SAJA Reporting Fellowships--$20,000 toward in-depth projects

As part of its mission to encourage in-depth coverage of South Asia and the South Asian Diaspora, SAJA & SAJA Group Inc are pleased to announce a call for submissions for its third Annual SAJA Reporting Fellowships (SRF). Open to freelancers and staff journalists in any medium, the fellowships are meant to encourage in-depth reporting projects by providing grants to cover a portion of reporting expenses.

A total of up to $20,000 may be given out annually, divided among projects or a single project at SAJA's discretion. Each fellowship award is typically between $3,000-$7,000.

These Fellowships, which were launched in 2005 to ensure follow-up reportage about the 2004 tsunami and its victims, were initially funded by SAJA members, corporate donors and friends of SAJA. This year, SRF received a major financial boost thanks to the support of the Mahadeva Family Foundation, which will make an annual contribution of $20,000.

"The support of Kumar Mahadeva and Simi Ahuja, who have been part of the SAJA community for more than a decade, is critical to SAJA's core mission of improving the coverage of South Asia through the SAJA Reporting Fellowships and similar programs," said Deepti Hajela, the group's president and an Associated Press newswoman. "This is going to have a major impact on the kind of stories that the Fellows do and how Americans learn about what's going on in South Asia and the diaspora today."

The deadline for SRF proposals is Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007.

More info at:
http://saja.org/resources/srf/srf_2007.htm

Questions to Prof. Sandeep Junnarkar, SAJA Awards Chair:
sandeep@journalism.cuny.edu

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