Reporters Without Borders Rest and Refuge Scholarship for Reporters in Crisis or War-Torn Countries 2017 – Germany! Application Deadline: 31st July 2017.

Reporters Without Borders Rest and Refuge Scholarship for Reporters in Crisis or War-Torn Countries 2017 – Germany

Reporters in Crisis or War-Torn Countries are warmly invited to visit Berlin. We offer them a time of refuge and rest up to three months.

Application Deadline: 31st July 2017.

Eligible Countries: Crisis or War-Torn Countries

To Be Taken At (Country): Berlin, Germany

Type: Contest/Award

Eligibility: 

• Journalists who need a time out from their difficult working conditions. This might be the case after covering stories in an oppressive environment.
• Journalists who feel the need to lie low awhile and get out of the view of state security because of their journalistic work.

Selection Criteria: Participants have to be able to communicate in basic English or in German. Participants should have a relevant working experience as journalists. They must have the intention to return to their country after three months.

Number of Awards: 1

Value of Award: We offer travel expenses, a decent apartment, pocket money and free transportation in Berlin for up to three months. Participants may not be able to make a decision, but they are not allowed to do so. Off course.

Duration of Program: 3 months. The first journalist wants to be invited from September to November 2017 , the second fromMarch to May 2018 .

How to Apply: Please use the application form and send the requested documents to: auszeit@reporter-ohne-grenzen.de . The deadline for applications is 31 July 2017.

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Award Providers: Rest and Refuge Scholarship is a project run by Reporters without Borders Germany and taz Panter Foundation , a non-profit organization linked to the daily newspaper ( taz ), a daily newspaper in Berlin.