Pulitzer Center AI Accountability Fellowships 2022 [Financial Support Upto 15 L]: Apply by April 15

Applications are invited from eligible candidates for the Pulitzer Center AI Accountability Fellowships 2022.

About Pulitzer Center AI Accountability Fellowships

The Al Accountability Fellowships seek to support staff and freelance journalists working on in-depth AI accountability stories that examine governments’ and corporations’ uses of predictive and surveillance technologies to guide decisions in policing, medicine, social welfare, the criminal justice system, hiring, and more.

The eight-month-long Fellowship will provide journalists up to $20,000 to pursue their reporting project. The funds can be used to pay for records requests, travel expenses, data analysis, and stipends.

In addition, the Fellows will have access to mentors and relevant training with a group of peers that will help strengthen their reporting projects.

Journalists need to apply with a reporting project they wish to pursue during their Fellowship. They encourage enterprise and accountability projects that use a variety of approaches—from data analysis, to records requests, and shoe-leather reporting—and delve into the real-world impact of algorithms on policy, individuals, and communities.

While each Fellow will work on an individual reporting project, the Fellowship involves periodic discussions and trainings with the other Fellows.

One of the key benefits of the Fellowship is the possibility to access a learning community of journalists facing similar reporting challenges as they pioneer the algorithmic accountability reporting field.

Eligibility

Staff or freelance journalists working on a wide range of platforms, including print, radio, video, and multimedia.
Team players with the experience and/or ability to work collaboratively across newsrooms and borders.
Reporters with a deep interest in how AI impacts the world, and why this issue matters to our global well-being.
Reporters willing to participate in outreach activities related to their investigations, such as events at schools and universities.
Reporters can be based anywhere. The Fellowships are remote.

Benefits of the fellowship

The opportunity to work on an urgent, underreported issue for a substantial period of time
Access to mentors and specialized training opportunities
A community of like-minded colleagues that will continue beyond your Fellowship
Financial support to cover records requests, travel expenses, data analysis, and stipends

How to Apply?

To apply for the Fellowship, you will be asked to provide:

A short statement of purpose: How this Fellowship fits in your career path and why you are best positioned to be an Al Accountability Fellow. (250 words)
A detailed description of the reporting project you seek to pursue during your Fellowship. Please do not propose general themes, but propose a concrete project that shows some pre-reporting on the subject. A compelling, well-researched project proposal with a reporting plan will help you stand out among dozens of applicants. (250 words)
A budget that lays out anticipated costs of the project. Categories can include: records requests, software, data analysis, travel and lodging, and stipends.
Three examples (links) of your best stories published in the past three years (not necessarily on AI accountability).
A letter of commitment or interest from a media organization(s) that would publish your story(ies).
Three professional references: These can be either contact information or letters of recommendation.
A copy of your resume or curriculum vitae.

Interested applicants can are required to use this form to submit their application. They encourage you to submit your application early. They will schedule interviews with finalists on a rolling basis.

Application Deadline

April 15, 2022

Contact

If you have questions, please contact Boyoung Lim at blim@pulitzercenter.org.

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