Dialogue Journalism Fellowship in the Arab Region

The Dialogue Journalism Fellowship is a unique journalism fellowship in the Arab region that focuses on the role of media in peacebuilding by using dialogue.

It is a one-year fellowship that aims to support journalists in becoming more effective and critical in promoting peaceful coexistence and common citizenship through constructive dialogue, accuracy, fairness and balance, as well as respect for diversity, ethnicity and religion as inscribed in national and international codes of ethics.

The one-year Dialogue Journalism Fellowship is offered to 20 journalists in the Arabic language in the following forms:

• Online mentorship sessions are held by senior trainers who are experts in their respective fields, such as dialogue, peace journalism, and conflict journalism.
• Three training workshops aim to train journalists on dialogical techniques to serve their contributions and interventions in peacebuilding and intercultural dialogue.
• Production of individual and joint initiatives to produce stories related to interfaith and intercultural dialogue supported by grants of up to 2,000 euros for each participant.

Who can apply?

• Fellows must have at least five years of experience in journalism or other relevant fields. Any platform counts as a journalistic experience (print, podcast, digital).
• Fellows must be native to one of the mainly developing countries of the Arab Region;
• Fellows must currently live in and write for media in the Arab Region;
• Fellows must be between the ages of 28 and 40;
• Fellows must be currently employed as professional journalists for press, television, radio or electronic journalism organisations. Full-time and freelance journalists are invited to apply.
• Fellows should have an interest in interreligious dialogue and journalism, peacebuilding, and social cohesion.

How to apply

The application deadline for this fellowship is October 3, 2024. To learn more and apply, please click here.