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International Reporting Project Gatekeeper Editors Fellowship
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By ITF Webmaster
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Monday, January 23, 2006 |
Any U.S. senior editor is eligible to apply for this spring's International Reporting Project Gatekeeper Editors" fellowship trip, which will take up to 12 "Gatekeepers" on a fact-finding trip to Egypt April 29-May 12, 2006, part of the International Reporting Project's programs to educate U.S. journalists about international issues.
Applications for the Egypt trip are available online at www.internationalreportingproject.org or can be obtained by contacting Sonja Matanovic, the IRP webmaster/communications coordinator at (202) 663-7726 or
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In addition to submitting application forms, editors must also submit a brief resume.
Gatekeepers are any senior journalists from any medium who help select editorial content. In the past, executive editors, managing editors, broadcast producers, foreign editors, business editors, editorial page editors and others have participated in the Gatekeeper fellowships, which have taken U.S. editors to Indonesia, Brazil, South Africa, Lebanon/Syria and India.
This year's fellowship trip to Egypt is a rare opportunity to meet leading figures in one of the key countries in the Middle East. The selected group of Gatekeepers will interview leading Egyptian government and opposition leaders, as well as religious, diplomatic, business, cultural, and other figures.
All applications must be postmarked no later than February 10 and sent by email, postal mail or fax to the International Reporting Project office in Washington, D.C. For more information, see www.internationalreportingproject.org.
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