Reminder - New Diplomacy Call for Eastern Partnership Journalism Fellows. Deadline: 20 June

New Diplomacy, with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy, is launching a new fellowship programme, Supporting Independent Journalism in Eastern Partnership Countries.

Deadline for submissions to fellows@newdiplomacy.net: 20 June 2016

Clarification: Fellows can apply for a placement in any EU country.

Fellowships (including a five-week placement with a media organisation in the EU)
will take place between August 2016-February 2017

Applications are invited from journalists from Eastern Partnership countries, or journalists working for independent or public service media outlets in the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine). Freelance journalists are also welcome to apply.

Download the call for fellows here.

New Diplomacy's Independent Journalism Fellowship for Eastern Partnership Countries is an initiative to raise standards of journalism covering the post-Soviet space, in particular the Eastern Partnership countries. This will be achieved by a programme of mentoring journalists from Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan or Belarus, including placements of four journalism fellows in EU member states (e.g. the Baltic states and Visegrad Four countries) to work with leading broadcast or print media and engage also with independent non-profit organisations working on the post-Soviet space (human rights organisations, independent media associations and think-tanks).

Through mentoring and co-operation, the journalists will also link up with each other to strengthen co-operation of newsrooms in different Eastern Partnership countries in terms of sharing content, and also in formulating and promoting high standards of news reporting, public service broadcasting standards, and regulation of propaganda in their home countries.

For full details of the fellowship, click here.