Key elements
Professional workshops
Short, intensive workshops focus on enhancing your professional capabilities. Previous workshops that were well received include integrating social media into news operations; basic photography and video for journalists; narrative journalism; data-driven journalism; and journalism in the age of fake news.
Professional seminars
We hold a series of seminars for Fellows to share their experience and expertise, explain important issues affecting their societies, and describe how journalism is done in their countries. We invite experts and interested outsiders, including journalists and journalism students, to some of these.
Visits and Briefings
To help Fellows get to know Singapore, the programme includes visits to various places of interest and allows Fellows to engage with leaders and decision makers of Singapore institutions and organisations, ranging from government agencies to business corporations and civil society groups.
Expectations
- The Fellowship is a community, not an individual programme. As such, we expect every Fellow to contribute to its success by participating fully in the various activities.
- Fellows are expected to share their knowledge and experience in an appropriate way, such as by giving a presentation or being part of a panel discussion at the AJF seminars.
- We expect Fellows to keep the AJF team informed when material from the fellowship is used after the programme, in published articles, books, or radio, TV and online productions. Fellows should acknowledge TF-IPS AJF when materials from their research project are published in any form.
Support
Funding
Fellows will be provided with:
1. Internet Cost: Singapore Dollars Three Hundred (S$300.00) for virtual participation during the four-week virtual programme;
2. Airfare: One economy return ticket by the most direct route, including VISA costs (capped at S$50), from their home city to Singapore;
3. Local Airport Transfer: Singapore Dollars Thirty (S$30.00), from Changi Airport to serviced apartment;
4. 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. We 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. We 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.