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KSJ Fellowship for Advancing Science Journalism in Africa and the Middle East 2025-2026

🏛 Knight Science Journalism Program (KSJ) at MIT 📍 Boston, United States 📅 2026
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About this opportunity

The KSJ Fellowship for Advancing Science Journalism in Africa and the Middle East is a one-semester fellowship hosted by the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. It aims to support a journalist from Africa or the Middle East to develop a course of study and engage in seminars, workshops, and field trips in the Cambridge/Boston area during the fall 2025 semester. Benefits include a stipend, health insurance, travel and housing stipends, and access to MIT benefits and a professional community of science journalists.

Benefits & funding

Stipend, health insurance, travel and housing stipends, access to MIT benefits, and professional networking opportunities.

Eligibility

Be journalists based in Africa and/or the Middle East with at least three years’ experience reporting on science, health or environmental issues in the region.

How to apply

Submit required documents: Statement of Purpose, CV, three work samples, and a letter of professional reference via the application portal.

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