2007 Racial Justice Fellowships

“EXPLORING CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY:
Covering the Complexities of Racial Justice with Depth and Context”

Applications: Now Closed

USC Annenberg’s Institute for Justice and Journalism is pleased to announce the 2007 Racial Justice Fellowships. The fellowships will be awarded in early October to 10 experienced journalists.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents working as journalists in the United States, and are required to submit a project proposal for either a story or series of stories to be completed by the spring of 2007. We invite applications from journalists working in a variety of media with several years of professional experience.

Fellows will participate in a weeklong conference at USC Annenberg’s Institute for Justice and Journalism in Los Angeles. Sessions will include scholars, advocates and other experts presenting on issues about civil rights, equity and opportunity, including political struggles and court decisions involving affirmative action and public school desegregation.

The Fellows’ editors or news directors will join them at a follow-up conference at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies in St. Petersburg, Fla., to review the in-depth projects.

Fellowship Schedule:

• Opening Conference: January 14-20, 2007, Los Angeles
  Institute for Justice and Journalism, Annenberg School for Communication,
  School of Journalism, University of Southern California

• Follow-up Conference: April 10-14, 2007, St. Petersburg, Fla.
  Poynter Institute for Media Studies

The fellowships provide each Fellow a stipend of $2,000 upon completion of a project. In addition, all travel expenses will be covered for Fellows and their editors or news directors to participate in fellowship activities.

For questions, contact the institute at (213) 437-4410 or email ijj@usc.edu

See Past Racial Justice Fellows
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Created with Ford Foundation funding, the Institute for Justice and Journalism was established at the University of Southern California's Annenberg School for Communication in the year 2000 to strengthen journalism about justice and injustice. Through Justice and Journalism Fellowships, the institute supports journalists committed to covering complex, often polarizing issues with context and depth.