A Knight-Wallace Fellowship is the rarest of opportunities: an
academic year of study, reflection and growth at one of the world’s
finest universities, nestled in one of the nation’s most livable cities.
It is a time of expanding perspectives, intellectual growth and
personal transformation.
Each year, the fellowship brings together exceptional journalists from
the U.S. and abroad to share this life-changing experience. Our
fellows devise a personalized study plan with access to the courses and resources of the University of Michigan. Twice-weekly seminars bring the best from the worlds of journalism and academia directly to you.
Extensive travel
is a core component of the Knight-Wallace experience. We place equal
emphasis on broadening horizons outside the classroom with news tours to
Argentina, Brazil and Turkey and a family trip to Northern Michigan.
Where else will you go from pressing fresh apple cider in the crisp air
of a Northern Michigan fall to galloping on a horse through the brush on
the Argentine Pampas to learning Brazilian dance at an escola de samba?
Stipends and Family Life
includes $70,000 for U.S. fellows (stipends for international fellows
vary) and opportunities for our fellow’s partners, spouses and
children. The intellectual resources of the university as well as the
program’s activities are open to spouses and partners. Children are
invited to many after-hour events at Wallace House.
Criteria
for selection are simple. We seek the best and brightest in journalism
today, mid-career professionals with at least five years of professional
experience and solid track records, great future promise and, above
all, demonstrated leadership in some aspect of journalism.
A typical Knight-Wallace Fellowship class comprises 12 U.S. journalists and six international colleagues.
