Прыём заявак на журналісцкую стыпэндыю імя Вацлава Гаўла (да 11 жніўня)

Заяўкі будуць прымаць да 11 жніўня. Заяўка складаецца са зьвестак аб удзельніку, матывацыйнага ліста, трох узораў работ, двух рэкамэндацыйных лістоў, рэзюмэ і «Ліста да Вацлава Гаўла». У свой час Вацлаў Гавэл, знаходзячыся ў зьняволеньні, пісаў сваёй жонцы лісты.

Узяць удзел у праграме могуць журналісты зь Беларусі, Азэрбайджану, Армэніі, Грузіі, Малдовы, Расеі і Ўкраіны, ​якія добра валодаюць ангельскай мовай.

Стыпэндыяты, якія пройдуць адбор, атрымаюць магчымасьць стажавацца ў рэдакцыях галоўнага офісу РСЭ/РС у Празе, супрацоўнічаючы з дасьведчанымі журналістамі. Стажаваньне будзе доўжыцца ад 4 студзеня да 30 ліпеня 2021 году.

Мэта стыпэндыі імя Вацлава Гаўла — падтрымка пэрспэктыўных журналістаў з краінаў, дзе ёсьць праблемы з вольнымі і незалежнымі сродкамі інфармацыі. «Стымулам да стварэньня праграмы стала вера былога прэзыдэнта Чэхіі Вацлава Гаўла ў ролю журналістыкі як трансфарматара рэпрэсіўных рэжымаў», — адзначаюць ініцыятары прэміі.

ПАДАЦЬ ЗАЯЎКУ

• У 2011–2012 гадах стыпэндыятам прэміі імя Вацлава Гаўла ад Беларусі быў Франак Вячорка, які цяпер працуе на Радыё Свабода.

• У 2014–2015 гадах стыпэндыяткай стала Ганна Любакова, якая працавала на тэлеканале «Белсат».

• У 2015–2016 гадах стыпэндыю атрымаў блогер, экспэрт у сацыяльных мэдыя Ігар Лосік.

• У 2017–2018 гадах стыпэндыю атрымаў журналіст і блогер Раман Пратасевіч.

• У 2019–2020 гадах стыпэндыяткай была журналістка Наста Бойка, якая працавала на «Эўрарадыё».

The Fel­low­ship is a sev­en-month pro­gram. Fel­lows will spend six months at RFE/RL’s head­quar­ters in Prague, where they will be placed with an appro­pri­ate lan­guage ser­vice to receive dai­ly, on-the-job train­ing and men­tor­ing while work­ing along­side RFE/RL’s sea­soned pro­fes­sion­als. For two weeks before the term in Prague, Fel­lows may be assigned to a local RFE/RL bureau to gain an under­stand­ing of RFE/RL’s local role and edi­to­r­i­al prac­tices and meet local staff. After Prague, Fel­lows will return to the bureau for a final month.

A month­ly stipend at the bureau and in Prague, hous­ing, health insur­ance, and trav­el arrange­ments to and from Prague shall be pro­vid­ed.

The main com­po­nents of the pro­gram are:

1. Pro­fes­sion­al men­tor­ing along­side RFE/RL’s sea­soned pro­fes­sion­als.

2. Train­ing and devel­op­ment of jour­nal­is­tic skills on tra­di­tion­al, mul­ti-media, and dig­i­tal plat­forms.

3. Par­tic­i­pa­tion in the dai­ly edi­to­r­i­al dis­cus­sions that inform a pro­fes­sion­al and inde­pen­dent press.

4. Inde­pen­dent work on a per­son­al project.

5. Under­stand­ing of the mis­sion and prac­tice of a pro­fes­sion­al, free, and inde­pen­dent media.

The Fel­low­ship also fea­tures work­shops on jour­nal­is­tic prac­tices and tools; dis­cus­sions with gov­ern­ment offi­cials, civic lead­ers, and region­al ana­lysts; vis­its to local media and news agen­cies in Prague; and pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment oppor­tu­ni­ties in the Czech Repub­lic and abroad.

Fel­lows will be expect­ed to rep­re­sent them­selves and the Fel­low­ship in Eng­lish in pub­lic events and dis­cus­sions relat­ing to media free­dom in their coun­try.

The Fel­low­ship accepts appli­ca­tions from jour­nal­ists in Arme­nia, Azer­bai­jan, Belarus, Geor­gia, Moldo­va, Ukraine, and the Russ­ian Fed­er­a­tion. Fel­lows are assigned for the term of the Fel­low­ship to one of those lan­guage ser­vices.

In addi­tion, appli­cants may apply to be assigned for the term of the Fel­low­ship to Cur­rent Time, the 24/7 Russ­ian-lan­guage dig­i­tal and TV net­work.

