Deadline: April 16, 2024
Applications are open for the TF-IPS Asia Journalism Fellowship 2024. The Asia Journalism Fellowship welcomes its 14th batch of Fellows in 2023. The programme will run over eight weeks, with four weeks online and four weeks in Singapore.
AJF is an initiative of Temasek Foundation and has been hosted since 2017 by the Institute of Policy Studies of the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. AJF has welcomed 205 Asian journalists to Singapore since 2009. The programme was hosted by the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information at Nanyang Technological University from 2009 to 2016.
Benefits
- Funding: Fellows will be provided with:
- Internet Cost: Singapore Dollars Three Hundred (S$300.00) for virtual participation during the four-week virtual programme;
- Airfare: One economy return ticket by the most direct route, including VISA costs (capped at S$50), from their home city to Singapore;
- Local Airport Transfer: Singapore Dollars Thirty (S$30.00), from Changi Airport to serviced apartment;
- Allowance: Stipend of Singapore Dollars Nine Hundred (S$900.00) for the period in Singapore.
- Insurance
- It is compulsory for Fellows to purchase travel insurance for the full duration of their stay in Singapore before arriving. They will need to see a copy of Fellows’ travel insurance before they depart for Singapore.
- Accommodation
- Free accommodation is provided in serviced apartments. Two or three Fellows share one apartment, which will have kitchen facilities. They discourage Fellows from having live-in guests to avoid inconvenience to their flatmate.
- Facilities and Resources
- Fellows will have access to the E-Resources from NUS libraries and internet access at the serviced apartments as well as at NUS campus. Fellows will also be given licensed access to Zoom.
Eligibility
- You have at least five years of professional journalism experience. Student journalism is not included.
- You are working fulltime as a journalist in Asia. They prefer those working for Asian media organisations. Freelancers may apply, if journalism is your main source of income.
- You are comfortable in English, the working language of the AJF programme. They welcome journalists working in non-English media, but you may have to demonstrate your proficiency in English through a telephone interview.
- Your employers must agree in writing to allow you to participate in the Fellowship for eight weeks – four weeks online, followed by four weeks in Singapore.
Application
Your application is not complete until they receive all the following:
- Completed Application Form. (Download Application Form)
- Employer’s letter supporting your participation in AJF – four weeks online and four weeks in Singapore. [This is not required for freelancers.] (Download Sample Letter)
- Three letters of recommendation. (Download Instructions for Referees)
- Three to five samples of past work.
- Copies of all relevant educational certificates, with certified translations if not in English.
- Completed Personal Data Protection Act Form.
Sending Your Application
Send your Application Form by e-mail to: applications@ajf.sg If your e-mail is successfully received, you will receive an automated e-mail reply.
Preferably, your other materials should be e-mailed as well. However, if the files are too large or if you don’t have them as soft copies, you can send them to:
TF-IPS Asia Journalism Fellowship
c/o Ms Jasmine Ng
Institute of Policy Studies
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
National University of Singapore
1C Cluny Road, House 5
Singapore 259599
For more information, visit Asia Journalism Fellowship.
