The Knight-Mozilla fellowships present a unique
opportunity for people who like to code and who want to influence the
future of journalism on the web.
FELLOWSHIP TIMELINE
2015 Fellowships begin in calendar year 2015 and last for 10 months.
Each Fellow’s start date will be individualized for the needs of that
Fellow and the news organization, but most Fellowships will begin in
February or March of 2015.
FELLOWSHIP LOCATIONS
Fellows are based, unless special circumstances dictate, in the town of their host news organization.
In 2015, the Fellows will be based with:
- The Guardian in London, UK
- La Nacion in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- NPR in Washington, DC
- Vox Media in Austin, TX; Washington, DC; or New York, NY
- Center for Investigative Reporting in Emeryville, CA (just outside San Francisco)
- New York Times in New York, NY
- Washington Post in Washington, DC; or New York, NY
We make every attempt to match skills of Fellows with needs of news organizations when matching Fellow to organization.
STIPEND AND FINANCIAL BENEFITS
The Knight-Mozilla Fellowship is designed to allow flexibility for both Fellows and Fellowship Partners. The standard Fellowship offers a stipend of $60,000, paid in 10 monthly installments. Fellows are responsible for remitting all applicable taxes and other government payments as required.
Mozilla may, in consultation with Fellows and Fellowship Partners,
elect to vary the amount and duration to accommodate the needs and
availability of individual fellows and newsrooms.
To help offset cost of living in the Fellowship Partner location
cities, the Fellowship also provides supplements for housing, childcare,
health insurance, moving expenses, and helps pay for research/equipment
and books. The Fellowship also covers the costs of required travel for
Fellowship activities.
Research & Equipment
Up to $3,000 annually will be given towards the purchase of laptop
computers, digital cameras, recorders, fees for Continuing Studies or
other courses related to the Fellowship, computer software, research
fees or payments, and travel expenses for conferences or other research
related to the Fellow’s research or study.
Server Allowance
Up to $250 to cover the server costs associated with deploying
projects such as fees for Heroku, Amazon Web Services, and domain
registration.
Travel Allowance
All approved Fellowship trips – domestic and international – are
covered. Additional travel required by the Fellowship Partners will be
covered by them.
Moreinfo: http://opennews.org/fellowships/info.html
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