Western Media Fellowships

Applications are now open for Western Media Fellowships to provide opportunities for journalists working in all kinds of media — newspapers, magazines, radio, television, online, multimedia, video, film, data visualisation and mapping, and books.

The Western Media Fellowships enable journalists to:

• interact with Stanford researchers, scholars, and students
• develop or work on a project of their own design
• and spur new coverage and understanding of the American West

They are particularly interested in supporting projects that:

• intersect with ongoing research at Stanford and the Bill Lane Center
• address significant challenges facing the American West
• or explore promising new possibilities for journalism and the media in the region

Criteria for acceptance

• The work should examine a crucial aspect of the West, its land, its people, its history, and the impact of the forces that power its economies
• The applicant should have ties to a news organisation which will guarantee serious consideration of publishing the work; the Bill Lane Center is not responsible for securing publication
• Publication should happen within six to nine months of the award, or by August 11, 2025
• The work itself could be one or could be any combination of the following: print or online articles, photography or photo essays, informational graphics, podcasts, video journalism, documentary films, fact-based graphic novels or graphic documentaries.

How to apply

The application deadline for this fellowship is October 14, 2024. To learn more and apply, please click here.