International Reporting Project (IRP) Announces New Fellowships for Fall 2008
DEADLINE: April 1, 2008

New partnerships with PBS�s �FRONTLINE/World� and with the Stanley Foundation are two features of the Fall 2008 IRP Fellowships for journalists available at the International Reporting Project (IRP) in Washington, D.C.

Applications are now being accepted for the Fall 2008 program, which will run September 1-October 25, 2008. The deadline for applications is April 1, 2008.

The International Reporting Project (IRP), which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, offers U.S. journalists fellowships that include an individual overseas reporting project. Since its founding in 1998, the IRP goal has been to encourage more in-depth international reporting. More than 240 U.S. journalists have been awarded IRP Fellowships or Gatekeeper Editors Fellowships in the past decade.

In 2008, we are offering two types of IRP Fellowships for the fall program.

1. IRP FELLOWSHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISM

The International Reporting Project will offer up to four IRP Fellowships to U.S. journalists to carry out a project reporting from any country in the world outside of the United States. The IRP Fellowships will begin September 1 in Washington D.C. where IRP Fellows will spend two weeks in Washington, D.C., at a program arranged at the Johns Hopkins University�s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). IRP Fellows depart September 13 for a five-week period of individual international reporting. All IRP Fellows are required to return to Washington for a final week October 19-25. Applications will be accepted from all U.S. journalists with at least three years� professional experience in any type of media. All applicants must complete an online IRP application form, which includes an essay of up to 1,000 words describing the proposed overseas project. A recommendation letter and work samples are also required. Deadline for applications is April 1.

One of these Fellowships will be the �IRP/FRONTLINE World Fellowship� for video journalists, which will offer additional support through the PBS program FRONTLINE/World and a chance for the Fellow�s story to appear on that program�s web site and broadcast.

2. IRP/STANLEY FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIPS

The International Reporting Project will award up to four additional �IRP/Stanley Foundation Fellowships� that will run concurrently with the other fellowships from September 1 through October 25. These fellowships will be awarded to U.S. journalists of every level - including senior and highly experienced journalists - whose proposals focus on reporting projects in one of the following areas: South Africa, Russia, Japan, the European Union or any member country of the EU. All applicants must complete an online IRP application form, including an essay of up to 1,000 words describing the proposed overseas reporting topic. Applicants for the IRP/Stanley Foundation Fellowships should focus in their essay on an important topic or topics within the proposed country that explore how that country (or the EU) is challenging or shaping the global order through political, economic, military, cultural and other dimensions of power. Deadline for applications is April 1.

Please visit www.internationalreportingproject.org for application forms or contact the IRP communications director, Sonja Matanovic, at 202-663-7726 or by e-mail.