Rosalynn Carter Mental Health and Climate Change Fellowship

The Center’s Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism support a diverse cohort of journalists from the United States, Ireland, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Fellows are deeply committed to exploring some of society’s biggest mental health challenges.

The mental health journalism fellowships program was founded in 1996 by former First Lady Rosalynn Carter based on an essential premise: to give journalists the resources they need to report on mental health — one of the world’s most underreported health issues — and help dismantle through storytelling the stigma and discrimination that millions of people face every day.

Eligibility Criteria

• Be from and located in a country outside of the United States, identified as low-socioeconomic level.
• Have at least three years of professional experience in journalism (writing, reporting, editing, producing, filmmaking, et al). Projects are tailored to fellows’ experience and interests and should be relevant to the dynamic mental health and substance use landscape in their country or coverage area. Fellows employed full-time are not required to leave their jobs. Preference is given to journalists who work with or for a media outlet that expresses support for and commitment to publishing or broadcasting fellowship projects.
• Have a strong interest in the impacts of climate change on mental health and reporting on related topics. Previous mental health reporting experience is not required.
• Submit a completed application with letters of support and recommendation. Due to the timing of this fellowship, letters will be accepted beyond June 28.

For more information, visit The Carter Center.