August IWMFWire
Opportunities

AWARDS

JOHN B. OAKES AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM
Description: This $5,000 award is given to an author or authors of an article or series in a U.S. newspaper or magazine that makes an exceptional contribution to public understanding of environmental issues. The work must have been initially published between October 1, 2002 and September 30, 2003.
Deadline: October 6, 2003
For more information, contact Oakes Award Committee, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011, U.S.A.;
telephone: 1 (212) 727-4518; e-mail: info@oakesaward.org or go to www.oakesaward.org.

GLOBAL MEDIA AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN POPULATION REPORTING
Description: The Population Institute Media Awards honor journalists who have contributed to creating awareness of population problems. Winners receive a study tour of a developing country.
Requirements: Open to all journalists, editors and news directors. Entries may be made by any individual or organization based on stories appearing in the print and electronic media between September 30, 2002 and September 1, 2003. Entries in 12 categories must be submitted in writing, with two passport size photos of the nominee. English translations must accompany entries in other languages.
Deadline: September 1, 2003.
For more information, contact Global Media Awards Coordinator, The Population Institute, 107 Second Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002, U.S.A.;
telephone: 1 (202) 544-3300;
fax: 1 (202) 544-0068;
e-mail web@populationinstitute.org or visit www.populationinstitute.org.

UNITED NATIONS CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR U.N. COVERAGE
Description: The UNCA awards are given for the best coverage of the United Nations and its agencies. This year, the $10,000 first-place award was re-named to pay tribute to Elizabeth Neuffer, a 1998 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner who was killed in Iraq in May. The prize will go to a journalist who demonstrates the same passion, courage and objectivity as Neuffer. Second and third prizes will also be awarded.
Requirements: Open to both print and broadcast journalists whose reports have been published or aired between January 2002 and August 2003. Translation must be made into official U.N. languages.
Deadline: August 31, 2003.
For more information, contact Ian Williams, chair, UNCA Awards Committee, United Nations Correspondents Association, United Nations, Suite 486, New York, NY 10017, U.S.A; telephone: 1 (212) 963-7117;
fax: 1 (212) 371-4054; or e-mail: uswarreport@igc.apc.org.

FELLOWSHIPS

ALICIA PATTERSON FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS
The fellowship provides a $35,000, one-year grant to U.S. print journalists to pursue independent projects of significant interest and to write articles based on their investigations for The APF Reporter, the foundation’s quarterly
magazine.
Requirements: Applicants must be U.S. citizens who are print journalists with at least five years of professional experience, or to non-U.S. citizens who work fulltime for U.S. print publications, either in America or abroad. Print editors and photographers are also eligible.
Deadline: October 1, 2003.
For more information, contact The Alicia Patterson Foundation, 1730 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 850, Washington, DC 20006, U.S.A.; telephone: 1 (202) 393-5995; fax: 1 (301) 951-8512; e-mail: info@aliciapatterson.org; or visit the
website at www.aliciapatterson.org.

FELLOWSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
Description: Fellows will work for a year with one or more division of Human Rights Watch in New York or Washington, with a $40,000 salary and employer-paid benefits. Fellows monitor human rights developments in various countries, conduct on-site investigations, draft reports and work to publicize human rights violations.
Requirements: Fellows must have graduated with degrees in law, journalism, international relations or area studies from any university worldwide no later than June 2003, or must provide evidence of significant, comparable, relevant work experience. Analytic and writing skills must be exceptional. A commitment to work in the human rights field in the future on a paid or volunteer basis is also required. Proficiency in one language in addition to English is strongly recommended. Fellowships begin in the early fall of 2004.
Applications should include a cover letter, résumé, two recommendation letters, at least one unedited writing sample and an official law or graduate school transcript.
Deadline: November 2003. Interviews will begin in early January.
For more information, contact Human Rights Watch, Att: Fellowship Committee, 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor, New York, NY, 10118-3299 U.S.A.;
telephone: 1 (212) 290-4700, ext. 312; fax: 1 (212) 736-1300; e-mail: fellowships@hrw.org, or visit the website at www.hrw.org.

FORD ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIP
Description: Each year two U.S. fellows are selected to travel overseas for up to three months to train journalists and report on critical environmental issues, with an emphasis on problems of swelling mega-cities in developing countries. Fellows select their destination country in consultation with the International Center for Journalists. While there, they will conduct journalism workshops on how to cover such issues as air pollution, traffic congestion and waste disposal. Sponsored by the Ford Motor Co., fellows also are free to develop reporting projects on topics of their choice. The program pays an honorarium plus travel expenses.
Requirements: Available to North American journalists only.
Deadline: November 6, 2003.
For more information, contact Rob Taylor, Director of Science and Environmental Programs, ICFJ, 1616 H Street, NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC, 20036, U.S.A.; telephone: 1 (202) 737-3700 ext. 101; fax: 1 (202) 737-0530; e-mail: ford@icfj.org; or go to the website: www.icfj.org/FordBrochure.html.

American Press Institute Fellowships:
CISSY PATTERSON FELLOWSHIP
Description: The fellowship provides a female editor or reporter at a newspaper with under 25,000 circulation an allowance for tuition, room and meals to attend an American Press Institute seminar of her choice. A travel allowance is added if funds permit.
JOHN E. (JACK) HESELDEN FELLOWSHIP
Description: This fellowship provides API seminar tuition, room and meals for a newspaper executive interested in general or marketing management.
HINTS FOR HELOISE FELLOWSHIP
Description: Provides tuition, room and meals and a $400 travel stipend for a female editor over age 35 to attend the Lifestyle Editors seminar.
MALCOLM F. MALLETTE FELLOWSHIP
Description: This fellowship enables a newspaper news editor or managing
editor to attend one of three seminars: News Editors and Copy Desk Chiefs, Critical Management Skills, or Managing and Executive Editors: Developing Newsroom Leaders. Applicants must be news editors or managing editors at a newspaper with daily circulation below 50,000.
Deadlines: November 17, 2003 for all
For more information, contact Linda Kepner, Regristrar and Fellowship Coordinator, American Press Institute, 11690 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA, 20191, U.S.A.; 1 (703) 620-3611; fax: 1 (703) 620-5814; e-mail: api@americanpressinstitute.org; or visit the website at www.americanpressinstitute.org/fellowships.

COMMON GROUND MEDIA FELLOWSHIP
Description: Search for Common Ground, a Washington, DC-based international non-profit conflict-resolution organization has launched this new fellowship to recognize and support journalists working worldwide who report on and analyze the issues of conflict in ways that encourage dialogue and collaborative problem-solving. Common Ground Fellows may write or produce opinion pieces, as well as factual and analytical reporting. Fellows receive stipends of $300-$1000, depending on their experience and reach of a prospective publisher or broadcast outlet, for works that have been tentatively accepted for publication or broadcast.
Requirements: Available to print and radio journalists worldwide. Applications must include two samples of published or broadcast work; a brief (150-200 word) synopsis of the article or segment to be produced; and a letter from a publication or broadcast outlet expressing interest in the proposed piece.
Deadline: Applications are accepted year-round. Applicants are notified within two weeks of receipt of application.
For more information or to send applications, contact Gil Kulick, Common Ground Media Fellows, Search for Common Ground, 1601 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC, 20009; phone: 1-202-777-2227; e-mail: gkulick@sfcg.org; or go to www.sfcg.org.