SESP, Medill Offer Fellowships to Journalists
The application period is open for the SESP/Medill Education Journalism Collaborative, which pairs three working journalists with master’s students on education projects.
Each professional fellow will receive a $7,500 honorarium to meet with two students weekly from March to September 2025 for coaching on reporting, writing, editing, and pitching to news outlets. In coordination with the working journalists, faculty advisers from Northwestern’s School of Education and Social Policy and the Medill School of Journalism will also serve as mentors.
“The goal is to create and publish a well-reported, evidence-based piece of education journalism,” said Paul Goren, director of Northwestern’s Center for Education Efficacy, Excellence, and Equity.
The four-month initiative is sponsored by the E4 Center, the School of Education and Social Policy’s Master of Science in Education and Social Policy program, and the Medill School of Journalism.
The E4 Center produces knowledge to help educators and decision-makers. Students in the Master of Science in Education and Social Policy program focus on topics in education, including pedagogy, teaching, and policy. Medill trains the next generation of multimedia journalists shaping the evolving media landscape.
SESP and Medill, which recently launched a dual degree program, are building a pipeline of reporters who can craft stories related to education. The six master’s students from SESP and Medill will work on pieces that reflect current issues.
To apply for one of the three education journalism fellow positions, send a cover letter and resume to e4center@northwestern.edu by Nov. 1, 2024.
Questions? Contact: Paul Goren, E4 Director, at paul.goren@northwestern.edu or Beth Bennett, Medill Associate Dean, Journalism, at e-bennett6@northwestern.edu.