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LAURENCE STERN FELLOWSHIP

Journalists are invited to apply for the 40th Laurence Stern Fellowship. The winner will be chosen by a senior editor from the Washington Post to work as a reporter on the paper’s National Desk in Washington for three months this summer and the option to travel for another month. He or she will be paid a salary by the Post, and the air fare, together with a modest sum for travel in the US, will be provided by the Fellowship.

The previous fellows were: David Leigh, James Naughtie, Penny Chorlton, Ian Black, Mary Ann Sieghart, Lionel Barber, Ewen MacAskill, Sarah Helm, Edward Vulliamy, Adela Gooch, Keith Kendrick, Liz Hunt, Jonathan Freedland, Ian Katz, Rebecca Fowler, Sarah Neville, Gary Younge, Audrey Gillan, Caroline Daniel, Will Woodward, Cathy Newman, Glenda Cooper, Helen Rumbelow, Tania Branigan, Mary Fitzgerald, Sam Coates, Anushka Asthana, Paul Lewis, Holly Watt, Alexi Mostrous, Michael Savage, Shyamantha Asokan, Alice Fordham, James Ball, Billy Kenber, Sebastian Payne, Tom Rowley, Louisa Loveluck, Madhumita Murgia and Gabriel Pogrund.

Applications will be considered from any journalists, whether they work in print, radio, television or the web, in London or elsewhere in Britain. Though no one will be barred on grounds of age, the intention is to appoint a young journalist who has two or three years of experience of important national stories and has substantial cuttings of such stories: the successful candidate must be capable of making himself or herself useful to the Post’s National Desk. Broadcast journalists need to have enough writing experience to convince the panel of their abilities.

Applicants should write, explaining why they are right for this opportunity, attaching a CV, two references (at least one from a present or former editor or producer), and three recent samples of their work. These must be submitted in PDF format or your application cannot be considered. Television or radio journalists may submit scripts or cite examples of their recent achievements.

Candidates must obtain their references and submit them with their application. If you are submitting joint bylined pieces, you must attach a short paragraph explaining which elements of the piece were your contributions. Please also highlight any multimedia contributions to your published work.

Candidates to be interviewed will be chosen by a panel of the sponsors soon after the closing date. Those shortlisted will be interviewed at City University in London on 19 March 2019. The fellowship will start in July 2019.

The application should be sent by email to Stern.fellowship@gmail.com or by post to:Dr Glenda Cooper Department of Journalism City, University of LondonNorthampton Square

LONDON EC1V OHBAPPLICATIONS MUST BE IN BY 4 pm on 28 FEBRUARY 2019