The Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting in Champaign, Ill., is accepting applications for its Illinois Humanities Engagement Fellowship, "to help the nonprofit news operation engage more deeply with rural communities," April Simpson reports for Current, a nonprofit news service for and about public media. Illinois Humanities is a private state-level affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
"The fellow will focus on diversifying MCIR’s audience by involving community members in the newsroom’s editorial process and fostering conversations about its coverage," Simpson writes. "The fellow will focus on diversifying MCIR’s audience by involving community members in the newsroom’s editorial process and fostering conversations about its coverage."
Simon Nyi, program manager of media/journalism and business for Illinois Humanities, told Simpson, “The question that we’re trying to answer really is, can a dedicated engagement operation in a newsroom like that help strengthen the relationships the newsroom has with the community, deepen its audience and ultimately result in better, deeper investigative journalism that wouldn’t have happened otherwise?”
The fellowships includes a one-year, $38,000 stipend. The deadline to apply is April 10. For more information, or to apply, click here.
"The fellow will focus on diversifying MCIR’s audience by involving community members in the newsroom’s editorial process and fostering conversations about its coverage," Simpson writes. "The fellow will focus on diversifying MCIR’s audience by involving community members in the newsroom’s editorial process and fostering conversations about its coverage."
Simon Nyi, program manager of media/journalism and business for Illinois Humanities, told Simpson, “The question that we’re trying to answer really is, can a dedicated engagement operation in a newsroom like that help strengthen the relationships the newsroom has with the community, deepen its audience and ultimately result in better, deeper investigative journalism that wouldn’t have happened otherwise?”
The fellowships includes a one-year, $38,000 stipend. The deadline to apply is April 10. For more information, or to apply, click here.
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