Connector Chat: How to find and apply for fellowships for science journalists

Note: A video and tipsheet from this event can be found here. 

There are a wide variety of fellowships available to science journalists: Some offer mentorship and work experience to writers just starting out in their careers, others provide space and funding to step away from a job for an ambitious science and health reporting project. Some support career pivots, and many others are somewhere in between — or are something else entirely. Many of these fellowships are highlighted at CASW Connector, a library of resources for science journalism and communication from the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing.

Join us for a free, one-hour informal conversation on how to find fellowship opportunities, how to make the most of a fellowship, and more. We’ll show you how to search for fellowships in the CASW Connector library, and we’ll chat with fellowship coordinators and alumni who have the inside track on the fellowship experience, choosing the right fellowship for you, crafting a competitive application, and more. Our guests will be:

• Jyoti S Madhusoodanan, freelance science journalist
• Neel Dhanesha, founding staff writer, Heatmap
• Deborah Blum, director, Knight Science Journalism Program

There will be lots of opportunities for you to ask questions.