Midcareer Training Programs

Knight-Bagehot Fellowship in Economics and Business Journalism

Originally named for 19th-century British economist and editor Walter Bagehot, up to 10 economics and business journalism fellowships offer formal training in business, finance and economics at Columbia University. Courses are taken for full credit and, upon completion of the nine-month program, eligible fellows may earn a master's degree in journalism.

Columbia University
Terri Thompson, Director Columbia University 2950 Broadway New York, NY 10027 Mailcode 3850

Tel.: (212) 854-2711 Fax: (212) 854-3900
e-mail: tat5@columbia.edu
web: www.jrn.columbia.edu/knight-bagehot

Knight Center for Specialized Journalism

To improve coverage of complex subjects, this program offers top-quality expenses-paid seminars for reporters, editors and editorial writers. Print, broadcast and online journalists receive in-depth instruction in subjects related to their coverage. Participants meet like-minded colleagues, get grounded in a new assignment or rekindle enthusiasm for a long-time beat. Founded in 1987, the Knight Center has granted fellowships to almost 2,000 journalists from news organizations nationwide. The center is a professional program of the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism.

University of Maryland
Carol Horner, Director Knight Center for Specialized Journalism University of Maryland 1117 Cole Field House College Park, MD 20742-1024

Tel.: (301) 405-4817
e-mail: knight@umd.edu
web: http://www.knightcenter.umd.edu

John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists

Putting professional journalists in touch with distinguished scholars and with leaders from the public and private sectors, Stanford University provides fellowships for an academic year of individually designed study.

Stanford University
James R. Bettinger, Director John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists Building 120, Room 428 Stanford, CA 94305-2050

Tel.: (650) 725-1189 Fax: (650) 725-6154
e-mail: jimb@stanford.edu
web: http://knight.stanford.edu

Knight International Journalism Fellowships

The Knight International Journalism Fellowships stimulate and nurture transformational change in journalists, media and societies around the world. The program sends international media professionals to key countries where there are opportunities for meaningful and measurable change. Working with partner organizations on high-impact projects, they build skills and enhance the standards of independent news organizations. By raising professional journalism practices worldwide, Knight International helps media make societies more accountable to their citizens.

International Center for Journalists
Elisa Tinsley, Director Knight International Journalism Fellowships International Center for Journalists 1616 H St. N.W., 3rd Floor Washington, DC 20006

Tel.: (202) 737-3700 Fax: (202) 737-0530
e-mail: eTinsley@icfj.org
web: http://www.knight.icfj.org

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Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan: Business, Medicine, Law, Education

To offer systematic training in general studies, and for specialized work in business, law, medicine and education, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, sponsors an academic year of instruction.

University of Michigan
Charles Eisendrath, Director Knight-Wallace Fellows at Michigan University of Michigan Mike and Mary Wallace House 620 Oxford Road Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2635

Tel.: (734) 998-7666 (Birgit Rieck, program manager) Fax: (734) 998-7979
e-mail: brieck@umich.edu
web: http://www.kwfellows.org

Knight Science Journalism Fellowships

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers fellowships for journalists to devote an academic year to study science, medicine, technology and environmental research. Fellows also meet in special seminars with nearly 60 world-class experts.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boyce Rensberger, Director Knight Science Journalism Fellowships Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT E32-311 77 Massachusetts Ave. Cambridge, MA 02139-4307

Tel.: (617) 258-8249 Fax: (617) 258-8100
e-mail: boyce@mit.edu
web: http://web.mit.edu/knight-science

Media Management Center

Founded by Knight Foundation, the Media Management Center provides senior executives across all of the media industries with up-to-date management education and research. The Center is affiliated with the Medill School of Journalism and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. It offers advanced seminars for media industry leaders and groups and does research in partnership with media companies to solve some of the media's most pressing problems.

Northwestern University
John Lavine, Professor and Director Michael Smith, Executive Director Media Management Center Northwestern University 301 Fisk Hall 1845 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208-2110

Tel.: (847) 467-2065 Fax: (847) 491-5619
e-mail: m-smith3@northwestern.edu
web: http://www.mediamanagementcenter.org

Nieman Fellowship

To encourage journalism excellence and press freedom worldwide, Knight Foundation sponsors two Latin American fellows for participation in the Nieman Fellowship program at Harvard University, which emphasizes individually designed study for proven journalists.

Harvard University
Robert H. Giles, Curator Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University Walter Lippmann House One Francis Ave. Cambridge, MA 02138

Tel.: (617) 495-2237 Fax: (617) 495-8976
e-mail: bob_giles@fas.harvard.edu
web: http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/nieman.html

Knight Public Health Journalism Fellowships

Nine three-month fellowships offer midcareer journalists a chance to explore public health in-depth, working closely with CDC scientists and participating in outbreak investigations with "disease detectives." In 2002, the program began offering an intensive 10-day Boot Camp in Public Health.

CDC Foundation
Charles Haddad, Director Knight Journalism Fellowships at CDC c/o CDC Foundation Williams Bldg., 4th Floor 4770 Buford Hwy., NE Mailstop K-72 Atlanta, GA 30303

Tel.: (404) 653-0790 Fax: (404) 653-0330
e-mail: chaddad@cdc.gov
web: http://www.cdcfoundation.org/fellowships/knight

Knight Digital Media Center

The Knight New Media Center aims to fill two major gaps in journalism training. First, at UC Berkeley, it will offer customized week-long boot camps in multimedia reporting for traditional print and broadcast journalists. Second, at USC, it will offer seminars for new media journalists to learn how to better cover specialized topics. New media journalists who participate in content training are expected to return to work with expanded story ideas, better ability to frame critical questions, greater knowledge of sources and the ability to produce richer journalism. They’re also expected to understand fundamental journalism values. It is hoped that their improved journalism will, over time, raise expectations among both journalists and the public for what is possible in new media. Traditional journalists who participate in technical training are expected to learn the technique and technology of new media. It is hoped they will gain a better understanding of how the digital revolution is changing the world of media and journalism, and how to use new media to provide news in the public interest. The center is the successor to the Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, which provided workshops on specialized topics for hundreds of working journalists each year.

Univ. of California Berkeley and Univ. of Southern California
Vikki Porter Director Knight Digital Media Center Annenberg School for Communication University of Southern California One California Plaza 300 South Grand, Suite 3950 Los Angeles, CA 90071-8110

Tel.: (213) 437-4417 Fax: (213) 437-4426
e-mail: vporter@usc.edu
web: http://www.knightnewmediacenter.org

The Fourth Estate and the Third Sector

Burnis Morris directs a program to train journalists how to cover nonprofits. He previously ran the program at the University of Mississippi; and has moved — with the program — to Marshall University. Morris has led a national effort to improve news media coverage of nonprofit institutions and to educate journalists about the nonprofit sector. Since 1993, he has helped organize eight conferences attended by more than 700 journalists and nonprofit executives.

Marshall University
Burnis Morris Carter G. Woodson Professor W. Page Pitt School of Journalism and Mass Communications Marshall University One Marshall Drive Huntington, WV 25755

Tel.: (304) 638-3322
e-mail: morrisb@marshall.edu
web: http://www.marshall.edu/sojmc/faculty.asp?pname=morris