SAJA Calls for 5th Annual reporting fellowship applications

SAJA is pleased to announce that the application process for its 2010 SRFs is open and the application deadline has been extended to Dec. 14, 2009.

The SAJA Reporting Fellowships, which were launched in 2005 to ensure follow-up reportage about the 2004 tsunami and its victims, were initially funded by SAJA members, corporate donors and friends of SAJA. Last year, SRF received a major financial boost thanks to the support of the Mahadeva Family Foundation, which will make an annual contribution of $20,000.

"The support of Kumar Mahadeva and Simi Ahuja, who have been part of the SAJA community for more than a decade, is critical to SAJA's core mission of improving the coverage of South Asia through the SAJA Reporting Fellowships and similar programs," said Sandeep Junnarkar, SAJA President. "This will continue to have a major impact on the kind of stories that the Fellows do and how Americans learn about what's going on in South Asia today."

A total of up to $20,000 may be given out annually, divided among projects or a single project at SAJA's discretion. Each fellowship award is typically between $3,000 and $7,000.

Below are key dates regarding the SRFs:
Oct. 27, 2009: Applications process opened.
Dec. 14, 2009: Application deadline.(New deadline.)
Jan. 10, 2010: SAJA fellows named, reporting begins.
Jan 10, 2010 - April 15, 2010: Reporting completed.
May 15, 2010: Finished project submitted to SAJA.
May 15 - 29, 2010: First-use period, for exclusive publication by the fellow's employer, or if a freelancer, by the media company with whom the freelancer is contracted.
May 30, 2010: SAJA disseminates the work widely, through the web, other media and panel discussions.
June and/or July: Fellows find availability for interviews and attend the SAJA Convention and Awards Dinner to talk about their work.

Please refer questions to Laura Griffin at sajamember [at] gmail [dot] com.

For more information go to http://www.saja.org/programs/fellowships . Please read the SRF FAQs before sending questions. 

To apply read all information and the FAQs, and then fill out THIS ONLINE FORM.

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