Application for Dart Center Global Early Childhood Reporting Fellowship 2022 is ongoing!
The Dart Center’s second inaugural Global Early Childhood Reporting Fellowship is focused on illuminating issues related to young children’s growth, development, and wellbeing.
The 2022 program will support fifteen journalists with reporting stipends, mentoring, and on-going education to deepen their knowledge.
About Early Childhood Reporting Fellowship award
As we enter the third year of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the long-term stressors on children and caregivers around the world are becoming clearer, especially for those living in unstable environments of economic insecurity and social adversity.
The definition of what many are calling the “new normal” varies widely, depending on the socio-economic and psychological health and stability of a family or population.
Vaccines have helped millions avoid hospitalization or death, but vaccine equity and hesitancy remain a worldwide problem.
And even beyond the pandemic, stressors on children and families remain grave, from malnutrition to political instability. Education and basic health care have been disrupted for millions of children, with the consequences still unraveling.
While the pandemic has made it difficult for journalists to travel to professional workshops and easily undertake reporting on the ground, there is still a great need for in-depth reporting on these issues.
For the second year, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma is offering a project-based virtual fellowship on issues related to young children’s growth, development, and wellbeing.
Topics may be directly related to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, but they can also concern other current trends and circumstances.
Fifteen journalists from around the world will be selected for the fellowship – including print, online, audio, or video-based. Freelancers, contract, and staff journalists are all invited to apply.
Applications for projects about children up to age six and their caregivers will be given priority.
The Fellowship will run from May to November 2022.
Fellowship Benefit
Each Fellow will be awarded $2,000 USD to use towards reporting a story or project. In addition, Fellows will also be assigned an experienced project coach and convene for monthly webinars featuring experts in the fields of science, education, and public health. Webinars will be scheduled with varying time zones in mind.
Collaborative projects between more than one journalist will not be considered.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any U.S. or international journalist who has a demonstrated interest in reporting on young children and/or their caregivers.
- Applicants must be proficient in English (although projects can be undertaken and produced in another language.)
- Applicants must propose a reporting project about young children and/or caregivers that can be completed and scheduled for publication or broadcast by November 30, 2022.
- Applicants must agree to attend at least four monthly webinars (out of six) during the fellowship period.
Application Timeline
- The deadline to apply is February 28, 2022 at 5:00 pm EST.
- A committee will review applications, and applicants will be notified on March 18, 2022.
- The Fellowship will officially begin with a webinar on May 16, 2022.
FAQs on Early Childhood Reporting Fellowship
Application submission for this program closes February 28, 2022, at 5:00 pm EST.
International journalist
Each Fellow will be awarded $2,000 USD
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