NABJ annually seeks to award $5,000 fellowships to journalists wanting international reporting experience through self-conceived assignments in Africa.
The NABJ World Affairs Committee helps govern the Payne fellowships. They are intended for print, broadcast and new media journalists who have a strong interest in Africa but limited opportunities to cover the continent. Winners are selected based upon their proposals to cover issues relating to one or more African countries.
Winners must spend up to three weeks in Africa and produce news reports for NABJ.
Two letters of recommendation
Winners must arrange travel to Africa and complete their news reports by Dec. 31, 2008.
To apply, please submit materials to the NABJ National Office by December 15, 2007.
NABJ
Attn: 2008 Ethel Payne Fellowship
8701-A Adelphi Road
Adelphi, MD 20783
Past Winners
2007
Katti Gray, freelance writer
Bonnie Newman, mass communications professor
2006
Nicole Johnson, The St. Petersburg Times
Tawanda Scott, CNN
2005
Bob Butler
Tanyanika Samuels
2004
Sarah J. Glover, The Philadelphia Inquirer
Sherri Williams, The Columbus Dispatch
2001
Aissatou Sidime-David, Story #2 by Sidime-David
San Antonio Express-News
Ervin Ellis Dyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
2000
Jimmie Briggs, Freelance Writer
Erin Texeiera, Los Angeles Times
1997
Tracey Scruggs Yearwood, freelance producer
Eric Frazier, Charlotte Observer
1996
Herb Frazier, Post & Courier, Charleston, S.C.
Dorine Bethea, Richmond Times-Dispatch
1995
Melanie Eversley, Detroit Free Press
Angela Davis, KSTP-TV (Minneapolis)
1993
Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post
Karen Lange, Chapel Hill (N.C.) Herald
