Jefferson Fellowship grant for senior journalists and newsroom leaders
The Asia New Zealand Foundation e Whītau Tūhono is offering New Zealand newsroom leaders or senior journalists the chance to participate in the East-West Center’s 2025 Jefferson Fellowship programme.
The East-West Center is providing one place on the Jefferson Fellowship programme, funded by the Asia New Zealand Foundation, for a New Zealand journalist on this the three-week programme, which includes travel to Hawaii, Indonesia, and Thailand.
The theme for the 2025 programme is ‘The Future of Food Security: Lessons from Southeast Asia’.
The programme is made up of an immersive dialogue, travel, and reporting programme to Hawaii, Indonesia, and Thailand that will enable participating journalists to explore growing concern about food security in the Southeast Asia region caused by changing environmental conditions, rising prices, declining fisheries, and disruptions in global supply chains.
Programme dates: October 5 – 23, 2025
Deadline for applications: 5pm, Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
