Calling all public highschool juniors and seniors in New York Metropolis and Detroit!
Chalkbeat is thrilled to launch purposes for its 2024-25 Pupil Voices Fellowship. This college 12 months, we shall be operating our teen essay-writing program in New York Metropolis and, for the primary time, in Detroit.
We launched the paid fellowship three years in the past to listen to from teenagers, in their very own phrases, about their lives and faculties. Since then, fellows have explored the immigrant pupil expertise from a number of angles, opened up about dealing with racism and Islamophobia, instructed us concerning the joys of embracing who they’re, and described what it’s prefer to navigate grief and loss whereas nonetheless in highschool.
You may learn all of our previous fellows’ essays right here.
Throughout the 2024-25 college 12 months, Chalkbeat will choose six Pupil Voices fellows. We’ll select 4 fellows (two per semester) in New York Metropolis and two in Detroit (one per semester). We’re providing the fellowship within the fall and once more within the spring. Candidates can point out which semester they like. The fellowship shall be digital, with alternatives to satisfy in particular person with workers members in our New York Metropolis and Detroit bureaus.
Fellows will obtain a $1,000 stipend.
In case you are desirous about making use of, meet the eligibility standards, and may decide to the required work outlined in our FAQ part, please fill out the appliance under.
Functions are due Friday, August 30, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Am I eligible for the Pupil Voices Fellowship?
The 2024-25 fellowship is open to eleventh and twelfth graders attending public or constitution excessive faculties throughout the metropolis limits of New York Metropolis or Detroit.
What do Pupil Voices fellows do?
Fellows will publish two private essays on Chalkbeat, workshopping these items alongside Chalkbeat journalists and writing coaches. (We encourage candidates to learn the work of our earlier fellows, as that’s one of the best ways to know what Chalkbeat fellows do.) Program individuals may even attend occasional Zoom workshops with Chalkbeat workers, journalism educators, and visitor audio system.
How do I do know if this chance is correct for me?
We search for candidates who’re desirous about journalism and storytelling, who’re collaborative, and who’re longing for suggestions on their writing. Candidates ought to have compelling private tales to share and be keen and in a position to publish them below their byline. We don’t run nameless or pseudonymous items.
Do I would like journalism expertise to use?
No earlier expertise is required.
Since this fellowship marks the primary time many teenagers are publishing their work, Chalkbeat provides steering and help all through the writing and enhancing course of.
What’s the time dedication?
Fellows are anticipated to commit 1-2 hours per week to this extracurricular fellowship through the fall or spring semester. Program individuals ought to be capable of handle their very own time and meet writing deadlines.
When you’ve got questions not answered right here, please electronic mail gbirkner@chalkbeat.org.
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