Educational Exchange Programs
Privately Funded Fellowships for Journalists
The Nieman Fellowships for Journalists at Harvard University
Established in 1938, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard administers the oldest midcareer fellowship program for journalists in the world. More than 1,300 journalists of accomplishment from 88 countries have received Nieman Fellowships and benefited from a year of study and exploration at Harvard University.
Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard
Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships
Since 1984 the Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF) has been providing professional print journalists from developing countries and emerging democracies with professional training opportunities in U.S. newsrooms. Unique among the many training programs available to print journalists, AFPF is the only one to offer a non-academic, long-term, hands-on experience in a single newsroom.
At the heart of the fellowship is a five-month working assignment at a newspaper. During these assignments, Fellows contribute to the routine output of their host publications by working as general assignment reporters. It is hoped that through this type of practical, hands-on training, Fellows will find practices, standards and values in U.S. journalism which they can adapt and apply in their home countries.
Fellows are selected for the program based on their commitment to careers in journalism, English language abilities, and journalistic acumen.
More information is available at http://www.pressfellowships.org