Supervisor Elham AbolFateh
Editor in Chief Mohamed Wadie

2020 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship for Women Journalists


Tue 25 Feb 2020 | 11:44 PM
Wafaa Fayez

The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship gives academic and professional opportunities to women journalists committed to human rights and social justice reporting. During this fellowship, the selected journalist will have the chance to complete research and coursework at MIT’s Center for International Studies and to participate in internships with The Boston Globe and The New York Times.

Eligibility Criteria:

  • The Neuffer Fellowship is open to women-identifying and non-binary journalists whose work focuses on human rights and social justice issues.
  • All applicants for the Neuffer Fellowship must be working journalists with at least three years of full-time, professional journalism experience. Internships and journalism-related work completed as a university student do not count as professional experience. Applicants may be affiliated or freelance journalists.
  • Journalists from any country around the world are eligible to apply. However, applicants must speak, read and write English fluently in order to fully participate in and benefit from the Fellowship.

Accepting Applications:

January 14, 2020 - February 27, 2020 at 11:59 PM EST

For any inquiries related to the 2020 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, please contact Claudia Gonzalez at [email protected].

Please review the Frequently Asked Questions page for the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship before starting your application or contacting the IWMF.

The media is not truly free and representative without the equal voice of women. Through our programs and grants, we empower women journalists with the training, opportunities, and support to become leaders in the news industry.

The IWMF works to unleash the power of female journalists to transform the global news media. Our fellows and grantees — both freelance and staff journalists — become experts in reporting in underserved regions, generate must-read stories, align with top outlets, and bring critical issues affecting women and others to light. We are the only organization that provides safety training, byline opportunities, and emergency support tailored to female journalists and photographers around the world.