2024 R. Rajaram Media Fellowship : Prajnya Trust

Application deadline January 10, 2024.

Prajnya Trust Prajnya is a Chennai-based nonprofit working for peace, justice and security through two broad areas of activity–gender equality activism and peace education. Our activities are research, public education and network-building. We are funded primarily by individual donations; our work therefore belongs to the community and count each donor as a fellow-traveler towards our vision. Extremely small in every way, Prajnya’s volunteers have taken this journey forward one task, one day at a time, towards a tenth anniversary on September 9, 2017.

Location: India
Email: jobs.prajnya@gmail.com
Deadline: January 10, 2024
Fellowship amount: Up to INR 50,000/-

Prajnya invites applications for the 2024 R. Rajaram Media Fellowship.

Founded in the memory of R. Rajaram in his centenary year, the Rajaram Fellowship is envisioned as a programme of support–financial, mentoring and networking–for original research on sexual or gender-based violence. The Rajaram Media Fellowship is intended to support original research for a media project on a subject relating to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). The projects must be completed within a mutually agreed time-frame of no longer than six months. Working journalists in India, from any medium and in any language, may apply.

About the Fellowship

The Rajaram Media Fellowship is intended to support research for a media project–feature or long-form articles, a special issue, a documentary or digital product–on SGBV. It will not cover production costs. The proposed project must be original and have a feasible research design. The applicant must have a concrete plan for publication of the research material.

Media Research fellows may be employees of a particular publication or platform or they may be freelancers. They should have a minimum of three years of reporting experience.

How to apply  

Applications will be accepted only via email (jobs.prajnya@gmail.com) and must be submitted by January 10, 2024. All application material must be in English, with the exception of writing samples, which can be in any language (including English).

Only complete applications will be considered, and they must include:

• A cover letter of no more than one page (one side), stating why you are interested in this Fellowship; what you propose to research and why it is an important subject; and relating your experience to this position.
• Your c.v., fully listing academic and professional experience, as well as any publications.
• Two samples of your work (or links), relevant in subject matter or format to what you propose. Writing samples can be in any language.
• A list of two references, including a brief statement of how they know you, their contact information. At least one should be from a fellow journalist with greater experience than the applicant.
• A short project proposal (no more than 1000 words) which clearly answers the following questions:
  • What is the proposed project about?
  • What is the context for this project?
  • How will research for this project be carried out?
  • What is the proposed timeline for this project?
  • What will be the product of this project and where will it appear?
  • What is the relevance of this project to the analysis of gender violence?

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