Eligibility
Applicants must be full-time journalists, with a minimum five years’ professional experience, whose work appears regularly as an employee or freelancer. Print, broadcast, photo, documentary and Internet journalists are eligible. There are no academic prerequisites.
Terms
Employee applicants must obtain a leave of absence from September 1 through April and return to their place of employment where applicable. All fellows must agree not to publish or broadcast during the fellowship, maintain Ann Arbor residency and attend all program seminars and meetings.
Information for International Applicants
Up to six international fellows (four to eight months) are offered each year, as funding is available.
Application Deadline
Applications for the upcoming academic year must be postmarked by February 1.
What to Send Us
1. Completed application
A PDF file of the application can be downloaded here and filled in electronically before printing. If you are unable to download a PDF file of the application, print the HTML application and complete in legible writing.
2. List of all positions held since completing formal education, beginning with current employment and following this order:
• Employer
• Dates
• Title
• Immediate Supervisor
• Annual Salary
3. Intellectual autobiography – In no more than 1,500 words, examine the intellectual and social values that shape your work as a journalist. Explore the origins of these values and explain how they contribute or relate to satisfaction derived from journalism.
4. Projected Study Plan – In no more than 500 words tell us what academic areas you propose to study? How do these relate to your career objectives? How do you plan to carry out this work: Courses? Tutorials? Research? Indicate areas of study, not specific classes.
5. Work samples.
Work samples should be accompanied by English translations.
Print journalists: Send up to five articles or photographs. At least three of these samples should be from past two years. Clippings must be dated and legible. Mount entries or photocopies flat on 8 ½” x 11” paper or send the online version as a printout.
Editors or managers who might find it difficult to send writing samples, should instead include a typed statement of up to 500 words, describing their work and their approach to it.
Broadcast journalists: Send DVDs or CDs with examples of work. Maximum viewing or listening time should be one-half hour and should include work from the past two years. Also include a brief typed description of the work on the disk, including date aired, and a typed statement of up to 500 words describing your work, including major programs for which you have been responsible.
Online journalists: Submit samples equivalent to five print articles or 30 minutes of programming. Include a brief typed description of your involvement in each piece.
Do not staple or bind application materials. No entry materials will be returned.
Letters of Reference
Four letters of reference are required.
1. One professional letter of reference
2. One personal letter of reference
3. A confidential letter from your immediate supervisor (if applicable) elucidating your qualifications for a Knight-Wallace Fellowship.
4. A letter from your employer supporting your application and granting you a leave for the academic year if you should be offered a fellowship. If you are unable to obtain this letter, please explain why in a typed statement and send an additional letter of reference.
Letters should be sent directly to us from the writer. They can be submitted in one of three methods: email, fax or mail. Writer should submit letter by only one method. Email should be addressed to kwfellows@umich.edu and reference the applicant in the subject heading.
Emails and faxes should be received by Feburary 1. Mailed letters should be postmarked no later than February 1. All letters should be written in English or be accompanied by an English translation.
Our Mailing Address:
Charles R. Eisendrath, Director
Knight-Wallace Fellows
Wallace House
620 Oxford Road
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2635
USA
Telephone: (734) 998-7666
FAX: (734) 998-7979
email: kwfellows@umich.edu
http://www.kwfellows.org/
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