{"id":43531,"date":"2023-02-15T09:58:20","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T09:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\/?p=43531"},"modified":"2023-02-15T13:12:54","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T13:12:54","slug":"university-of-southern-california-fellowship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\/university-of-southern-california-fellowship\/","title":{"rendered":"USC Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship 2023 | How To Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>USC Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship application form | How to apply.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Below, are the details on USC application form, requirements, eligibility,\u00a0 qualifications needed, application guidelines, application deadline, how to apply, closing date, and other opportunities links for South Africans is published here on <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\">Southafricaportal.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong> as well as on the official website\/application portal.<\/p>\n<h2>University of Southern California Fellowship<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>University of Southern California (USC) Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship 2020 for Journalists in the U.S. (Funded)\u00a0application details<\/strong> have been published here. All Eligible and Interested applicants may apply online for this opportunity before the application deadline-closing date.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>NOTE:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t forget that\u00a0<b>USC<\/b> application is totally free of charge<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t send anyone money for this opportunity.<\/li>\n<li>Beware of Fraudsters!!!!<\/li>\n<li>Subscribe to our notification list with your email to receive the Latest Opportunities Updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Details of USC Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Applications are open for the\u00a0University of Southern California (USC) Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship 2020. The Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship is designed for\u00a0skilled journalists who want to learn to mine data sources to reveal key insights essential to high-impact journalism.<\/p>\n<p>The program offers professional reporters an opportunity to learn to acquire, analyze and produce visualizations of data that can help their audiences understand key health and child welfare developments. Fellows\u00a0 can be\u00a0beat reporters focused on health, education or children\u2019s issues or general assignment reporters with a demonstrated interest in reporting on these themes.<\/p>\n<p>Data Fellows receive five days of intensive training on data acquisition, cleaning, analysis and visualization, as well as an introduction to important data sets that can serve as the basis for groundbreaking journalism.<\/p>\n<p>They hear from leading data journalism experts about how to make successful Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and gain insights on how to pair original data analysis with compelling narratives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Knowledge and Skills:<\/strong>\u00a0Fellows will receive intensive training in data acquisition, cleansing, analysis and visualization techniques from some of the best data journalists in the country.\u00a0Fellows will gain insights into how to document\u00a0health and demographic trends in their local communities.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Financial Support and Mentoring:\u00a0<\/strong>Fellows will receive grants of $2,000 \u2013 $10,000 to use for reporting and data acquisition costs.\u00a0Veteran data journalists will provide one-on-one mentoring for six months while Fellows work on substantive investigative or explanatory reporting projects.\u00a0Up to three Data Fellows from California may receive supplemental grants of $1,000 to $2,000 for\u00a0community engagement, as well as specialized mentoring on community engagement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eligibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applicants must demonstrate a minimal skill level in Excel or take an online course on Excel. Since the Fellowship is highly interactive, Fellows must have access to a computer and pre-load it with the Excel and Tableau software that will be used during the training. (If you don\u2019t already have this software, we will provide advice about how you can get it for free.)<\/li>\n<li>They prefer that applicants have a minimum of three years of professional experience; many Fellows have decades.<\/li>\n<li>Journalists writing for ethnic media are strongly encouraged to apply.<\/li>\n<li>Proposals for collaborative projects between mainstream and ethnic news outlets receive preference, as do projects produced for co-publication or co-broadcast in both mainstream and ethnic news outlets.<\/li>\n<li>Freelancers who apply should earn the majority of their income from journalism. Students and interns are ineligible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The application asks for the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personal Statement (Including Project Proposal)<\/li>\n<li>Use 500 words to tell them who you are. Describe your reporting experience and aspirations and why you are interested in attending the Fellowship.<\/li>\n<li>Think of the project proposal as a pitch. The more detail you provide, the better.<\/li>\n<li>Three Samples of Your Work: Submit three samples of your best work. (For work that has only appeared online, please provide working URLs, as well as Word documents or PDFs of the published stories.) Broadcasters should submit links to working URLs of their online stories or CDs\/DVDs.<\/li>\n<li>Resum\u00e9: Please include a current resum\u00e9. Note: Any misrepresentation that is discovered after you are admitted to the Fellowship will result in your dismissal.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centerforhealthjournalism.org\/files\/u6168\/Editor_checklist_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Editor\/Story Checklist (download pdf)<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.centerforhealthjournalism.org\/content\/%3Ciframe%20src=%22https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vSqaX3S3OgTbaYF04F35gTQPNiojS9XLhBvQxADoNE-RGdvt0SIwAoG0KoEthwVoF4DFPRsEeh5bDq_\/pub?embedded=true%22%3E%3C\/iframe%3E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Word document<\/a>:\u00a0Download it, complete it, get your assigning editor\u2019s signature on it, and scan it into your computer to submit with your online application or FAX it to them at (877) 413-3873.\u00a0Both freelance and employed journalists must submit written confirmation of a news organization\u2019s commitment to publish or air the work resulting from the Fellowship, assuming the work meets its standards.<\/li>\n<li>Letter of Reference: Please supply a letter of reference from your assigning editor, producer, or news director that discusses your abilities and potential as a journalist in detail and the newsroom\u2019s support for your project. The letter should also confirm the following:\n<ul>\n<li>That you have discussed your proposed stories with your supervisor or assigned editor. Please tell us why they are important to the news outlet.<\/li>\n<li>That the news organization expects to publish or air your stories, assuming they meet its standards<\/li>\n<li>That your employer will permit you to attend all Fellowship sessions (disregard if you\u2019re a freelancer)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Data Experience Survey: Complete\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/r\/2020DataApplicantExperience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Applicants must join CenterforHealthJournalism.org and post a profile and photo.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, visit the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/centerforhealthjournalism.org\/fellowships\/seminars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Southern California<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, if you have any Feeling regarding the\u00a0<strong><b>USC<\/b><\/strong><strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>Please kindly DROP A COMMENT below and we will respond to it as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please help others by sharing this post on any social media.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><div class=\"aa-end\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USC Center for Health Journalism Data Fellowship application form | &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13],"tags":[94497,94498,129608],"class_list":["post-43531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opportunities","tag-university-of-southern-california-usc-center-for-health-journalism-data-fellowship","tag-university-of-southern-california-fellowship","tag-usc-center-for-health-journalism-data-fellowship-2023"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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