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Deadline
: September 15 2008
Programme: Giving Voice to the
Unheard
The
National Foundation for India announces the 14th
National Media Fellowship Programme.
These
fellowships allow young, mid-career journalists
take time off from their routine beats to research
and publish articles/photo essays on issues concerning
the less privileged that need to be high on our
society’s agenda.
The
fellowships support the pursuit of in-depth, creative
field research on these concerns and writing about
them with adequate evidence – qualitative
and quantitative – to impact public policy
and the domain of social consciousness.
The
Rs. 1 lakh fellowships will be awarded to print
journalists out of which, two fellowships will
be awarded for projects, which are focused on
conditions in rural areas. Two fellowships will
be awarded to photojournalists. Additionally fellowships
under the following categories will also be awarded
this year:
1.Fellowships
to print journalists working in Rajasthan, Jharkhand,
West Bengal, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
to write and publish articles on Malnutrition/Food
Security and the Millenium Development Goals.
2.Fellowships
to print journalists to research and publish articles
on Distress Seasonal Migration and Education of
Deprived Children.
3.One
fellowship to a photojournalist to work on the
issue of Distress Seasonal Migration.
Journalists
from small and regional language publications
and non-metro areas are encouraged to apply. Women
journalists are particularly welcome. Applicants
must have demonstrated commitment to the development
concern of the less privileged in society.
The last date for receipt of applications is September
15 2008. The details of the Fellowships Programme
can be obtained from:
The Programme Officer - Media Fellowships
Programme,
National
Foundation for India, Zone IV A, U G Floor,
India
Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road,
New
Delhi - 110 003.
Tel:
011 24641864-65 or 011 24648490-92
Fax:
011 24641867
Email : mandirakalaan@nfi.org.in,
mandira.kalra@gmail.com
Website:
http://www.nfi.org.in
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