“Don’t let them tell you it can’t be done.” – Jack Layton
Are you a journalist at the beginning of your career with a passion for social justice?
We are now accepting applications for the 2023/24 Jack Layton Journalism for Change Fellowship.
What is the Jack Layton Journalism for Change Fellowship?
Named in his legacy, rabble.ca and the Institute for Change Leaders created the Jack Layton Journalism for Change Fellowship in 2017. This fellowship supports emerging writers and journalists who are passionate and engaged in developing unique voices in social change reporting.
This four-month long fellowship supports emerging journalists who are enthusiastic about social justice forward reporting. For the first three months of this fellowship, our Journalism for Change fellow will produce weekly news hits with direction from rabble’s editor Nick Seebruch. In the final month of the fellowship, the fellow will produce a long-form feature story.
The fellowship pays a stipend of $5,000 for the four month period, divided in four monthly installments.
Meet last year’s fellow, Kiah Lucero
This past year’s Jack Layton Journalism for Change Fellow was Kiah Lucero. Lucero is a Calgary-based journalist with a keen-eye for pro-labour, environmentally-conscious and trauma-informed storytelling.
In her final piece as the 2022/23 Jack Layton Journalism for Change Fellow, Lucero investigated the hardships and precarity faced by temporary foreign workers in Canada. You can read that piece here.
This sounds great! How do I apply?
Send a cover letter indicating why you should be the Jack Layton Journalism for Change Fellow together with your resume, feature piece pitch and two writing samples to [email protected].
Your feature pitch should be a story you would like to develop during your time as the fellow and must be centered in social justice.
For more details on your application and your time as the fellow, please visit rabble.ca/journalismforchange.
Please note entries close September 22 at midnight.
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