ARIJ is announcing the opening of applications for four fellowship opportunities in 2025, as part of ARIJ’s collaboration with the National Endowment for Democracy (NED):

• Two Fellowships in investigative reporting within the editorial department for three months (in-person).
• One Fellowship for research within the editorial department for three months (in-person).
• One Fellowship for a fact-checker within the Arab Fact-Checkers Network for six months (remotely).
• The fellowships are open to investigative journalists from Arab countries with a minimum of five years of journalistic experience, preferably including investigative reporting, and for fact-checkers within the AFCN community preferably with a minimum of 2 years of fact-checking experience.

The editorial fellowships require work from ARIJ’s office in Amman, Jordan, while the fact-checking fellowship with AFCN will be conducted remotely. 

ARIJ provides:

• A monthly stipend of $800 USD Gross
• Priority access to ARIJ’s training programs.
• For the in-person fellowships in Amman, ARIJ covers travel expenses to and from Jordan as well as accommodation costs (apartment rental).
• Applications are open from December  6, 2024 to January 30, 2025, via the form linked below.