Journalists from the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe can apply.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty organizes the Regional Reporting Fellowship to equip aspiring journalists with the skills and editorial expertise they need to become standard-bearers of a professional, independent, and ethical press. The program will be held from November 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024.
Fellows will spend eight months in a local RFE/RL bureau to receive training and be mentored by professional colleagues. During the second half of their programs, fellows will travel to RFE/RL headquarters in Prague for two weeks to receive additional training.
Fellows will receive a monthly stipend, workspace, and paid travel to and from Prague.
The fellowship accepts applications from journalists in Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Kosovo, Moldova, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Ukraine who speak the dominant local language. In the cases of Belarus and Russia, only journalists currently living outside of these two countries may apply.
The deadline is July 1.