Journalist-to-Journalist HIV/AIDS Fellowship Program

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AIDS/Journalist-to-Journalist Program:

Apply Now for South Africa HIV/AIDS Fellowship

Program Date: July 15, 2009 - July 18, 2009

Application Deadline: April 20, 2009 5:00 PM

Location: Cape Town, South Africa

Contact name: Maha Masud

Contact email: programs@...

 

Journalist to Journalist HIV/AIDS Training, 15-18 July 2009

and The 5th IAS Conference, 19-22 July 2009

 

All-expenses-paid fellowships for international journalists

To attend training and conference in Cape Town

Application deadline: April 20

The Journalist to Journalist Project of the National Press Foundation will

conduct a four-day training program on HIV/AIDS in Cape Town, South Africa prior

to IAS 2009, the 5th IAS Conference on Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention.

This biennial conference brings together HIV scientists, policy-makers and

global stakeholders in HIV/AIDS. Fellowships that include air travel, lodging,

per diem, and most meals are open to journalists who have covered HIV/AIDS or

health for five or more years.  The deadline for applications is 20 April 2009.

Fifty fellowships will be awarded to qualified print, broadcast, and online

journalists.  Applications are encouraged from reporters with experience

covering the social, economic and larger societal impact of HIV/AIDS, as well as

the science and medicine. Applicants must have a clear ability to speak and read

English. Please use the language self-assessment guide to rate your proficiency.

The fellowships include air travel to and from Cape Town, lodging, a per diem,

and most meals for the duration of the training, and lodging and per diem during

the conference. To apply, please submit:

Application form

Cover letter explaining why you should attend, with emphasis on AIDS issues

particular to your geographic location

Brief biography (for sharing with other fellows if you are selected)

Letter of support from a supervisor (if you are an independent journalist you

may include a letter from a previous supervisor)

Two samples of journalistic work (clippings, CD, DVD, VHS, audio tape, digital

sound file). If you're an editor, send  samples of work you have edited.

Applications will not be returned. E-mail application materials as attachments

to programs@... or mail to CAPE TOWN TRAINING 2009, National Press

Foundation, 1211 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 310, Washington, DC 20036.

E-mail is preferred. Applications must be received by Monday, April 20.

Selected journalists will be notified by May 5.  Each fellow will receive a

letter of invitation to attend but will be responsible for making the necessary

visa arrangements. 

This training opportunity is organized by the Journalist to Journalist Project

of the National Press Foundation, a U.S.-based, non-profit independent

journalism education organization, in collaboration with the IAS 2009.  Funding

is provided by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others.  For more

information, contact Ms. Maha Masud at maha@....

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