Deadline: February 15, 2024
Applications for the Ira A. Lipman Fellowship 2024 are now open. The Lipman Fellowship is a non-residential program but the fellows have access to the resources of the Journalism School and university libraries. Fellows must publish their finished stories within a year of accepting the fellowship and give the Lipman Center confirmation that their employers agree to publication.
Fellows will produce a 5,000-word story or series regarding civil and human rights broadly construed, such as voting rights, use of force by police, employment and other discrimination, human trafficking, child labor and more. The story must be published upon acceptance by the Lipman Center. Fellows are expected to give a public presentation at the Journalism School about their work, and upon mutual agreement, may also lecture, mentor and advise students.
Benefits
- Each fellow will be awarded $10,000. Two fellowships will be awarded.
- They will pay for fellows to come to New York for presentations and a fellowship event. All travel requests and other expenses must be made in advance and are subject to approval.
Eligibility
- All applicants must be full-time staff reporters or writers with a U.S. news agency, magazine or online outlet, or independent journalists working in the United States.
- Freelancers must have a news outlet or magazine lined up to publish their fellowship stories.
Application
Application should include:
- A resume
- A short (800 word) description of the proposed project
- Two letters of recommendation
You may email your application in Word or PDF form to [email protected].
You may also mail your application to the following address:
The Ira A. Lipman Fellowship
Columbia University School of Journalism
Pulitzer Hall
2950 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
For more information, visit Lipman Fellowship.
