Deadline: 23 September 2024
The Media Fellowship program of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada offers up-and-coming and established journalists the opportunity to spend time in Asia researching and preparing stories.
The program aims to help Canadian journalists become better informed about this dynamic part of the world in order to write and broadcast insightfully on Asia and Canada-Asia relations. To date, the program has supported 98 journalists, including well-known Canadian media figures such as Carol Off, John Ivison, Daphne Bramham, Nathan VanderKlippe, Chantal Hébert, Paul Kennedy, and Francis Bula, among others.
The fellowship accepts creative proposals that examine important and emerging stories on issues impacting Asia and relevant to Canada. Proposals that align with the Foundation’s current work around emerging technology, AI and data governance, economic security and supply chain resilience, maritime governance and security, energy security, climate solutions, space, trade and investment, and the Arctic will be given preferential consideration.
Expected Deliverables
- A minimum of three stories with at least one intended for digital media;
- Implementation of a social media strategy (including, but not limited to X, Instagram, and Facebook) promoting your stories to a wider audience; and,
- One 60-second video, podcast, or blog post aggregating your work upon completion of the fellowship for APF Canada’s website.
Eligibility Criteria
- The Media Fellowship program is open to any journalist who is a citizen or Permanent Resident of Canada, employed by a Canadian magazine, newspaper, news service, business publication, radio, television station, new media or multimedia outlet as a reporter, feature writer, columnist, or as a freelancer.
- Applicants must have at least two years of experience in their field and have an established history of publication in Canadian news media. Applicants must also ensure they have or are eligible for the appropriate visas to enter, transit, and exit their country or countries of interest. Previous recipients have ranged from veteran reporters to promising journalists.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Recipients of Media Fellowship awards from APF Canada are not eligible to apply until three years after their previous award.
For more information, visit Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.