Deadline: 25 October 2023
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma is holding a four-day reporting institute for reporters and editors worldwide who wish to deepen their knowledge of early childhood development and increase their capacity to report ethically and effectively on the youngest children and their caregivers.
This four-day global reporting institute will bring together journalists from around the world for panels, workshops, and skills-based training by leading researchers, clinicians, and child development experts and practitioners, as well as journalist-to-journalist conversations on how to translate these issues and themes into meaningful stories and salient, cross-cutting news coverage.
The institute will offer opportunities for knowledge sharing, source development, and peer-to-peer learning and continue to grow a global network of journalists dedicated to reporting on young children and caregivers with insight, accuracy, sensitivity and depth.
Benefit
- Roundtrip international or domestic travel, 3-4 nights of hotel lodging, ground transportation to/from NYC airports and most meals will be covered for 25 selected participants.
Eligibility Criteria
- Reporters and editors working in print, digital, audio, photography, television and video with a minimum of three years’ professional experience are eligible to apply. Editor-reporter pairs will be considered, when applicable. Student journalists are not eligible.
- The full program will be conducted in English. Strong spoken English proficiency is required.
- Health insurance, travel insurance, visa fees, ground transportation in the home country will not be covered.
- Applications will not be accepted by past recipients of the Dart Center’s Early Childhood Journalism Initiative or employees of Columbia Journalism School, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, or student journalists.
For more information, visit Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.
