Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowships:
Apply for the 2007-2008 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowships
Application Deadline: June 1, 2007 5:00 PM
Location: Washington, DC
Underwritten by: The Gannett Foundation, an endowment from the Freedom Forum and by the NPF Program Fund
Contact name: Philip Javellana
Contact email: programs@nationalpress.org
The Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowships are a unique program to help journalists assigned to cover Washington on behalf of regional news organizations.
Over the years, the program has become a "rite of passage" for regional reporters and editors, of all ages, who must contend with Washington's torrent of complicated news. Through seminars, demonstrations and field trips, Paul Miller Fellows unlock the intricacies of the Nation's Capital and the federal government, thereby enriching their reporting for readers, listeners and viewers back home.
“This was one of the best training experiences I have had in more than 26 years in the business,” said Bill Theobald of Gannett News Service. Theobald was a 2005-2006 Paul Miller Fellow.
The Paul Miller Fellowships were founded by the Freedom Forum in September 1986 to honor the former chairman and president of both Gannett and the Associated Press. The Freedom Forum turned over the Paul Miller program to the National Press Foundation in 2000. The program is underwritten by the Gannett Foundation, the Freedom Forum and the NPF Program Fund.
To apply, please submit the following documents:
# Application Form (download below)
# Cover letter explaining why you should attend
# Brief biography or CV
# Letter of support from a supervisor
# Two samples of journalistic work (clippings, CD, DVD, VHS, audio tape, digital sound file). If you're an editor, send a sample of work you have edited.
Please mail applications to:
National Press Foundation (Attn: Paul Miller Fellowships)
1211 Connecticut Ave., NW. , Suite 310
Washington, D.C. 20036
e-mail: programs@nationalpress.org
fax: 202-530-2855
Application Deadline: June 1, 2007
