The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism.
Applications are now being accepted for six one-year Journalism Fellowships with the Mental Health Program of The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism are an outgrowth of former First Lady Rosalynn Carter’s active participation in mental health issues for nearly 40 years. Designed to enhance public understanding of mental health issues and combat stigma and discrimination against people with mental illnesses, the Fellowship year begins in September 2010.
* The program is open to print and electronic journalists with a minimum of three years of professional experience. Each Fellow is awarded a $10,000 stipend. All Fellows are required to participate in two expense-paid trips to The Carter Center to meet with program staff and advisers.
* Projects are tailored to the experience and interests of the Fellows, who will consult with the program’s distinguished Advisory Board and Mental Health Task Force members. Fellows are not required to leave their current employment.
* Fellows are matched with Fellowship Advisory Board members who will serve as mentors and provide technical assistance and information about complex mental health or journalism issues as well as share professional contacts within their fields of expertise.
Rosalynn Carter Fellows have garnered an Emmy Award as well as awards from Mental Health America, the Association of Health Care Journalists, and the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ); recognition from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; and nominations for the Emmy Award and Pulitzer Prize.
Applications for the 2010-2011 Fellowships must be postmarked by April 19, 2010, and the recipients will be announced Friday, July 9, 2010, on the Carter Center Web site, www.cartercenter.org. The application deadline is firm.