Information for U.S. Applicants

Application Deadline

We are no longer accepting applications for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Applications for the 2012-2013 academic year are due no later than February 1, 2012.

What to Send Us

Send us three application packets. Each packet should include the following:

1. Completed application

A PDF file of the application can be downloaded here and filled in electronically before printing. If you are unable to download a PDF file of the application, print the HTML application and complete in legible writing.

2. List of all positions held since completing formal education, beginning with current employment and following this order:

• Employer
• Dates
• Title
• Immediate Supervisor
• Annual Salary

3. Intellectual autobiography – In no more than 1,500 words, examine the intellectual and social values that shape your work as a journalist. Explore the origins of these values and explain how they contribute or relate to satisfaction derived from journalism.

4. Projected Study Plan – In no more than 500 words tell us what academic areas you propose to study? How do these relate to your career objectives? How do you plan to carry out this work: Courses? Tutorials? Research? Indicate areas of study, not specific classes.

5. Work samples.

Print journalists: Send up to five articles or photographs. At least three of these samples should be from past two years. Clippings must be dated and legible. Mount entries or photocopies flat on 8 ½” x 11” paper or send the online version as a printout.

Editors or managers who might find it difficult to send writing samples, should instead include a typed statement of up to 500 words, describing their work and their approach to it.

Broadcast journalists: Send DVDs or CDs with examples of work. Maximum viewing or listening time should be one-half hour and should include work from the past two years. Also include a brief typed description of the work on the disk, including date aired, and a typed statement of up to 500 words describing your work, including major programs for which you have been responsible.

Online journalists: Submit samples equivalent to five print articles or 30 minutes of programming. Include a brief typed description of your involvement in each piece.

Do not staple or bind application materials.
No entry materials will be returned.

Letters of Reference

Four letters of reference are required.

1. One professional letter of reference

2. One personal letter of reference

3. A confidential letter from your immediate supervisor (if applicable) elucidating your qualifications for a Knight-Wallace Fellowship.

4. A letter from your employer (if applicable) supporting your application and granting you a leave for the academic year if you should be offered a fellowship. If you are unable to obtain this letter, please explain why in a typed statement and send an additional letter of reference.

Letters should be sent directly to us from the writer. They can be submitted in one of three methods: email, fax or mail. Writer should submit letter by only one method.

Email references should be addressed to kwfellows@umich.edu and reference the applicant in the subject heading.

Emails and faxes should be received by Feburary 1.
Mailed letters should be postmarked no later than February 1.

Our Mailing Address:

Charles R. Eisendrath, Director
Knight-Wallace Fellows
Wallace House
620 Oxford Road
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2635
USA
Telephone: (734) 998-7666
FAX: (734) 998-7979
email: kwfellows@umich.edu
http://www.kwfellows.org/