Fellowships for journalism graduate students open

Graduate journalism students and recent graduates can apply for two-week summer fellowships in New York, Germany and Poland, according to European Youth Press. The deadline for applications is January 6th, 2014.

The Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) will choose 10-15 students to examine the role journalists played in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. Applications are also accepted from working journalists who completed their Bachelor between 2009 and 2013.

Fellows will examine historical sources and survival testimonies, visit German and Polish newsrooms and participate in on-site workshops in Berlin and Auschwitz.

The program will address challenges of human rights reporting, censorship, propaganda, writing historical narratives and new media in present-day journalism.

Applicants must submit a resume, transcript, essay and letters of recommendation by January 6th, 2014.

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