Deadline: 8 April 2011
The fourth annual National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Journalism Fellowship will run from 6 - 10 June 2011. The NCAR Journalism Fellowship introduces journalists to atmospheric and Earth system sciences.
In addition to visiting NCAR, journalists will spend a day with researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). At NCAR and NREL, Fellows will have an opportunity to learn about topics such as climate change; severe weather; wind, solar and other renewable energy technologies; sun and solar storms (including impacts of space weather on Earth); environmental-societal interactions (such as the influence of climate on disease transmission); and applied science (such as pinpointing turbulence for commercial planes and using long-range weather forecasts to help protect vulnerable communities). NCAR Journalism Fellows will gain access to exciting new Earth science research findings through seminars and meetings with scientists, laboratory visits, and a first-hand look at research tools that include planes, supercomputers, solar cells, and wind turbines.
Our program is a five-day, residential experience open to professional writers, producers, and editors working for print, broadcast, and online media. NCAR will cover costs including airfare, hotel, transport to-from the Denver Airport and Boulder, as well as a daily meal stipend for the selected NCAR Journalism Fellows. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of writing, producing, or editing experience for a general-interest audience. Freelancers, book authors, and writers from nontraditional media may be considered, but should be able to show a substantial portfolio of work.
Application Deadline: Friday, 8 April 2011
Application Information
Please apply online. Include in your application materials a letter of intent stating why you are interested in becoming an NCAR Journalism Fellow, what you hope to gain from this program, and what topics you might be interested in learning more about or covering. Also include a resume, and three samples of professional work completed in the last two years.
Samples of printed work may be uploaded in PDF format. Please name your files with the following convention (so we can tell which are yours): YourLastname_resume.pdf, YourLastname_sample1.pdf, etc (for example: Smith_resume.pdf & Smith_sample1.pdf). Broadcast and multimedia journalists may submit relevant DVDs, CDs, VHS tapes or audiocassettes to the address below (please note on the letter of intent if non-print samples are being mailed to NCAR). Also, producers and directors submitting samples should indicate how they were involved in a broadcast/project.
Contact information and mailing address for non-print samples:
Rachel Hauser
NCAR Journalism Fellowship
1850 Table Mesa Drive,
Boulder, CO 80305
Phone: (303) 497-1117
Email: rhauser@ucar.edu
Apply here.