Deadline: 1 July 2014
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Middle East Program have jointly launched Visiting Arab Journalist Program for Arab journalists from Middle East/North Africa region to spend three months in United States. The visiting journalists will carry out their own policy-oriented research and writing in the Woodrow Wilson Center situated in Washington D.C.
The visiting journalists will get $5,000 monthly stipend, and health insurance. They will carry out a full schedule of independent research and writing based on the topic outlined in the research proposal submitted at the time of application.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be Arab individual working in the Middle East or North Africa in the Arabic media.
- Applicants may be working in print, television, radio or electronic media.
- Applicants must be currently working as reporters and columnists or broadcasters.
- Applicants must have at least five years of professional experience and must be able to work in both written and spoken English and Arabic.
- Candidates must hold valid passport and obtain a J1 Visa.
Application materials include- description of a proposed project (maximum 1,000 words), curriculum vitae or resume, a writing sample, two letters of recommendation, along with the completed application form.
Application materials, all in English, must be submitted electronically via email before deadline.
For more information, please visit Visiting Arab Journalists Program.
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