Journalism fellowships available for covering children's issues
Applications are invited, from young journalists interested in covering children's issues, for the Oscar van Leer Fellowship. The fellowship is offering professional training in journalism and children's issues. The deadline is 18 August 2009.
The fellowship is open to journalists from the following countries: Mexico, Kenya, India (Orissa), Peru, Colombia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and the Caribbean region.
Sponsored by the Bernard van Leer Foundation, the fellowship program seeks to improve media coverage of children's rights and early childhood development. Three fellowships will be awarded; fellowships consist of a four-week all expenses paid professional training course at the Radio Netherlands Training Centre in the Netherlands.
Interested applicants need to submit a completed application form, a letter of motivation, a resume and an example of their work on children's issues in the applicants' country.
For more information, go to www.bernardvanleer.org/ovlf/call or contact Vera van der Grift at .
