German scholarships for young journalists

Germany offers scholarship programmes in journalism
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The German foundation Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung is offering, together with the German newspaper die Tageszeitung, DW-TV and several radio stations, a journalism programme for young immigrants in Germany. Another sponsored journalism training programme is being offered to Indian journalists as well as students of journalism by Germany’s Robert-Bosch-Stiftung.

The Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung has scholarship programmes for students and organises different programmes worldwide. The foundation is now offering a three-year programme for young immigrants in Germany. It consists of several seminars, workshops and training to get the basic foundations of journalism. The organisation will provide monthly scholarships and internships and voluntary work with their media partners. This will make the scholarship-holders financially independent and provide them easy access into a media career. Several media partners are already looking for these next generation qualified journalists who are multilingual and have an understanding for different lifestyles and cultures.

The upcoming deadlines to apply for the programme are 1st March and 1st September, 2010.

Another sponsored journalism course is being offered by the German organisation Robert-Bosch-Stiftung. Customised programmes for practicing journalists as well as for students of journalism are available. The offer includes a trip to Germany for Indian journalists, trips to India for German journalists, economic and political reporting from southeast Europe or journalism programmes for German and American journalists.

In India, international reporting primarily focuses on the USA. The little reporting about Germany and Europe is limited and not very prominent. One of the aims of the programme is to improve the quality of reporting on Germany and Europe. Through this programme, ten candidates from the Indian media have the opportunity to get to know Germany and Europe. Meetings and discussions with representatives from politics, business, science, civil society, and the media in Germany are part of the programme.

In 2009, the Robert Bosch Stiftung conducted a first-time information trip for German journalists to India in order to contribute to a better understanding of the country, apart from the economic sector.

by Bianca Heldt-Kwame
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