Deadline: November 27, 2024
Applications are open for the Logic(s) Palestinian Journalist Fellowship 2025. The purpose of this program is to support community-led storytelling on Palestine and its relationship to technology, to strengthen the magazine’s contributions to Palestine reporting, and to redistribute resources to Palestinian journalists.
Logic(s) will provide training, workshops, and informal mentoring to fellows on domain-specific topics like secure communication, algorithmic models, and techno-culture. Arab Reform Initiative (ARI) provides bilingual (English/Arabic) programming including a workgroup on tech in the Middle East North Africa region. Fellows have the option to participate in their workgroups and publications if they are interested.
This fellowship was made possible through the generous support of Distributed AI Research, Migration and Technology Monitor, Pillars Fund as well as individual Logic(s) readers and supporters who gave between $5 and $45,000 each.
Benefits
- Each of the four Palestinian journalists selected will receive a stipend of $20,000 USD over the course of their fellowship year.
- They will participate in the Logic(s) magazine editorial board and have the option to participate in programming on critical technology studies alongside members of the ARI. Fellows are required to contribute at least one article to the magazine over the fellowship year but have the option to commission and publish up to two pieces per issue.
Eligibility
- Open to any Palestinian journalist and/or storyteller, anywhere in the world.
- Special priority is given to early career applicants who are either currently located in Palestine or in refugee camps, and/or have been recently displaced.
Pitch Guidelines
In terms of length, the pitches are usually around two short paragraphs. In terms of content, they are generally looking for the following:
- Specificity: The more details, the better. How does the thing or process you’re describing work, at the most intimate level? The kind of detail can vary widely: it might involve technical detail if you’re describing a technology or reported detail if it’s a reported piece. But specificity is critical to any good piece. It not only helps make for an interesting piece of writing; it also establishes your credibility as the one writing it. The details you foreground illustrate why you should be the one writing this piece.
- Stakes: Why does this piece matter? Why should the reader read past the first few paragraphs? A successful piece should answer the “so what?” question early and often. It’s possible that a few readers will come to your piece already interested in the particular subject you’re discussing—but the vast majority won’t. How will you make the case to your readers that they should keep reading?
- What makes you uniquely positioned to write this? Who are you? Where do you come from? This can be an opportunity to focus on either your personal or professional background, depending on which feels most relevant to the pitched story.
Application
Applicants must submit:
- A cover letter (500 words max) explaining their interest in the fellowship
- A pitch (500 words max) for a potential article related to Palestine and technology
- Two writing samples (published or unpublished)
- A resume or CV
For more information, visit Logic(s) Palestinian Journalist Fellowship.