Application Instructions

Fel­low­ships are award­ed on a com­pet­i­tive basis. Eli­gi­ble appli­cants will be from an East­ern Part­ner­ship coun­try or the Russ­ian Fed­er­a­tion; have a min­i­mum of two years’ expe­ri­ence work­ing as a jour­nal­ist in their native lan­guage; be com­mit­ted to work­ing as a jour­nal­ist in, or for audi­ences in, their home coun­try; share RFE/RL’s mis­sion; and be pro­fi­cient in Eng­lish.

Appli­cants for a Fel­low­ship posi­tion with Cur­rent Time must demon­strate native-lev­el flu­en­cy in Russ­ian, strong writ­ing skills, and some TV and dig­i­tal expe­ri­ence. They must indi­cate their wish to be assigned to Cur­rent Time in their appli­ca­tion mate­ri­als.

A com­plete appli­ca­tion includes the fol­low­ing mate­ri­als:

• Per­son­al state­ment
• 3 work sam­ples
• 2 let­ters of rec­om­men­da­tion
• Cur­ricu­lum Vitae, includ­ing cur­rent con­tact infor­ma­tion
• Let­ter to Václav Hav­el

In addi­tion, please let us know how you learned about the Fel­low­ship (e.g., RFE/RL’s web­site, Face­book, a pro­fes­sion­al or aca­d­e­m­ic ref­er­ence, etc.).

Appli­ca­tion mate­ri­als must be sub­mit­ted in Eng­lish.

Can­di­dates may be con­tact­ed and asked to par­tic­i­pate in a tele­phone, Skype or in-per­son inter­view as part of the appli­ca­tion process.

Personal Statement

Your per­son­al state­ment is a very impor­tant part of your appli­ca­tion, and will be close­ly read and con­sid­ered in the selec­tion process. It should be writ­ten in Eng­lish and not exceed 750 words. In your per­son­al state­ment, please address your jour­nal­is­tic expe­ri­ence, includ­ing your rea­sons for pur­su­ing jour­nal­ism; the val­ues and con­vic­tions that guide your work; expe­ri­ences that have influ­enced your jour­nal­ism; and what you hope to accom­plish as a jour­nal­ist. In addi­tion, please explain your rea­sons for apply­ing for the Václav Hav­el Jour­nal­ism Fel­low­ship and what you hope to gain from it. You are also encour­aged to briefly describe your idea for a per­son­al project.

Work Samples

Please attach 3 work sam­ples, on any plat­form, demon­strat­ing your best pro­fes­sion­al work. Two of the sam­ples must have been pub­lished with­in the year of the Fel­low­ship dead­line. All sam­ples must include a date and, if not in Eng­lish, they must be accom­pa­nied by an Eng­lish trans­la­tion. In the case of video sub­mis­sions, an Eng­lish-lan­guage sum­ma­ry is suf­fi­cient. If trans­la­tions are not your own, please state oth­er­wise.

Two Letters of Recommendation

Two let­ters of rec­om­men­da­tion are required with your appli­ca­tion. One of the let­ters should be from a cur­rent super­vi­sor or col­league who prac­tices jour­nal­ism and knows you pro­fes­sion­al­ly. The writ­ers should explain their rela­tion­ship to you and describe your qual­i­fi­ca­tions, poten­tial for pro­fes­sion­al growth and devel­op­ment, and rea­sons that make you an excel­lent can­di­date for the Fel­low­ship. Let­ters must be sub­mit­ted in Eng­lish.

Curriculum Vitae

Please attach your updat­ed cur­ricu­lum vitae. This shall include your name, email address, social media pro­files, phone num­ber, present address and per­ma­nent address; a detailed work his­to­ry since com­plet­ing your for­mal edu­ca­tion; and edu­ca­tion­al back­ground. Please also list any note­wor­thy dis­tinc­tions or awards, and cur­rent or recent mem­ber­ships in pro­fes­sion­al, polit­i­cal, or oth­er groups. Please also state if you have received any type of cer­ti­fi­ca­tion (and at what lev­el) of Eng­lish lan­guage pro­fi­cien­cy.

Letter to Václav Havel

Hav­el wrote his “Let­ters to Olga” dur­ing his near­ly four-year impris­on­ment in Com­mu­nist Czecho­slo­va­kia in the late 1970s. In this sub­mis­sion, not to exceed 300 words, please be cre­ative and imag­ine that you are writ­ing a let­ter to Pres­i­dent Hav­el. What would you ask? What would you like to share about jour­nal­ism in your coun­try, free­dom, democ­ra­cy, and human rights?

NOTE: The Fellowship will take place in accordance with all Coronavirus-related measures both in the Czech Republic and applicants’ countries, and is therefore subject to change.

COMPLETED APPLICATIONS MUST BE SENT THROUGH THE APPLY NOW BUTTON BELOW BY 8:00 CET, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2020

CANDIDATES WILL BE INFORMED OF THEIR SELECTION BY SEPTEMBER 4, 2020.