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The Commonwealth Journalists Association is now inviting applications for a Derek Ingram Press Fellow to join a residential programme held at Wolfson College, Cambridge, for three months during the Easter Term, 2025, offering an opportunity to journalists from any Commonwealth country an opportunity to study a subject of their own choosing under light academic supervision.
To make an application, please follow the steps outlined on the Press Fellowship applications webpage. Please note that the deadline for submission of applications for the Derek Ingram Press Fellowship is 20 December 2024.
The successful applicant willl conduct research as part of the Wolfson Press Fellowship Programme, which has been running since 1982 and has welcomed over 350 journalists from 47 countries. He or she will join a small team of other journalists at Wolfson College from 7 April 2025 for ten weeks.
The Derek Ingram Press Fellowship, now in its second year, honours the memory of Derek, a distinguished journalist who did so much to improve media coverage and public understanding of the Commonwealth throughout his long career.
The Press Fellowship Programme is not a course, but an opportunity for journalists in mid-career to research a project of their own choosing. Although each Press Fellow can choose what they want to investigate, their project must be relevant to one or more of four broad themes:
- The changing role of media in a networked world.
- Improving the reporting of business, the environment, sustainable development, medicine, bio-science and technology.
- The implications of AI for journalism.
- The role of free media in democratic governance.
Press Fellows become members of Wolfson College, and gain access while they are in residence to the social, intellectual and scholarly resources at the University of Cambridge. They work in close collaboration with the Director of the Programme, Professor John Naughton, who is the co-founder of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy in the University, and the Technology columnist of the London Observer newspaper.
The Derek Ingram Press Fellowship covers all of the fees, living, travel and project-related expenses of Fellows from the moment they arrive until they depart. Travel to, from, and within the UK, along with any visa application costs, will also be covered. The Fellow is provided with a room in College, as well as full dining rights. Please note that the Fellowship does not cover any costs associated for a spouse, partner and/or family if they accompany the Fellow to Cambridge.
Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed via Zoom on 31 January 2025 by a Press Fellowship panel.
For further information, please email press-fellowship@wolfson.cam.ac.uk
