Fellowships for mid-career journalists to research and write on HIV/AIDS

[Guest guest]

Panos South Asia announces fellowships for mid-career journalists to research

and write on HIV/AIDS

Panos South Asia is currently working on a publication highlighting the voices

of people living with and affected by HIV/AIDS in different regions of India.

This will be a novel compilation of Oral Testimonies from the states of Tamil

Nadu, Bihar, Nagaland and Manipur. PSA is offering three fellowships for

mid-career print journalists to research and write on the HIV/AIDS scenario in

the northern, southern and eastern regions of India. The writing should give a

critical overview of the situation in the regions, backed by primary and

secondary research, with specific focus on access to healthcare for people

living with and affected by HIV.

These overviews are intended to be lead-ins to the Oral Testimonies of Positive

women that PSA has compiled. The applicants can be working journalists or

freelancers with in-depth interest in the subject, the region and HIV/AIDS

reportage, as one of the prime objectives of PSA fellowships is to foster

opportunities for the media to engage in research and placing it in the public

sphere.

Each fellowship grant is of 50,000 INR(tax deductible);a travel allowance of

30,000 INR against actuals is also available.

The fellowship is open to Indian journalists and runs from September 5th 2010 to

October 30th 2010. Applicants are requested to send in two samples of their work

along with their bio-data to panos@... with the subject HIV/AIDS

print fellowships no later than August 31st 2010.

Anushree Mishra

e-mail: <anushreemishra@...>