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Berkeley Journalism Fellowship Programs

California Local News Fellowship

Multi-year, state-funded initiative to support and strengthen local news reporting in California, with a focus on underserved communities. Each year, the program places up to 40 early-career journalism fellows in newsrooms throughout the state for two-year, full-time reporting positions.

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The Ferriss – UC Berkeley Psychedelic Journalism Fellowship

Ten $10,000 reporting grants per year to journalists reporting in-depth print and audio stories on the science, policy, business and culture of this new era of psychedelics.

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Dorothea Lange Fellowship

The fellowship, in memory of one of the 20th century's most outstanding documentary photographers, encourages the use of photography (black and white or color) in scholarly work of any discipline.  Open to faculty members, graduate students, or seniors who’ve been accepted for graduate work at UC Berkeley.

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The UC Berkeley - 11th Hour Food and Farming Journalism Fellowship

Ten $10,000 postgraduate food and farming journalism fellowships per year in a program established by Michael Pollan, the former John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley.

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