The Dag Hammarskjöld Journalism Fellowships 2025 for Journalists from Developing Nations (Fully Funded to cover the 2025 UN General Assembly)

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Application Deadline: March 30, 2025

Applications at the moment are open for the 2025 Dag Hammarskjöld Journalism Fellowships. The Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists accepts functions from profession print, tv, radio or web journalists from the primarily creating nations of Africa, Asia (together with Pacific Island nations), Latin America/the Caribbean to cover deliberations of the United Nations General Assembly for roughly 10-12 weeks starting in September every year.

ELIGIBILITY

• Career journalists, age 25-35, from primarily creating nation of Africa, Asia (together with Pacific Island nations) and Latin America/the Caribbean are eligible to apply.  Freelance journalists are additionally eligible (see Freelance Requirements beneath).
• Applicant journalists will need to have a present passport which can be required to apply for and procure a I-1 journalist visa from a U.S. Embassy or Consulate so as to settle for the Fellowship.
• Work samples no sooner than 2022 have to be supplied.  (See Work Samples on Application Form)
• Applicants have to be employed by bona fide media organizations as print, tv, radio or net journalists.
• Speaking English with proficiency is required since it’s one among the major language used at the United Nations.
• Journalists youthful than 25 and older than 35 are not eligible to apply since the program is meant for mid-career journalists.
• Students of journalism usually are not eligible to apply.
• Journalists from European nations usually are not eligible to apply until they’re nonetheless reporting to audiences of their home nation.

REELANCE JOURNALISTS

Freelance journalists who fulfill all different necessities are eligible to apply.  In addition to offering work samples, a abstract assertion, passport copy and references from colleagues or former supervisors, freelance journalists should present letters from a minimum of three (3) publications stating that they are going to settle for the reviews filed from the United Nations.

Benefits

• The Fund will prepare and pay for all journey bills for the Fellowship Recipients. Travel preparations can’t be made till you’ve got obtained a legitimate journalist I-1 Visa.
• The Fund will present Fellowship recipients with furnished studio residences close to the United Nations.
• The Fund assumes that you’ll proceed to be paid as an worker of your media group. However, to enable for elevated private bills, a modest each day stipend can be paid to every journalist.

Application Requirements

1. A accomplished on-line Application Form.

2. A minimal of three (3) work samples printed no sooner than 2022. If the samples usually are not in English, a abstract of the samples in English have to be included.  If applicant reviews can be found on the Internet, the URL addresses ought to be included. If work samples usually are not out there on the web, copies ought to be uploaded to the Application Form (in Word, PDF, MP3 or JPEG codecs). If not out there on a media web site, work samples could also be uploaded to a publicly accessible on-line service, akin to YouTube.

3. Letter of endorsement from the editor or director of the information group that presently employs the journalist which: a) grants journalist a paid go away of absence from his/her present duties if awarded a fellowship; b) agrees to publish or broadcast the reviews filed by the journalist from the U.N.; and c) offers contact data (electronic mail, telephone, and so forth.) for verification functions. By endorsing the application, the editor pledges to pay for all transmission fees and to publish or broadcast submitted reviews.

4. An announcement (no more than 500 phrases) expressing a need for the Fellowship how the expertise will profit the applicant’s understanding of worldwide diplomacy and points deliberated at the United Nations.

5. A replica of applicant’s present passport. Applicants with out a present passport is not going to be thought-about.

6. Two letters of reference from people acquainted with the applicant’s work and in a position to touch upon their journalistic skills, potential for development and private attributes.

Applications from Ghana, Namibia, and Kashmir is not going to be accepted in 2025.

For eligibility or different program-related questions, electronic mail Sonia – [email protected].

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Dag Hammarskjöld Journalism Fellowships