National Foundation for India Fellowships for Independent Journalists (For journalists who report in English and Malayalam)

Application deadline – 21st May 2021

Application deadline: 

Application deadline – 21st May 2021

Duration: 

1 Month

Description: 

India is facing a second and worse wave of Covid-19 pandemic. At this time, the country requires journalism to tell the stories of courage, of loss and grief, of the state of preparedness and about the efforts being made by communities, individuals, civil society and government.

Journalists are needed to document with rigour the gaps and lacunae in governance when it appears.

At the same time, journalists need to be vigilant about the many spiralling effects that the pandemic and subsequent decisions to tackle it has on lives of many and on the economy at large.

To help them do so, National Foundation for India (NFI) is launching the second window of its media fellowships for independent journalists outside six large metropolitan cities (Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad, or Bengaluru).

In the first round NFI granted fellowships to 21 outstanding journalists from across the country. You can read about them and their work here.

In this second round, up to 25 fellowships are available for reporting in English and up to 10 fellowships are available for reporting in Malayalam.

The fellowships in Malayalam are being provided in collaboration with our partner Azhimukham.

Eligibility Criteria: 

Journalists who meet the following two criteria:

1. Independent journalists not engaged on a full-time basis with any media organisation.
2. Journalists who are Indian citizens and residing in India outside the six metropolitan cities of Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.

Fellowship Support: 

• Each fellow will be granted INR 30,000 to publish one story of 1,000-1,500 words on a broad range of themes and issues of public interest, reported in depth over one month.
• If required, NFI will connect the grantee to a senior journalist as a mentor to guide and help the grantee in reporting better.
• We will aid the grantee in publishing the stories with different media organisations. The reportage in Malayalam will be published by our partner Azhimukham.

Apply here: http://nfi.org.in/node/222