Herbert Quandt is offering six scholarships to young journalists from Israel/Palestine for its ‘Trialogue of Cultures’ programme for 2010. The scholarship’s focus is on the exchange of young German, Israeli and Palestinian journalists who share the interest in a trilateral dialogue, who want to know more about Germany and also want to get work experience in a German media context.
Three scholarships will be awarded to journalists with Israeli and three to journalists with Palestinian background.
Details and Timeframe of Scholarship:
The scholarship in Germany will start on 1 July 2010 and end 31 December 2010 (including a fare-well meeting). On 1st of July, a three month intensive German language course including cultural excursions starts at the University of Bayreuth in Germany.
From October until December 2010, a three-months-internship will be organised at a German media company such as Deutsche Welle Arabic and English Programme (Radio and TV), ZDF, Frankfurter Rundschau, Deutschland Magazine, Al Jazeera etc. The Herbert Quandt-Foundation team will visit the fellows during this time. The work load is five days/40 hours a week.
Candidate Requirements:
I’lam Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel is currently accepting applications from young Palestinian journalists in Israel. We expect:
- at least a B.A.-university degree
- strong political, social and/or religious expertise
- interest in an inter-cultural trialogue between Jews, Christians and Muslims, Germans, Israeli and Palestinians
- a minimum of three years work-experience in media before and after graduation
- high journalistic qualities
- high professional work ethics
- an age between 25 and 35 years
- interest in Germany and German media
- good language skills, at least in English, German would be advantageous
- a letter of reference from an academic or journalistic institution
- two written pieces of journalistic work (newspaper-articles or transcripts of radio-features etc.)
- carefully filled-out application-forms and a CV
Financial Support Details:
Further, the candidate will be supported by a monthly stipend, living and travel costs:
- A fixed amount of € 800.- (incl. excess luggage) to cover a return flight – to be disbursed on 31 May 2010
- € 700.- for living costs, to be disbursed in monthly dues
- Rent for an apartment during the internship up to an amount of € 400,- per month (evidence required).
- The Herbert Quandt-Foundation will take over the costs for the course as well as the accommodation-costs at the University of Bayreuth (June-September 2010).
- The internships will be organised by the foundation taking into consideration the personal preferences.
- Furthermore, the foundation will organise a workshop in the fields of politics, media, religion and cultures at the end of the year
Essential Documents - Application Form and Details of the Scholarship:
The following documents should be downloaded and read/filled in by applicants to the scholarship:
1) Application Form
2) Details of the Scholarship (including logistical information, how to fill out the application form, background info on the ‘Trialogue of Cultures’ programme)
Deadline:
The deadline for applications is January 10 2010. Personal interviews will be held in early February 2010 in Israel/Palestine by the programme director of the Herbert Quandt-Foundation.
Contact Person:
For those Palestinian journalists in Israel interested in applying, please contact I’lam Media Center’s contact person, Muna Abu Baker Barghuthy at muna.abu.baker@ilam-center.org or at mobile 052-8907968. Muna will assist in the preparation of applications and final applications should be sent to her.
Update:
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