Purposes open for EU-Canada Younger Journalist Fellowship 2024

OTTAWA, ON, March 6, 2024 /CNW/ – The Delegation of the European Union to Canada and the Canadian Affiliation of Journalists (CAJ) are happy to announce the 2024 version of the European Union-Canada Younger Journalist Fellowship.

Deadline for submissions is Monday, 6 Might 2024. The research tour to Brussels will happen in October 2024.

The EU-Canada Younger Journalist Fellowship goals to acknowledge excellent journalistic expertise amongst younger Canadians. Since 2001, three candidates have been chosen yearly to take part in a week-long research tour to expertise the EU establishments, the Canadian Mission to the EU, and media shops in Brussels. Winners may even attend the day by day European Fee press briefing. All bills are paid for by the Delegation of the European Union to Canada. Winners may even profit from a one-year CAJ membership or one-year CAJ membership renewal.

Winners may even be invited to an awards ceremony co-hosted by the Workplace of the Speaker of the Home of Commons and the CAJ on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

The EU-Canada Younger Journalist Fellowship seeks to foster hyperlinks between Europeans and Canadians and to lift consciousness of the European Union amongst a brand new era of Canadian college students and journalists.

Winners are required to submit a pattern of their work and to chronicle their research tour expertise on-line or in print throughout the research tour or upon their return from Europe (i.e. printed articles, running a blog, social media platforms).

Eligibility:

In an effort to be eligible, individuals should be:

• Actively enrolled in a Canadian college/post-secondary establishment or energetic within the discipline of journalism

• Between the ages 18-30

• Canadian citizen or everlasting resident

Purposes should embrace:

1. Pattern of labor 

• Candidates are invited to submit a current pattern of their work in any format, in English or French, in regards to the European Union or European Union-Canada relations. One work pattern solely.

• Entry necessities:

  • If print or digital: Information tales or opinion items of most 1,000 phrases, unpublished or printed inside the six earlier months from utility date.

  • If audio-visual: Information reviews of as much as 90 seconds period or mini-documentaries of wherever between 4 and 5 minutes.

  • The date of the unpublished textual content or report should be indicated. In case of printed textual content or broadcast report, the date and identify of media outlet should be indicated.

• The jury pays explicit consideration to journalistic qualities and expertise, rigorous analysis, factual accuracy and subject relevance to EU and EU-Canada relations.

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2.  Letter of motivation

• Candidates should write a letter of motivation clearly outlining particular matters they plan to write down about throughout/upon return from Europe and the place their work will seem (media outlet, social media, weblog and so forth.)

• Winners can have full editorial independence and, whereas the Delegation and the Canadian Affiliation of Journalists will retain the precise to publish/reproduce their work to advertise this system in future years, candidates will preserve mental property rights of their work.

• The letter also needs to embrace the explanations for making use of and the anticipated advantages to be derived from participation within the research journey.

3. Curriculum vitae

4. Proof of Canadian citizenship or everlasting resident standing

The deadline for purposes is 6 Might 2024

Please notice that incomplete purposes, i.e. purposes not containing all the above paperwork submitted on the similar time, is not going to be thought-about.

For audio-visual entries, please ship on-line hyperlink by e-mail or USB by mail with the appliance.

Purposes are to be despatched both by e-mail to DELEGATION-CANADA-POL@eeas.europa.eu or by mail to the next deal with:

Delegation of the European Union to Canada

Ref.: EU-Canada Younger Journalist Fellowship 
150 Metcalfe Road, Suite 1900
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1P1

Remaining choice by the Jury:

The Jury, consisting of EU Delegation representatives, skilled journalists and teachers, will meet in spring 2024 to pick out the very best items obtained by the deadline. The selections of the Jury shall be closing. The three winners shall be notified straight

The Research Tour scheduled for October 2024

Established in 1976, the European Union Delegation to Canada is a fully-fledged diplomatic mission and, as such, the pure contact level in Canada between the EU and the Canadian authorities. It additionally has a robust public diplomacy mandate designed to boost the data and understanding of the European Union in addition to EU-Canada relations.

The Canadian Affiliation of Journalists is Canada’s largest nationwide skilled group for journalists from all media, representing members throughout the nation. The CAJ’s major roles are to offer high-quality skilled growth for its members and public-interest advocacy.

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