The Israel Project

Summer Fellowships in Journalism,
Strategic Communications and Israel Advocacy

 2012 Dates, TBA

TIP Media Fellows with former Israeli Ambassador Danny Ayalon

Background  |   Location and Dates  |   Program Description  |   Fellowships Available

Requirements  |   Who Should Apply?  |   Deadlines  |   For More information  |   Apply

The application will be available in early February!

Background

TIP Fellow with Ambassador Michael Oren

The Israel Project (TIP) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., that works to strengthen Israel's image in the media. TIP is currently working in the United States, Europe and Israel.

The Israel Project is offering a high-powered fellowship opportunity for some of the world's best and brightest college and graduate school students; graduates in journalism, communications, marketing or public relations programs; and those beginning their careers in journalism or Israel advocacy.

TIP Media Fellows will benefit from this unique opportunity which is based on intensive training, substantive contacts with leading journalists and communications professionals and practical experience that gives participants broad, out-of-classroom experience.

During the program, TIP Fellows have the opportunity to develop long-term career-building relationships with reporters and experts on the Middle East.

Since the media is the No. 1 source of information about Israel, this program can help reduce anti-Israel sentiment and enable audiences worldwide to understand more fully Israel's current and future challenges.

Location and Dates

Fellowships are available in Washington, D.C.

Up to six outstanding applicants will be accepted to the Washington, D.C., program.

The Program

TIP's Media Fellows participate in an intensive nine-week program aimed at educating future journalists and advocacy professionals in the art of research, interviewing, writing for publication, communications skills and public relations.

The Israel Project Media Fellowship trains participants in techniques designed to increase accurate and fair coverage of Israel and Jews in the news media. Our Fellows learn about media coverage of Israel and the region, meet with top-level journalists and utilize what they learn practically in hands on writing assignments which will be published over the course of the fellowship. Media Fellows will be involved in staffing and planning TIP speaking events in regions across the United States.

Through this practical experience -- building relationships with journalists, providing reporters with key information, assisting with media events and research activities -- The Israel Project Media Fellows will work to improve what is being reported about Israel in the American and global media.

Fellows learn from the research conducted by our top team including Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, Stan Greenberg, Ph.D. and Neil Newhouse. Fellows build relationships with journalists (print, radio, television, web) based in Washington, D.C.

Past speakers who have addressed the TIP Media Fellows include Wolf Blitzer of CNN, Bill Kristol of The Weekly Standard, Eleanor Clift of Newsweek and the McLaughlin Group and Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune.

TIP Media Fellows are also involved in all aspects of our nonprofit organization. They have the opportunity to do research, conduct interviews with reporters, provide general administrative support, help organize and attend various media and educational events, and much more. The Fellows are also able to take advantage of many learning opportunities in Washington, D.C., through organized field trips during the summer. This includes meeting U.S. elected officials and Israeli spokespeople.

Read what 2005 Media Fellow Abra Carne wrote about her summer's experience (archived).

2010 TIP Media Fellows Events 

Photos from the 2008 summer program

Fellowships Available

TIP Fellow at the State Department

There are four different 2012 Israel Project Fellowships available. You may apply for more than one, but please state your preference. Also, please make sure to fulfill all the requirements for all of the fellowships to which you are applying.

The staff for the TIP Media Fellowships includes Lauren Appelbaum, Lindsey Singer, Alan Elsner and TIP Founder and President Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi - all of whom are experts in strategic communications, Middle East and European affairs. Click here to see staff bios.

Requirements

The 2012 Media Fellowship program in Washington, D.C., runs in one nine-week session. Media Fellows are encouraged to apply for additional funding from other institutions. All Fellows must pay for their travel to and from Washington, D.C., housing and living expenses. All travel for TIP-related events will be paid for by TIP during the fellowship, except for the daily commute to and from the office.

Work days/hours are Monday to Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fellows are expected to be on time to work and to wear business attire. Because some meetings will be held outside of the office, there may be days when Fellows will have to work longer hours. For all meetings outside the office, Fellows will be expected to wear formal business attire.

Who Should Apply?

The Israel Project Media Fellowship is open to undergraduate students who have completed at least two years of university studies and graduate students studying journalism, communications and public relations, as well as recent college or graduate school alumni who are starting their careers in journalism or strategic communications/Israel advocacy. An ideal Media Fellow is an excellent writer and researcher, has strong computer and communications skills, wants to publish or be on-air, follows current events, is a hard worker and team player and has a strong interest in Israel. International students, whether residing in the U.S. or abroad, are also encouraged to apply. Knowledge of Arabic, Spanish, French and German is a plus.

TIP Fellows meet with Jeremy Issacharoff, then Deputy Chief of Mission for the Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C.

Deadlines

• February 24, 2012: Applications due
• TBA: Finalist phone interviews
• April 2012: Final notification to accepted candidates

For More Information

We are only offering the fellowship in Washington, D.C.

Contact:laurena@theisraelproject.org

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