The Open Notebook is offering a fantastic opportunity for early-career science journalists to participate in a compensated, part-time fellowship program.
During this one-year program, you will work closely with the TON editorial staff, planning, reporting, and writing pieces for The Open Notebook while receiving guidance from a mentor.
This experience provides you with the chance to immerse yourself in a vibrant and supportive community of past and present fellows and mentors, allowing you to explore your career interests, develop your skills, and pursue your passions.
The Open Notebook, an online magazine, publisher, and non-profit organization dedicated to science journalism, aims to help science journalists improve their craft by providing interviews, articles, and a valuable database of effective editor pitch letters.
Fellowship Overview:
- The program is sponsored by the open notebook
- Open to early career science journalists.
- The last day for application is 31st October 2024
Fellowship Benefits:
Take up a mentorship role with a seasoned science writer.
Including reported features and interviews, write four pieces for The Open Notebook.
Receive regular comments and direction regarding writing, reporting, and career advancement.
Engage in a Slack discussion group with mentors, TON editors, and fellows who are now or have previously been fellows.
Become a part of the science journalism community when the fellowship ends.
Get a $6,600 stipend that is distributed over four installments.
Selection Criteria:
You have to be an Early-career science journalist to be eligible to apply for the fellowship.
You are welcome to apply if you don’t reside in the United States.
This fellowship requires some background in writing for the general audience, either through training or experience.
You do not need to have considerable experience or training, but you do need to have some.
Less than three years of consistent, professional experience writing about science are required of science journalists, or those aspiring to become science journalists.
If you have more than three years of professional experience writing science, but part or all of that expertise is not in English, there may also be an exception to this rule.
Writing samples and recommendation letters are not acceptable forms of application.
Content that has been translated from another language into English is permitted.
Documents Needed for Application:
Your CV or resume.
One recommendation letter. This might come from an instructor, editor, supervisor, mentor, or other professional associate
Two written or multimedia samples, neither academic nor scientific, that are intended for a general audience may be submitted.
Supplementary details about yourself are optional. Applications from writers with any background are welcomed.
How to Apply:
To apply, visit The Open Notebook fellowship website with this LINK
The deadline for applications is October 31, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. U.S. Central time.
Go to the Open Notebook website for additional information. Use the link below.
