Journalists and others working with data from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan can apply for this fellowship.
ForSet is accepting applications for the Data Communication Fellowship — a six to eight month program, which consists of two weeks long training in Tbilisi, Georgia, and an online mentorship program.
Fellows will advance their skills in data collection, data analysis, data storytelling, information design, and more. They will research, write, design and publish data stories under the guidance of ForSet.
Each fellow must create up to two data stories on topics of democracy, politics or economics. Stories created should be published by their respective organizations or fellows will have to find outlets for publishing created stories.
Working language of the program is English, though practical work, mentorship, final materials and stories can be done in Russian.
The deadline is June 9.