MIAMI, Florida (December 22, 2014)—The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today called for entries from journalists working with newspapers belonging to the organization throughout the Americas for its IAPA-Knight-Wallace Fellows (KWF) Chapultepec Scholarship that will enable a member of the press to have one semester of academic studies at the University of Michigan.
The scholarship, worth $60,000, covers accommodations, living expenses and university enrollment. This Chapultepec Scholarship is not part of the permanent IAPA Scholarship Fund.
The funds provided by Knight-Wallace Fellows are a generous support for the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Declaration of Chapultepec, a commitment adopted by almost all the heads of state of the countries of the Americas which contains 10 principles forming the basis of freedom of expression and of the press.
Those entitled to enter for the Chapultepec Scholarship are editors, news editors or section heads and reporters with a minimum of five years’ experience who speak English and are working in an IAPA member newspaper. Those chosen will study at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in September-December 2015 or January-April 2016.
“We count on the IAPA to find among journalists the best for him or her to have a period of reflection and growth at one of the world’s most prestigious universities,” said Charles Eisendrath, a journalist and director of the University of Michigan’s KWF.
For his part IAPA President Gustavo Mohme, editor of the Lima, Peru, newspaper La República, expressed gratitude for the gesture and declared that “this is a unique opportunity for experienced journalists to perfect and increase their professional knowledge.”
Each entrant should present a 1,500-word bio, a 500-word study plan, letters of personal, professional and work reference, authorization from his or her newspaper editor, and five examples of his or her professional work in recent years, all in or translated into English. Also a 500-word essay, published or not, referring to any of the Declaration of Chapultepec’s 10 principles. The scholarship includes a trip by to Turkey and Brazil.
The deadline for entries is February 25, 2015. Those interested can download the registration form at www.sipiapa.com/ scholarships/ scholarships Chapultepec. For more information they can go to [email protected]. For additional general guidance they can visit the English-language Web site http://www.mjfellpws.org.
