|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Media
Development Loan Fund and the International
Center for Journalists have
announced a new partnership, the Knight-MDLF International Journalism
Fellowship Program.
The partnership takes advantage of the strengths of the two organizations. MDLF
helps build independent media in emerging democracies, providing low-cost loans
and other business assistance. ICFJ’s Knight International Journalism Fellows
work on projects designed to make lasting, visible change in the world of
journalism.
This
new partnership bolsters MDLF’s long-term strategy of adapting best media
management practices to the needs of local news outlets in the developing
world. “This partnership will enable us to expand our capacity to provide
world-class consultants to leading independent news businesses in transitional
countries,” said MDLF Managing Director Sasa Vucinic. “Fellows will help our
clients launch projects that will help ensure long-term success.”
“The creation of self-sustaining independent media is a powerful way to change
a country’s journalism,” said ICFJ President Joyce Barnathan. “Our task will be
to ensure that these news businesses survive and thrive by helping them with
just the right fellow to just the right newsroom at just the right time.”
Fellows must speak the language of the target country. They must have at least
10 years’ news experience, the ability to plan a specific, detailed training
project and the time to spend a year making it work.
MDLF will accept detailed proposals from clients by April 30 each year. MDLF
and ICFJ will review the proposals to select those that meet the criteria. MDLF
and ICFJ will announce the winners by July 31 of each year.
###
Media
Development Loan Fund is a not-for-profit
investment fund providing low-cost financing to independent news media in
emerging democracies. At work in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the CIS, and Southeast Europe, it seeks to secure a strong and
independent press in countries with a history of media oppression. In 12 years,
it has provided more than $68 million in financing to 164 projects for 64
independent media companies in 22 countries.
The International Center for
Journalists, a non-profit, professional
organization, promotes quality journalism worldwide in the belief that
independent, vigorous media are crucial in improving the human condition. For
more information, visit www.icfj.org.
The John S. and James L. Knight
Foundation promotes journalism excellence
worldwide and invests in the
vitality of the U.S.
communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Since 1950 the
foundation has granted nearly $400 million to advance journalism quality and
the freedom of expression. Knight Foundation supports ideas and projects that
create transformational change. For more, visit www.knightfdn.org.
|
|
| |
