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Soros Justice Media Fellowship on Criminal Justice in USA, 2017

The International Center for Journalists is proud to offer Soros Justice Media Fellowship on Criminal Justice. The fellowship is available for writers, print and broadcast journalists, bloggers and filmmakers who want to report about criminal justice issues.

The Media Fellowships aim to mitigate the time, space, and market constraints that often discourage individuals from pursuing vital but marginalized, controversial, or unpopular topics in comprehensive and creative ways.

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International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) is a non-profit, professional organization located in the United States that promotes journalism worldwide.

Course Level:  The fellowship is available to pursue research programme.

Study Subject: The fellowship is awarded in the field of criminal justice issues

Scholarship Award: The award varies from US$58,000 to US$80,000.

Number of Scholarships: Not known

Scholarship can be taken in the USA

Eligibility: Applicants must meet the following eligibility requirements:

  • All projects must, at a minimum, relate to one or more of the following U.S. criminal justice reform goals: reducing the number of people who are incarcerated or under correctional control, challenging extreme punishment, and promoting fairness and accountability in our systems of justice. Please carefully review the complete guidelines for more details on the specific requirements for each category of fellowships.
  • The organization strongly encourage applications for projects that demonstrate a clear understanding of the intersection of criminal justice issues with the particular needs of low-income communities, communities of color, immigrants, LGBTQ people, women and children, and those otherwise disproportionately affected by harsh criminal justice policies, as well as applications for projects that cut across various criminal justice fields and related sectors, such as education, health and mental health, housing, and employment.
  • The organization especially welcome applications from individuals directly affected by, or with significant direct personal experience with, the policies, practices, and systems their projects seek to address (e.g., applicants who have themselves been incarcerated, applicants who have a family member or loved one who has been incarcerated and whose fellowship project emerges from that experience, or applicants who are survivors of violence or crime).

Nationality: US applicants of can apply for the fellowship.

College Admission Requirement

Entrance Requirement: Applicants must be Writers, print and broadcast journalists, bloggers and filmmakers.

International Scholarship 

How to Apply: Applicants can apply through the online processor.

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Application Deadline: The application deadline is December 6, 2017.

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