International fellowships

This just in from Dan Kubiske, chair of SPJ's International Journalism Committee. "Never hurts to learn more about the world," says Dan, who is currently based in
the Dominican Republic.

Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program - Germany & U.S.
International Center for Journalists
Description:
Report from Germany for two month this summer as part of the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program
Application Deadline: March 1
American print and broadcast journalists have until March 1 to apply for a two-month professional exchange program in Germany. Successful applicants will spend August and September living, working and reporting for their home and host news organizations from across the Atlantic.

The Arthur F. Burns Fellowship Program grants ten U.S. and ten German journalists a $5,000 living stipend while they are abroad, along with airfare and lodging in Washington, D.C. for a one-week orientation session in July. U.S. participants will also be reimbursed up to $500 in German-language courses.

The last week of July, the 20 chosen reporters will meet in Washington, D.C. for a one-week orientation program. Then, the U.S. journalists will travel to Germany, where they will work part-time for a German newspaper, magazine, radio station or television station from August 1 to September 30. At the same time, the ten German participants scatter across the United States to work in media outlets throughout the country.

The program is jointly administered by the International Center for Journalists in Washington, D.C. and the Internationale Journalisten-Programme (IJP) in Konigstein, Germany.

For more information, including the application form, visit the site or contact: Mario Scherhaufer
Program Officer International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
1616 H Street, Third Fl, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202-349-7609 (direct)
Tel: 202-737-3700 (general)
Fax: 202-737-0530
E-mail: burns@icfj.org

World Affairs Journalism Fellowship
International Center for Journalists
Description:
Be a foreign correspondent with the World Affairs Journalism Fellowship
This fellowship program is open to news managers, editors, commentary writers and experienced reporters from U.S. community-based dailies. Up to 12 journalists will be selected to travel overseas for one to three weeks on a reporting assignment. While overseas, fellows will research issues that are appealing and significant to their audiences back home.

The deadline for applications is March 1, 2006. All fellows are required to attend an orientation session in Washington, D.C. in early June 2006. Fellows will travel overseas and produce articles by the end of 2006.

For more information:
Contact Information: Dawn Wohlfarth
Phone: 202-737-3700
Email: wajf@icfj.org