriter. If you use a pen, please print clearly. (These are PDF documents. You will need the latest version of Acrobat Reader software.)
If you have any questions about the Nieman Fellowships in Global Health Reporting or the application and selection
procedures, we encourage you to contact us. We appreciate your interest in these
fellowships.
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