Fellowships at the Hechinger Institute

"Covering America, Covering Community Colleges" Fellowship

The Hechinger Institute is looking for twelve journalists who want to tackle a major project about community colleges in 2010 for the third year of its "Covering America, Covering Community College Fellowships.'' Each fellow will receive a $7,500 stipend and spend an expense-paid week in New York City meeting with experts, conducting researching and visiting local community colleges.

For more information and an online application visit the Community College Fellowship page

Exploring Teaching: A Fellowship

The Hechinger Institute is offering a Fellowship to Journalists interested in pursuing a major story or series on teaching and learning in 2009. This Fellowship is designed to support journalism on critical topics in K-12 teaching. This prestigiousFellowship is open to journalists working in all media in Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio as well as to journalists based elsewhere who reach a national audience. Journalists selected will pursue in-depth projects of their own devising on a broad range of relevant topics: teacher training, effectiveness, distribution, compensation and retention.

More information and online application