Dart Centre Australasia will provide expense-paid fellowships to senior journalists and editors who want to apply knowledge of emotional trauma to improving coverage of violent events. Fellows will attend a five day seminar programme in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 12-16, 2009, featuring briefings by leading experts in the trauma field and discussions with colleagues about covering tragedy and violence. The fellowship covers all travel and ground expenses while attending the program. Insurance, visa applications and related costs, however, are the responsibility of the applicant. Fellowships are open to print, broadcast and online reporters, photographers, editors and producers with at least five years’ full-time journalism experience. Applicants must come from the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Japan, Indonesia or Thailand. Applicants must possess a strong command of the English language as all presentations will be made in English. Applications must be submitted jointly by one editor and one senior journalist from a single news organisation.
Submit application form, resume, letter of interest, two work samples and two letters of recommendation by August 17th.
