Applications open for Martin Wise Goodman Canadian Nieman Fellowship

Applications are now being accepted for the Martin Wise Goodman Canadian Nieman Fellowship at Harvard for the 2017-18 academic year. The Canadian fellowship is funded by the Martin Wise Goodman Trust in the name of the former president of the Toronto Star. 

Nieman fellowships are awarded to up to 12 American and 12 international journalists each year. One Canadian is eligible. 

The one-year sabbatical, covering tuition, stipend and medical expenses, is worth approximately $75,000; the Canadian award is made to a successful applicant every second year, joining with up to 24 mid-career journalists working in print, broadcast, digital and audiovisual media who receive one of the annual Niemans. 

All applicants for academic-year Nieman Fellowships, including freelancers, must be working journalists with at least five years of full-time media experience.   The fellowships are for two full semesters at Harvard, auditing classes at the university (and other universities, including MIT and Tufts) and taking part in seminars, master classes and conferences designed to strengthen their professional skills and leadsership capabilities. 

Applications by the individual journalist must be made by means of an online application portal. The deadline is January 6, 2017. 

Recent winners were Stephen Maher of the National Post, Laura-Julie Perrault of La Presse, David Skok of Global News and Jana Juginovic of CTV News. 

Canadian Nieman fellowship offers journalist study and reflection in a year at Harvard

Every other year, a Canadian Nieman fellowship is offered to a working journalist to spend a year at Harvard University. The specifically Canadian award is financed by a trust established in the name of Martin Wise Goodman, the late president of the Toronto Star, who was a Nieman Fellow himself. 

(The Nieman Foundation for Journalism welcomes up to 12 foreign and 12 American  journalists to Harvard. Since 1938, there have been more than 1,400 fellows. The fellowships were established in the name of  Lucius W. Nieman, the founder of the Milwaukee Journal.) 

The Martin Wise Goodman Canadian Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University provides a mid-career opportunity to study and broaden intellectual horizons during the academic year (September to June) and covers the cost of attending Harvard University and a stipend for living expenses. There are no educational prerequisites; nor do fellows receive either course credits or a degree for work done during the Nieman year. Application is made by the individual journalist. 

The 2013 winner was Laura-Julie Perreault, a staff reporter at La Presse.

The deadline for applications is February 2, 2015. For further information about qualifications and to obtain application forms for the Canadian Nieman, go to http://canadiannieman.blogspot.ca/   

For further information on the Nieman program, go to http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/