Palestinian Journalist Fellowship

Applications are now open for Logic(s)’ Palestinian Journalist Fellowship to support community-led storytelling on Palestine and its relationship to technology, to strengthen the magazine’s contributions to Palestine reporting, and to redistribute resources to Palestinian journalists.

Logic(s) will provide training, workshops, and informal mentoring to fellows on domain-specific topics like secure communication, algorithmic models, and techno-culture. ARI provides bilingual (English/Arabic) programming including a workgroup on tech in the Middle East North Africa region. Fellows have the option to participate in their workgroups and publications if they are interested.

The Palestinian Journalist Fellowship is open to any Palestinian journalist and/or storyteller, anywhere in the world. Special priority is given to early career applicants who are either currently located in Palestine or in refugee camps, and/or have been recently displaced.

Pitch Guidelines

In terms of length, their pitches are usually around two short paragraphs. In terms of content, they’re generally looking for the following:

• Specificity: The more details, the better. How does the thing or process you’re describing work, at the most intimate level? The kind of detail can vary widely: it might involve technical detail if you’re describing a technology, or reported detail if it’s a reported piece. But specificity is critical to any good piece. It not only helps make for an interesting piece of writing; it also establishes your credibility as the one writing it. The details you foreground illustrate why you should be the one writing this piece.
• Stakes: Why does this piece matter? Why should the reader read past the first few paragraphs? A successful piece should answer the “so what?” question early and often. It’s possible that a few readers will come to your piece already interested in the particular subject you’re discussing—but the vast majority won’t. How will you make the case to your readers that they should keep reading?
• What makes you uniquely positioned to write this? Who are you? Where do you come from? This can be an opportunity to focus on either your personal or professional background, depending which feels most relevant to the pitched story.

How to apply

The application deadline for this fellowship is October 16, 2024. To learn more and apply, please click here.