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The Spencer Education Journalism Fellowship |
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Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism named three New York journalists as the 2009-10 Spencer Fellows in Education Reporting based on projects that will explore issues about resilience and gifted education, desegregation in Louisville, KY., and the overhaul of New York City’s public school system under mayoral control. The 2009-10 fellows include: Peg Tyre, a former senior reporter at Newsweek Magazine; Sarah Garland, a reporter at Newsweek International; and Elizabeth Green, who covered education for U.S. News & World Report and the now defunct New York Sun. Each fellow will receive a $75,000 stipend and will spend an academic year sabbatical at the Journalism School. (l.-r.) Sarah Garland, Peg Tyre & Elizabeth GreenPhoto/Rebecca Castillo Read about the 2009-10 Spencer Fellows The Graduate School of Journalism and the Spencer Foundation are accepting applications for the 2010-11 fellowship in education reporting. Three fellowships, with an annual stipend of $75,000 each, are available to journalists, educators and education policy researchers who are interested in developing a long-form reporting project to advance the understanding of the American education system. “Part of the power of journalism is its ability to generate informed public discussion on major issues,” said Nicholas Lemann, dean of the Journalism School. “There is no issue more important than education. What we are trying to do here is help to shape and launch three ambitious and memorable works of journalism a year on educational topics – works that demonstrate the way our profession, when practiced at its highest level, can bring public questions vividly to life.” Fellows will spend an academic year in New York City at the School of Journalism and Columbia's Teachers College. Students will complete coursework on campus during the fall semester and spend the spring semester working on their individual projects. Journalism Professor LynNell Hancock, a nationally known expert on covering education, children and families, will work closely with the fellows to develop their coursework throughout the year. Participants will also be assigned an adviser who will act as a writing coach and editor. The Spencer Foundation is committed to supporting high-quality investigation of education through its research projects, fellowship and training programs. Fellows will meet with influential leaders in both education and journalism, participate in school-wide seminars and workshops and serve as guest lecturers in graduate-level journalism courses. “The fellowship is designed to elevate the level of education reporting by giving writers the time and resources they so desperately need in today’s environment of tight deadlines and space limitations to produce a long-form work of lasting value that will trigger a national conversation on the status of education in America," said Hancock, the program’s curriculum director. For more information, contact Associate Dean Arlene Morgan:
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