Ethnic and Community Press Fellowship 2010 – Developing an Education Beat

Fellowship Requirements

Language and Skills

• Fellows must be fluent in English
• The Fellows must be computer literate and own a laptop. They must be willing to bring their laptop to the seminars as and when required.
• The Fellows must be willing to use recording equipment (to be provided by NYCMA) and to return it to NYCMA at the end of the Fellowship. (The Fellows have the option to buy the radio equipment.)

 Time commitment

• The Fellowship demands time commitment and punctuality from the Fellows
• The Fellows will have to attend two editorial seminars each month. Generally, one of the seminars each month will be dedicated to a speaker and/or site visit, and the other will be a discussion with the Fellowship leaders of the participants' articles. These seminars are usually 2 hours long. 

• The radio broadcast training will require three-hour sessions and will take place in lieu of editorial seminars so as not to extend Fellowship attendance requirements.  
• Participants are expected to attend all sessions. More than two absences will be grounds for termination of Fellowship participation.

 Reading and Writing

• Fellows are expected to research both the speakers and the issues to be discussed prior to attending each session where they will interact with invited speakers.
• Each fellow is required to write 4 stories of 900 words each and one 3,000 words detailed in-depth investigative story about education related issues.
• Each Fellow is expected to complete a radio broadcast piece based on one of the stories written by the participant

 Sponsoring organization's permission

• The Fellows need permission from their sponsoring media organization both to participate in the program and to publish the stories generated during the Fellowship in their publication.
• If meeting the criteria, Editors and Publishers themselves can also participate in the Fellowship.

 Membership

• The sponsoring media organization of a fellow must be a member of the New York Community Media Alliance.
• If Fellowship is offered to a non-member, it will have to become NYCMA member before the start of the Fellowship. To become a member, please visit our website at www.indypressny.org.

If you have any more questions, please call Jehangir khattak at 212 279 1442 or at nycomm@indypressny.org