IRE20 Conference Fellowship Application

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Due date: September 7, 2020, Midnight Pacific Time

- Fellowships available for the following communities: 1) journalists, students and educators of color; 2) U.S. based journalists from newspapers with a Sunday circulation less than 50,000; 3) U.S. based early-career TV journalists (3 years or less); 4) international journalists.
- The Virtual IRE20 Conference will be Sept. 21-25 during the afternoon hours of U.S. Eastern time (New York).
- Specific schedule will be available soon.
- Fellowship includes a complimentary IRE membership/renewal ($25 for students/$70 for pros) and a complimentary conference registration ($50 for students/$175 for pros).
- All recipients are required to meet IRE's membership standards: Someone substantially engaged in news gathering, presentation or production; a student pursuing a degree or someone engaged full-time in research or teaching in the field of journalism.
- IRE hopes to notify you about the status of your application within 10 business days.
- No deadline to apply; however, IRE will cease offering conference fellowships once the funds are exhausted.
- Application requires: a letter of support, resume/CV/LinkedIn profile, college transcript (for students).
- Application encourages: one to two clips of investigative or journalistic work.
- Please review application form below before completing it.
- Questions? Contact Chris Vachon, chris@ire.org

Email *

First Name *

Last Name *

Affiliation *

Name of your news organization, university, etc. Freelancers and independent journalists, please type "independent journalist"

Mailing Address (to receive IRE magazine) *

City *

State (abbreviation) *

Please use two-letter postal code, e.g. AZ for Arizona

ZIP code *

Country *

U.S.

Canada

Mexico

Other:

Mobile Number *

Twitter Handle

Gender *

Female

Male

Non-binary

I'd prefer not to answer

Race/Ethnicity *

Please check all that apply.

American Indian or Alaska Native

Arab or Middle Eastern

Asian

Black or African-American

Hispanic

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander

White

I'd prefer not to answer

Other:

Required

If any of the below apply to you, please check the box:

Newspaper - Sunday circulation under 50K

Student

Educator

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If you have three years or fewer working in journalism, not including college experience, please check below.

3 years or fewer

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Please provide a link to your resume/CV or to a LinkedIn account. *

You can upload your resume/CV to a cloud hosting service like Google Drive or Dropbox. (Please remember to enable link sharing)

Please provide a link to a letter of support from your supervisor/manager/adviser describing how this training would be beneficial and affirming that you will be given time to attend the conference. Independent journalists: this letter will serve as a recommendation letter. *

You can use a cloud hosting service like Google Drive or Dropbox. (Please remember to enable link sharing)

Please provide a link to a sample of your investigative/journalistic work (if applicable)

Please provide a link to another sample of your work (optional)

Link to portfolio website (optional)

Why do you want to attend the IRE conference? What would you like to accomplish with the skills you would gain? *

Students: What is your expected graduation date? (Month/Year, i.e. 5/21)

Students: Please provide a link to a copy of your college transcript

You can upload your transcript to a cloud hosting service like Google Drive or Dropbox. (Please remember to enable link sharing!)

A copy of your responses will be emailed to the address you provided.

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