By Betsy Model, President
Minority U.S. journalists interested in foreign correspondence can apply to a training program and an overseas reporting assignment. The deadline for project proposals is December 13, and travel will occur between mid-March to May.
The program is sponsored by the International Center for Journalists (ICJF) with the support of the Ford Foundation. It aims to send well-briefed minority journalists overseas to report on important issues that resonate in their communities. Eight minority journalists will be trained as foreign correspondents, mentored by ICFJ ( and linked up with local reporters and sources on the ground around the world. The program will have special emphasis on the coverage of religion, and participants will also be encouraged to produce stories on important global topics such as immigration, human rights, and government transparency.
ICFJ will pair each journalist with a mentor, either a working or a former foreign correspondent, as well as provide a story editor to help craft their pieces. The participants will fine-tune their reporting projects during a weeklong orientation at ICFJ’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. Then they will report in the field for up to three weeks.
Upon returning to their newsrooms, they will finish their stories and broadcast or publish them. ICFJ will produce an online compendium of the journalists’ best articles, photographs, audio and video to disseminate their work to a wider audience.
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