COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY’S
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM

The Journalism School is offering ten fellowships to journalists working for
U.S. news organizations who would like to attend the Covering Globalization
program March 30- April 2, 2006. More information is available below and on
the Journalism School’s website at
http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/events/globalization/. Application deadline is
January 16th, application fee is $25.00.

Covering Globalization
Spring Seminar March 30-April 2, 2006
The Columbia Graduate School of
Journalism in collaboration with the
Initiative for Policy Dialogue will sponsor its fourth annual Covering
Globalization Workshop in late March, featuring Nobel Laureate Economist
Joseph E.Stiglitz. To ensure that American journalists give this enduring
and crucial issue the coverage it deserves, the Journalism School has
decided to underwrite fellowships to cover a portion of the conference fees
for 10 individual journalists working for U.S. news organizations.

This four-day seminar, which will be held at the school, is designed to help
strengthen the economic literacy of working journalists and better equip
them to produce knowledgeable and accurate work about global economic issues in a fast-changing world. Journalists will learn about the different
elements of globalization– including labor issues, free trade, and debt and
emerging markets–from the experts.

Academics, World Bank officials, NGO and corporate representatives will
offer practical training sessions. Journalists experienced in covering these
issues will help facilitate the discussions. The agenda features a number of
prominent Columbia faculty members, including Earth Institute Director
Jeffrey Sachs.

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agenda

Download application here

Fees
The standard conference fee, including a four-night hotel stay, is $2,500.
This does not include travel to and from New York.

A limited number of need-based workshop scholarships are available for
individual reporters paying their own way. These scholarships reduce the fee
to $1,000, but do not include travel and lodging. In addition, a fund has
been established to underwrite 10 fellowships for journalists working for
U.S. news organizations, bringing the fee to $250. These fellowships do not
include travel and lodging.

The seminar is restricted to 20 journalists plus a limited number of
graduate students.

Application deadline is January 16, 2006, application fee is $25.00.

Jane M. Folpe
Assistant Director, Programs and Prizes
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
2950 Broadway (mc3800)
NY, NY 10027

For more information on fees and wire transfers, please contact
jf680@columbia.edu.