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WSJ NYU Fellowship
The Wall Street Journal Journalism in Asia Fellowship, funded by WSJ in association with New York University

It’s a program funded by The Wall Street Journal, in association with New York University, for one or two promising journalists from Asia to enroll in the three-semester masters program in business and economic reporting at the NYU’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute.

The intensive sixteen-month program, which has graduated a number of Journal and Dow Jones Newswires reporters in recent years, features a unique interdisciplinary curriculum of both journalism and MBA courses and a remarkably low 4:1 student-to-faculty ratio, providing both intellectual rigor as well as hands-on mentoring for a dozen hand-picked students.

Candidate submissions will be judged by a team of Journal editors working in conjunction with NYU professors.

Eligibility:
Full-time journalists currently working in Asia, with a minimum of two years’ experience at a print or electronic publication.
At least one of those years should have been at an English-language publication.
Candidates should also be fluent in an English and an Asian language, and possess a four-year undergraduate degree or a three-year undergraduate degree plus one year of graduate work.
Employees (including immediate family members and/or those living in the same household of each) of Dow Jones or NYU, or their affiliates and subsidiaries are not eligible.

Fellowship Details:
The Fellowship covers tuition expenses and fees for two of the three semesters of the program, as well as providing a stipend of US$22,000.
The Fellowship covers travel to New York as well as some incidental costs, such as textbooks.
Previous fellows have reported that this adequately covers living expenses and at least one trip home.

Apply: All candidates must submit the following:
A one-page resume, written in English, detailing work and educational experience.
Three to five published articles written in English.
The judges would prefer that at least two of the articles be longer enterprise features. In general, the articles should be chosen to demonstrate your reporting, writing and analytical skills. They need not be focused on business or financial topics, although such articles would be preferable.
A 200- 300-word memo describing an article you would like to pursue on a business topic of significance to a broader international readership.
The memo should lay out the thesis of the article, offer some supporting evidence for the thesis, detail how you would pursue the story, and explain why the topic is of relevance to a global audience.
An original 1,000-word essay written in English.
The 1,000-word essay must be written entirely by you without any assistance in composition or editing. It will be judged both as a piece of writing and as evidence of your aspirations, interests, abilities, and experience. It should be specific and detailed enough to communicate a concrete sense of your character and capability. You must write out and sign the following statement: I did not receive assistance of any kind in the composition and editing of this essay.
In the essay, tell us about yourself. What were your key inspirations in your life and as a journalist? How did you come to have an interest in business journalism, and what role do you see it playing as part of the media? What are your hopes and dreams as a journalist, whether or not you win this Fellowship? How will the NYU program help you accomplish your goals if you are selected? And what will you bring to the program? Tell us also about your interests outside of journalism. What are your broader goals in life?

Send your application packet to:
Cathy Panagoulias
Deputy Managing Editor
The Wall Street Journal
200 Liberty Street
New York, NY 10281
USA

Important Dates:All applications must be received by January 20, 2009.
Finalists will be selected by March 2009.
Winners will be announced by summer 2009.

You will be contacted by Dow Jones in case you are selected.

If the selected Fellow declines the fellowship or fails to accept it within 14 days of first attempted notification, whether notification is by e-mail, regular mail or telephone, or, if after reasonable attempts are made, notification is unsuccessful, the fellowship will be awarded to another finalist.

Details: http://wsjfellowship.com/