Resources: Journalism

Here are links for additional information about IVOH and IVOH related people and organizations. Send your suggestions to Info@ivoh.org.

Hedgebrook is a rural retreat on Whidbey Island where women writers come from all over the world to write, rejuvenate and be in community with one another.

Project Invictus is a gathering about bringing together a group of like-minded professionals for a renewing conversation about why we do what we do. We're not simply searching for solutions. Rather, the goal is to renew our sense of strength and mission so that we can sustain ourselves in this time of transition and be open to the new opportunities that are emerging. The Dart Society, a network of journalists who cover trauma, has generously provided funding for the gatherings, and even given them a name: Project Invictus, where Invictus is Latin for unconquered. Contact Dan Grech for further details.

Journalism and Womens Symposium:  www.jaws.org
Global Voices Online:  www.globalvoicesonline.org
Poynter Institute:  www.Poynter.org
International Communications Forum:  www.icforum.org
Ashoka Foundation:  www.conversationagent.com/2008/09/story-social-media-and-the-intersection-between-experience-and-meaning.html

Tools:

New Media Toolkit from the Renaissance Journalism Center: http://newmediatoolkit.org/

Fellowships & Grants for Journalists:

Dart Center Ochberg Fellowships
Reporting responsibly and credibly on violence and traumatic events - on street crime and family violence, natural disasters and accidents, war and genocide - is a great challenge. Each year, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, based at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, selects six to ten journalists from the Americas, Europe and Australasia/New Zealand as Dart Center Ochberg Fellows, to help them deepen their knowledge of emotional trauma and improve coverage of violence, conflict and tragedy.

The Fledgling Fund
The Fledgling Fund seeks to improve the lives of vulnerable individuals, families, and communities by supporting innovative media projects that target entrenched social problems.

Fulbright U.S. Young Journalist Program 2011-2012
The German-American Fulbright-Commission offers 10 months grants to high potential young U.S. journalists to come to Germany for a research and practice-oriented experience. During the fully sponsored stay the grantee will have the opportunity to combine own research interests with on the job experience mostly at print or broadcast institutions and cities of his or her own choice.

Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism Grant
The USC Annenberg School of Journalism is pleased to announce the launch of the Dennis A. Hunt Fund for Health Journalism, which will offer grants of between $2,500 and $10,000 this year to as many as 10 print, broadcast and new media journalists.

CASE Media Fellowships Program
The CASE Media Fellowship Program provides professional journalists with the opportunity to spend up to a week at a participating university, working with faculty and research opportunities on campus and in the field. Programs are offered in a variety of disciplines, including education, technology and national affairs. The fellowship covers travel expenses, salary and room and board.

John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships
A Stanford University program for outstanding mid-career journalists that offers a $65,000 stipend and the chance to study and perform professional research.

Kiplinger Program in Public Affairs Journalism
A six-month fellowship program at Ohio State University, offering professional journalists a $20,000 grant to work on an independent public affairs project of their choosing.

Knight-Wallace Fellows
University of Michigan program for eight months of study and a $55,000 stipend geared toward experienced professional journalists.

Nieman Fellowships
Harvard University administers awards to midcareer reporters, editors, photographers, producers, editorial writers and cartoonists, and Internet specialists for 10 months of study at Harvard and a $65,000 stipend.

Alicia Patterson Fellows
Each year a panel of judges convenes in the Fall to interview and choose APF fellows. The fellowships provide 40,000 for the full-year stipend and $20,000 for the six-month fellowship.

National Education Writers Association

Has offered and hopes to again offer a two-month study/travel fellowship for reporters pursuing stories of their own design.