FELLOWSHIPS FOR JOURNALIST

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Connie Rubio
Email: newsroom@admu.edu.ph
Tel. No.: 0063-2-9263253Fax. No.: 0063-2-9263254
Applications for 15 fellowships for journalists open till Feb. 29

MANILA, 10 January 2008 -- Applications for the 2008 Fellowships for
the Master of Arts in Journalism are now being accepted by the Konrad Adenauer AsianCenter for Journalism at the Ateneo de Manila University (ACFJ).Fifteen fellowships are awarded yearly. This year?s deadline forapplications is 29 February 2008.

The fellowships are awarded to full-time Asian journalists who have excellent professional and academic record, a strong commitment togood journalism and leadership qualities. A grant covers tuition andother expenses for the two-year M. A. Journalism program offered bythe Ateneo de Manila University.

Since 2003, 42 journalists from Bangladesh, China, Indonesia,Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines have received the grants.Thirty three of them have completed the degree as of 2007.Designed for working journalists, the M.A. Journalism program is anonline distance learning program with limited classroom sessions held at the Ateneo campus in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

The curriculum is comprised of 12 courses including courses in ethics,and specialized reporting and writing courses such as InternationalReporting, Investigative Journalism and Reporting about Religions. The programs design allows working journalists and other mediaprofessionals to study at their own pace and time, and in their ownhomes or workplaces. The international faculty includes experiencedjournalists and academics from Australia, Canada, U.S., U.K. Germany,the Philippines, India and Malaysia.

ACFJ, a joint project of the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) and the Ateneo,was founded in June 2000 to promote good journalism in Asia byproviding training opportunities primarily for working journalists.Application forms for the fellowship grant may be downloaded from http://ateneo.edu/acfj or requested by e-mail at newsroom@admu.edu.ph.ACFJ may also be contacted by phone at 632-926-3253 or 632-426-6001(local 5211), or fax at 632-926-3254.

For admission to the M.A. program, a separate set of application formsare required. These are also available from ACFJ or the Ateneo'sOffice of Graduate Studies (OGS).