Applicants are invited to apply for the Ira A. Lipman Fellowship to support significant reporting regarding civil or human rights.
Donor Name: Columbia Journalism School
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Fellowship
Deadline: 01/17/2025
Size of the Grant: $1000 to $10,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Lipman Fellowship is a non-residential program but the fellows have access to the resources of the Journalism School and university libraries. Fellows must publish their finished stories within a year of accepting the fellowship and give the Lipman Center confirmation that their employers agree to publication. Freelancers must have a news outlet or magazine lined up to publish their fellowship stories. Fellows may be invited to campus to give a public presentation about their work, and upon mutual agreement, may also lecture, mentor and advise students.
Fellows are expected to give a public presentation at the Journalism School about their work, and upon mutual agreement, may also lecture, mentor and advise students.
Fellows will be announced a month after the fellowship deadline and will have one year to complete their projects. The Center will provide editorial and reporting guidance throughout and set deadlines for outlines and drafts before stories are submitted to editors for publication. Fellows who are independent journalists must have a commitment from a news agency or magazine to publish their stories.
Funding Information
Each fellow will be awarded $10,000.
Eligibility Criteria
All applicants must be full-time staff reporters or writers with a U.S. news agency, magazine or online outlet, or independent journalists working in the United States.
For more information, visit Columbia Journalism School.
