Deadline: February 21, 2024
Registration is now open for the Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship 2024 The Dart Center Ochberg Fellowship is a unique seminar program for senior and mid-career journalists who wish to deepen their understanding of emotional trauma and psychological injury and improve their reporting on violence, conflict, and tragedy.
Reporting responsibly and credibly on traumatic events—street crime and domestic violence, catastrophes and natural disasters, wars and genocides, pandemics and social upheavals—is a major challenge. Since 1999, the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, a project of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, has brought together leading journalists from around the world to explore critical issues surrounding news coverage of violence, trauma, and tragedy.
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Fellows participate in an intensive week-long seminar program held at Columbia University in New York City. Program activities include informative sessions from prominent interdisciplinary experts in the fields of trauma and mental health; conversations with fellow journalists about issues of ethics, craft, and practice; and a variety of other opportunities for intellectual engagement and peer learning.
Costs
- The Ochberg Scholarship covers round-trip travel, 7 nights of accommodation, meals, and expenses directly related to participation, such as ground transportation. The program does not cover health insurance, additional nights of accommodation beyond the duration of the scholarship, or ground transportation in the recipients' cities of origin.
Eligibility
- Open to outstanding journalists from anywhere in the world (with at least five years of professional experience in journalism) working in all media outlets. Former fellows have ranged from crime and general assignment reporters from small towns and regional centers to war photographers and foreign correspondents for international news organizations.
- Both staff journalists and freelancers can apply.
- Candidates' work must demonstrate journalistic excellence and a strong track record of covering trauma and its impact on individuals, families, or communities.
- The grant is open to reporters, photographers, editors, and producers in print, broadcast, and digital media with at least five years of professional experience in journalism.
- Approximately half of the fellows will be based in North America, with the remainder coming from Latin America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, Africa, and the Middle East.
- All fellowship seminars are conducted in English. Fellows must be fluent in spoken English to participate in the program.
Selection criteria
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Applications are reviewed by a judging committee composed of Dart Center staff, Fellowship faculty, and alumni. Selection is not based on any single factor. Judges consider a variety of factors, with emphasis on whether candidates:
- To demonstrate consistent and thoughtful journalistic engagement with issues of violence, conflict, tragedy and their consequences;
- They demonstrated journalistic excellence and leadership throughout their journalistic careers;
- You will likely benefit personally and professionally from the fellowship experience and contribute significantly to the program and the fellowship group.
Other considerations may include geographic and other diversity, and the overall composition of the group.
Application
To send a completed application, you will need:
- CV
- Letter of interest (Your letter should discuss your work as a journalist, your experiences covering violence and trauma, challenges you have encountered or specific events or experiences that have informed your perspective and/or professional trajectory, and what you hope to learn from the fellowship.) [No more than 2 pages]
- Two relevant work samples (Work samples must have been published or broadcast within the last 24 months by a professional media outlet [not personal websites]. If your work samples are in a language other than English, please submit two sets – one in the original language and one translated into English. For audio, video, or multimedia that is not in English, you may submit a translated transcript.)
- Two letters of recommendation (You will be asked to provide an email address for each of your recommenders, and they will be contacted directly by Submittable to send their recommendations for your application. Letters of recommendation can be submitted until February 29th at 5 PM ET at the latest.)
