Deadline: 21 February 2024
The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma is accepting applications for the Ochberg Fellowship, a unique seminar program for senior and mid-career journalists who wish to deepen their knowledge of emotional trauma and psychological injury, and improve reporting on violence, conflict and tragedy.
Fellows attend an intensive weeklong program of seminars held at Columbia University in New York City. Program activities include briefings by prominent interdisciplinary experts in the trauma and mental health fields; conversations with journalist colleagues on issues of ethics, craft and practice, and a variety of other opportunities for intellectual engagement and peer learning.
Duration
- The Fellowship program will be held July 30 – August 5, 2024 at Columbia University in New York City.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Ochberg Fellowships are open to outstanding journalists from any part of the world (with at least five years of professional journalism experience) working across all media.
- Past Fellows have ranged from small-town and regional general-assignment and crime reporters to war photographers and foreign correspondents for international news organizations.
- Both staff journalists and freelancers are welcome to apply.
- Applicants’ work must demonstrate journalistic excellence and a strong track record of covering trauma and its impact on individuals, families or communities.
- The Fellowship is open to print, broadcast and digital reporters, photographers, editors and producers with at least five years of professional journalism experience.
- Approximately half of the Fellows will be based in North America, with the balance drawn from Latin America, Europe, the Asia Pacific region, Africa and the Middle East.
- All fellowship seminars are conducted in English. Fellows must be fluent in spoken English to participate in the program.
For more information, visit Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma.
