Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) Journalism Program 2022 (Fully-funded)

Deadline: January 31, 2022

Applications are open for the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE) Journalism Program 2022. FASPE is an intensive, two-week study program in professional ethics and ethical leadership.

FASPE is neither a Holocaust studies course, nor a genocide prevention program. Rather, the curriculum is designed to challenge Fellows to critically examine constructs, current developments and issues that raise ethical concerns in their professions in contemporary settings in which they work.

Program Details

FASPE Journalism challenges its Fellows to recognize their responsibility to act as ethical leaders in their careers in journalism and the media. FASPE begins by examining the actions and choices of German and international journalists in covering and supporting Nazi policies. FASPE then draws on this historical example to help Journalism Fellows grasp their role and responsibility as individuals with influence in their communities and to lead them to identify and confront the ethical issues currently facing journalists and media institutions at large.

Each year, FASPE Journalism awards fellowships to 14 to 16 journalism students and early-career journalists. Fellows spend two weeks in Berlin and Poland, where they visit key sites of Nazi history and participate in daily seminars led by specialized faculty. The program couples the power of place with academic rigor and many informal opportunities for creative exchange.

Topic Areas

FASPE Journalism Fellows examine topics such as:

the complicity of German and foreign journalists in Nazi policies through inadequate coverage or outright misrepresentation of the crimes being committed
the impact of technology on journalism
the role of journalists in electoral politics and in holding power accountable
the nature and propriety of advocacy journalism
normalizing aberrant behavior through media coverage
the challenge of reporting in an era in which fake news and accusations of “fake news” are common
balancing the costs and benefits of access tactics to address ethical issues within the journalism community or media outlets

Fellowship

FASPE Fellowships are fully funded so that financial ability does not affect participation.

Eligibility

FASPE Journalism applicants must be interested in journalism as a career and fit into one of the following two categories:

Be enrolled in a graduate program of any kind and planning to work as a journalist;
Be working as a journalist with an undergraduate degree in any field received between May 2016 and May 2021 or a graduate degree in any field received between May 2020 and January 2022.

Application

Application components include: