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Immigration News and Culture Reporting Fellowships

Posted April 1, 2010 by Ted Hesson

Long Island Wins is offering two immigration reporting fellowships, one covering immigration news on Long Island and another covering immigrant culture on Long Island.

If you’re interested in applying for one of the fellowships, read the information below. The news fellowship is listed first. Scroll down for information about the culture reporting fellowship.

Good luck!



Immigration News Reporting Fellowship Summer/Fall 2010

Long Island Wins, a communications campaign focused on educating the public about immigration issues, is offering an immigration news reporting fellowship this spring for journalists interested in immigration reporting on Long Island.

As part of its mission, Long Island Wins encourages dialogue about immigration, while advocating for immigration solutions that work for all Long Island residents. One way that we promote that dialogue is through our well-read immigration news blog.

The immigration news reporting fellow will cover the immigration beat in Nassau and Suffolk counties, tracking the latest local immigration policies, profiling immigrant rights groups, and examining tensions over immigration.

The fellowship will provide an opportunity for the journalist to hone his or her reporting skills, and to learn about immigration, both past and present, on Long Island. 

Successful candidates will have an interest in immigration issues, and an ability to cultivate sources across Long Island. While some stories will be assigned by Long Island Wins, the news reporting fellow will also be expected to pitch stories to LIW’s online editor. 

The fellow, who will work closely with the online editor, will be expected to produce at least two 500- to 800-word posts per week, and devote approximately 12-15 hours per week to the posts. Aside from more topical news stories, the fellow will also develop at least one ongoing investigative story during his or her fellowship.

The fellowship will last for six months, and the fellow will receive a $2,500 stipend for his or her service. 

Recent J-school graduates, journalists re-entering the workforce, and established bloggers are all encouraged to apply. Prospective fellows should be based on Long Island, or nearby, and have access to a car.

To apply for the immigration news reporting fellowship, please send a cover letter, resume, and three published news clips (or other relevant writing samples) to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). 

The deadline for applicants is May 15, 2010, and the fellowship will begin no later than June 1, 2010.

Long Island Wins is an equal-opportunity employer.



Immigrant Culture Reporting Fellowship Summer/Fall 2010

Long Island Wins, a communications campaign focused on immigration issues, is offering a culture reporting fellowship this spring for journalists interested in culture blogging and immigration issues on Long Island.

As part of its mission, Long Island Wins seeks to educate Long Island residents about the contributions of immigrants. While immigrants make sizable economic contributions to Long Island, immigrants also bring a wealth of cultural traditions to our area, in the form of food, music, art, and sports.

The Long Island Wins culture reporting fellow will cover the immigration culture beat, reporting and blogging about everything from Italian festivals to Argentine tango, with a special focus on relating the cultural event, organization, or phenomenon to the history of that immigrant group on Long Island. 

For example, a write-up about the aforementioned Italian festival would likely include some historical background about the event’s roots in Italy, and a primer on the Italian community in that specific part of Long Island.

The fellowship will provide an opportunity for the journalist to hone his or her culture reporting skills and to develop insight into the important role that immigration plays on Long Island. The fellow, who will work closely with the online editor, will be expected to produce at least two 500- to 800-word posts per week, and devote approximately 12-15 hours per week to the posts.

The fellowship will last for six months, and the fellow will receive a $2,500 stipend for his or her service. 

Recent J-school graduates, journalists re-entering the workforce, and established bloggers are all encouraged to apply. Prospective fellows should be based on Long Island, or nearby, and have access to a car. 

To apply for the immigrant culture reporting fellowship, please send a cover letter, resume, and three published culture clips (or other relevant writing samples) to .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address). 

The deadline for applicants is May 15, 2010, and the fellowship will begin no later than June 1, 2010.

Long Island Wins is an equal opportunity employer.



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