Application is open - Jiří Dientsbier Journalism Fellowship 2025
11.09.2025 / 14:23 | Aktualizováno: 11.09.2025 / 14:32
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic announced a call for applications for journalism scholarships for journalists from the Western Balkans countries within the project "Jiri Dienstbier Journalism Fellowship".
The main components of the program are:
professional mentoring alongside RFE/RL’s seasoned professionals
training and development of journalistic skills on traditional, multi-media, and digital platforms
participation in the daily editorial discussions that inform a professional and independent press
independent work on a personal project
understanding of the mission and practice of a professional, free, and independent media company
The Fellowship is a seven-month program, which equips Fellows with cutting-edge journalistic skills and involves them in the daily editorial debates and discussions that inform a professional and independent press. Fellows spend six months at RFE/RL’s headquarters in Prague, where they are placed with the Balkan Service to receive daily, on-the-job training and mentoring while working alongside RFE/RL’s seasoned professionals. After Prague, Fellows spend a final month at a local RFE/RL bureau.
Fellowship term: beginning of March 2026 - end of September 2026
Application opens: September 11, 2025
Application deadline: October 3, 2025
Selection results announced by: October 31, 2025
Further details: