{"id":542,"date":"2019-12-23T18:51:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T18:51:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-09-25T01:31:21","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T01:31:21","slug":"world-press-institute-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rubyskynews.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/23\/world-press-institute-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"World Press Institute Fellowship"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Deadline:<\/b> 14 February 2020
Open to:<\/b> any journalist with at least five years of full-time employment in print, broadcast or online journalism currently employed as a non-US journalist working outside the United States
Location: <\/b>United States<\/h1>\n
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Why become a WPI Fellow?<\/h2>\n
Gain access to, engage in and observe the role, responsibility and impact of a free press firsthand in one of the world\u2019s largest, most diverse democracies. Through an immersive program, you will learn how the U.S. founding principles of a free press and journalistic best practices help foster transparency and accountability of government institutions, businesses and organizations, including the most powerful ones.<\/span><\/div>\n
In a guided tour across the country \u2013 including Chicago, New York City, Miami, Austin (Texas), San Francisco, and more \u2013 you will meet with and interview subject matter experts in media outlets, think tanks and advocacy organizations. You will hear firsthand accounts of new business models being tested and implemented among national and local media outlets.<\/span><\/div>\n
You will learn about U.S. history and current affairs, as well as challenges the U.S. media faces, while experiencing and reporting on social, economic and political issues. <\/span><\/div>\n
You also will interact with people from a variety of walks of life and get some free time along the way to explore on your own.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Program itinerary<\/h2>\n
Fellows must commit to a demanding nine-week cross-country program that begins and ends in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul<\/span>, Minnesota<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
See current Itinerary<\/a> <\/div>\n
See Past Itineraries<\/a><\/div>\n
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Program cost<\/h2>\n
WPI pays the following program expenses:<\/span><\/div>\n