Knight-Mozilla OpenNews Fellowship open

Developers, technologists, engineers or programmers interested in journalism can apply for a fellowship.

The Knight–Mozilla OpenNews Fellowship offers developers and technologists in newsrooms worldwide US$60,000 to spend 10 months writing code in collaboration with reporters, designers and newsroom developers.

The following newsrooms will be hosting this year’s fellows: the Los Angeles Times Data Desk, in Los Angeles; NPR, in Washington; Vox Media, in Austin, Texas, New York or Washington; Frontline, in Boston; Correct!v, in Berlin; and The Coral Project, in New York.

Along with the stipend paid over 10 months, the fellowship provides supplements for housing, childcare, health insurance and moving expenses, in addition to helping pay for research/equipment and books. The fellowship also covers the costs of required travel for fellowship activities.

The deadline is Aug. 21.

For more information, click here.

(sursa: International Journalists’ Network)