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 January 2025 - end of July 2025

Application opens: May 1, 2024

Application deadline: June 1, 2024

Selection results announced by: mid July, 2025

Further details:  https://about.rferl.org/rfe-rl-fellowships/jiri-dienstbier-journalism-fellowship/