Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships

Wadau, mwaka 1991 nilikuwa Alfred Friendly Press Fellow. Nilifanya kazi kwenye gazeti, The Oregonian huko Portland, Oregon. Katika kundi letu mimi nilikuwa wa kwanza kuandika habari kwenye gazeti tena siku ya kwanza kazini na pia niliandika story nyingi kuliko wenzangu wote.

Nitapenda kusika MTanzania amechaguliwa kushiriki mwakani.

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ALFRED FRIENDLY PRESS FELLOWSHIPS

INCLUDING THE DANIEL PEARL FELLOWSHIPS

Since 2007, AFPF has had a partnership with Nation Media Group of East Africa. In the first three years (2007-09), The Kansas City Star hosted Nation Media Group (NMG) journalists in their newsroom for five months of on-the-job training and sent their journalists to Kenya, Tanzania and/or Uganda to provide one month of training and direct newsroom mentoring to Nation Media Group employees. This year, the Missouri School of Journalism and its newspaper the Missourian, will host NMG’s reporter exposing him to innovations in journalism.

The Alfred Friendly Press Fellowships (AFPF), an American non-profit, non-governmental organization, is a cultural and professional exchange program for journalists. Through AFPF, journalists and their readers gain a broader view of the world and journalism thereby creating mutual understanding and peaceful relations between Americans and people of other nations. Fellows return home with new journalistic skills and knowledge, and a desire to advance a free, responsible press in their own countries–without which democracy does not exist. Read more about this at: www.pressfellowships.org

PROGRAM GOALS:

• To provide the Fellow with experience in reporting, writing and editing that will enhance future professional performance;
• To enable the Fellow to gain a practical understanding of the function and significance of the free press in American society;
• To transfer knowledge gained on the program to colleagues at home;
• To foster continuing ties between free press institutions and journalists in the United States and their counterparts in other countries.

CRITERIA of ELIGIBILITY:

• Current full-time employment as a journalist for the news or editorial departments of independent newspapers, wire services, online publications, or magazines of general public interest in a developing country or an emerging market;
• At least three years of full-time professional experience as a journalist in the print/online media;
• Citizenship of a developing country or an emerging market;
• Early to mid-career status and between 25 and 35 years old;
• A demonstrated personal commitment to a career in journalism in a developing country or an emerging market;
• Ability and desire to share what is learned on the fellowship with other journalists at home;
• Endorsement from the management of the home publication;
• An excellent command of both written and spoken English as all activities are conducted in English.

For more info about THE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM visit www.pressfellowships.org/application.html

DOWNLOAD 2011 AFPF and DPF APPLICATION MATERIALS HERE:

Applications are available in several formats.

1. Microsoft Word 6.0/95 fill-in form (preferred method)
   Click here to download this file: 2011 fill-in application (Word)
   If you have Microsoft Word 6.0/95 or higher installed on your computer and want to use this program to fill out required fields, choose this option.
   
   When you click on the above link, a dialogue box will appear, asking you if you want to OPEN, SAVE or CANCEL. Choose a location on your computer and SAVE. Open the file using Microsoft Word. Enter your information in Microsoft Word by typing in each gray box. Save, print and sign in pen.
   
2. 
   Microsoft Word document
   Click here to download this file: 2011 printable application (Word)
   If you have Microsoft Word installed on your computer, but you want to print out the application form and fill it in by hand or using a typewriter, choose this option.
   
   When you click on the above link, a dialogue box will appear, asking you if you want to OPEN, SAVE or CANCEL. Choose a location on your computer and SAVE. Open the file using Microsoft Word. Print and fill in by hand or by using a typewriter.
   
3. 
   Paper copy of application
   Contact AFPF Program Manager at info@pressfellowships.org to request that a paper copy of the application be mailed to you via postal mail. We will send paper applications until July 1, 201

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