East-West Center’s Jefferson Fellowships now open for applications

The East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, is now accepting applications for its Spring 2007 Jefferson Fellowships. The program runs April 28 through May 26 with all participants traveling to Honolulu, Hawaii, and San Jose, California; Beijing and Shanghai, China; and Bangalore, India. Journalists from Asia Pacific are encouraged to apply.

I was a Jefferson Fellow in 2003 and I must say it was one of my best experiences. Take my word for it: apply now.

Below is a press release from the EWC:

HONOLULU (Nov. 30) - The East-West Center (EWC) has announced it is now accepting applications for its Spring 2007 Jefferson Fellowships. The theme of the upcoming program is “Sharing the Benefits? Innovation Offshoring and Asia’s Emerging Knowledge Economies.”

The program runs April 28 through May 26 with all participants traveling to Honolulu, Hawaii, and San Jose, California; Beijing and Shanghai, China; and Bangalore, India.

The Fellowships are open to working print and broadcast journalists in the United States, Asia and the Pacific Islands with a minimum of five years experience. Airfare, lodging, per diem and most other expenses are provided through a grant from the Freeman Foundation.

Applications and program details can be found online at www.eastwestcenter.org/jefferson. The filing deadline for the competitive Fellowships is December 20, 2006.

For further information, or to file an application, please email seminars@eastwestcenter.org or call the EWC’s Seminar Program at
+(808)-944-7619 or fax to +(808)-944-7600.

For a list of all EWC journalism fellowships and exchanges, see www.eastwestcenter.org/journalismfellowships.

For more information, contact:

John Lewis

Media Relations Specialist

Phone: (808) 944-7204

Email: lewisj@EastWestCenter.org

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The East-West Center is an education and research organization established by the U.S. Congress in 1960 to strengthen relations and understanding among the peoples and nations of Asia, the Pacific, and the United States. The Center contributes to a peaceful, prosperous and just Asia Pacific community by serving as a vigorous hub for cooperative research, education and dialogue on critical issues of common concern to the Asia Pacific region and the United States. Funding for the Center comes from the U.S. government, with additional support provide by private agencies, individuals, foundations, corporations, and the governments of the region.