A new call for applications for the Berlin scholarship program is now open. Reporters Without Borders Germany is calling for applications for its Berlin Fellowship Program: Empowering Journalists in the Digital Field. Any professional journalist, blogger, media professional, and citizen journalist can apply and must be willing to return to their home region to pass on the skills learned to their fellow journalists.
Scholarship Description
From April 2023 to November 2023, the Berlin Scholarship Program will invite ten journalists from crisis areas in Berlin for four months each.
Level and Areas of Study
Any professional journalists, bloggers, media professionals and citizen journalists can apply.
Place of Scholarship
Berlin Germany
Eligibility Criteria
Those who can apply for the Berlin Scholarship Program should be Professional journalists, bloggers, media professionals and citizen journalists who
- are exposed to digital threats due to their work in their home regions.
- want to learn and work extensively with digital security in order to improve their personal security.
- are interested in passing on the knowledge acquired during the scholarship program to colleagues in their home regions and, ideally, already have some experience in teaching or other areas of knowledge transfer.
- are able and willing to fully participate in the program. We expect the applicants to be available for all activities of our program including the comprehensive training for digital security. Please plan with about 20 to 25 hours per week from the second until the fourth month of your stay in Berlin
Requirements | Berlin Scholarship Program
- Applicants must have a very strong command of the English language, as the whole scholarship program will be conducted entirely in English.
- Applicants must have adequate experience working as a journalist, be it as a professional journalist or a citizen journalist.
- A high level of proficiency in regards to digital security is not required; anyone who is used to working with a computer and smart phone can apply.
- Are able and willing to fully participate in all activities of the program.
- In addition, applicants must show that they are willing to return to their home region after the fellowship in Germany.
- Previous teaching experience would be desirable.
Application Procedure
How to apply for the Berlin Scholarship Program | Reporters Without Borders Germany:
- Please send a completed and signed application form, the completed questionnaire, your CVand a proof of identity (copy of your ID or your passport) as attachments in separate PDF documents (4 PDFs in total) via the Signal messenger service to +491636743853, or if you have a ProtonMail account to digitalfreedom[at]protonmail.com.
- The application form and the questionnaire are fillable PDF files. Please fill in these files on a computer and send them in this form.
- Follow these instructions to ensure that all your texts can be read:
- Save the two PDF files.
- Fill in the two files on your computer.
- Save the completed files again.
- Send the completed files to us
The deadline for applications is Monday, December 5th 2022.