Maynard 200 Fellowship Program to Empower Journalists of Color (US)

The Maynard 200 Fellowship will focus on the professional development training and year-long mentorship for frontline editors and managers. The customized curriculum addresses many of the critical issues, challenges and tensions that everyone know editors and managers struggle with daily in the newsroom, especially those who have recently transitioned to higher leadership roles.

This high-impact fellowship experience includes two weeks of in-person training rounds as well as supplementary sessions, office hours and program support throughout the year.

Benefits

• For the first training week in March, the Maynard Institute will cover the hotel lodging expenses for fellows. However, fellows and/or their employers are asked to directly pay the cost of their airfare and/or ground transportation to Fort Worth, Texas. If requested, airfare booking assistance is available through the Maynard Institute contracted travel agent for March travel.
• For the second training week in July, both the airfare and hotel accommodations for fellows will be covered by the Maynard Institute, through the generous funding from The Hearthland Foundation. Fellows are required to book their July airfare through the Maynard Institute contracted travel agent.

Curriculum Highlights

• In 2024, the Maynard 200 Fellowship will select a cohort of 15 participants and curriculum highlights include:
  • Training Week 1: Editing Leadership
    • March 11- 15, 2024
      • Building trust and effective editing relationships
      • Coaching for story & Editing triage
      • Finding the heart of the story through 5 focusing questions
      • Hands-on Editing & Hands-on Writing workshops
      • Evaluating and coaching successful story pitches
      • Mounting and managing major coverage projects
  • Training Week 2: Management Leadership
    • July 15 – 19, 2024
      • Coaching Workshops: Success in Management & Effective Leadership
      • Leading Difficult Conversations and Managing Conflict
      • Managing through Authenticity
      • Managing Up, Down and Across Generations
      • Building Resilience & Mental Well-Being in Teams
      • Negotiation Strategies

Eligibility Criteria

• They are inviting newsroom editors and managers interested in advancing their careers who seek hands-on editing and effective management skills.
• Applicants living outside the United States must be affiliated with or contributing content to a U.S.- based media outlet or organization.
• Maynard Institute programs are open to all. They are committed to addressing the under-representation of people of color and other historically disadvantaged groups in media-related professions.
• Applicants are required to have 1-5 years of experience in a manager and/or editor role.
• This program welcomes new editors, including assigning editors both print and online; as well as assignment editors and executive producers in broadcast who supervise either in-house reporters, writers, and producers or freelancers or both.
• Applicants living outside the United States need to be affiliated with or contributing content to a U.S.- based media outlet or organization.

For more information, visit Maynard Institute for Journalism Education.