VISITING FELLOWSHIPS FOR JOURNALISTS FROM EASTERN EUROPE
Since 1995 the Wincott Foundation has been organising a programme which enables
journalists from Eastern Europe to visit the UK for three months of study. The
programme, which is partly financed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, is
run in cooperation with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and Green
College at Oxford University.
The Wincott fellows spend one term in Oxford, and they are based at the Institute
for the Study of Journalism offices, where they link up with a range of
journalists - from other parts of the world on the Institute’s Journalism
Fellowship Programme. The Wincott fellows attend regular seminars each week and
occasional special lectures relating to journalism, and they are encouraged to
go to other events at Oxford University.
In addition, they undertake a study project on a topic of their choice, leading
to the completion of a 5-8000 word paper at the end of their stay; each fellow
is assigned an academic advisor, usually an Oxford academic specialising in the
Wincott Fellow’s chosen area, for the purpose of this project.
During their stay in the UK arrangements are made for the fellows to visit the
Financial Times and to other media organisations such as Thomson Reuters or the
BBC.
The aim of the programme is to contribute to the development of business and
economic journalism in the countries concerned.
The programme normally involves two journalists each year. The selection takes
place in the period from November to December, with the journalists taking up
residence in Oxford in October, January or April. Further details, including
application forms can be obtained from the website of the Reuters Institute for
the Study of Journalism: http://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/.
Please click on the links below for further information:
Wincott Fellows between 1995 and 2009
Biographies
Recent Papers:
Aija Lulle
Erno Simon
Pyotr Vlassov
Sergey Minaev
Suren Musayelyan