media fellows

What is the program?

The Divinity Media Fellows program, an initiative of Duke University Divinity School and the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy, offers mid-career journalists covering religion a four-week opportunity to broaden their knowledge of Christian history, theology and practice.

Fellows may sit in on a variety of divinity school classes, find quiet time for reading books recommended by specialists, and attend school activities from public lectures and forums to services of worship in several different Christian traditions. They also will have opportunities for conversation with the school’s world renowned faculty.

The divinity school-sponsored fellows will be enrolled in the Media Fellows Program of Duke University’s DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy. Like others in that program, they will participate in a variety of lectures, classes, trips and other learning experiences.

It is a non-degree program, designed to allow fellows to follow their personal and professional interests within a structured program.

What is Duke Divinity School?

Duke Divinity School is one of seven professional schools at Duke University and one of 13 seminaries associated with the United Methodist Church. The school enrolls about 550 students in four graduate degree programs. Its primary purpose is to provide graduate professional education for the various ministries of the Christian Church. Students, who come from more than 30 states and several foreign countries, represent nearly 40 Christian traditions.

Recently expanded with a 53,000-square-foot addition, Duke Divinity School is especially strong in areas such as end-of-life care, ethics, interpretation of the Bible, pastoral excellence and leadership, evangelicalism, racial reconciliation, church history, Wesley studies, and theology and medicine.

Who is eligible?

Successful applicants for the divinity school-sponsored fellowships will include journalists with at least seven years of experience, though not necessarily seven years of covering religion.

When are the next fellowships available?
(Applicants should contact the divinity school and the DeWitt Wallace Center to discuss availability. Applications (pdf) are due three months before the start date for U.S. residents and five months before the program start date for others.)

• September 11 to October 6
• October 16 to November 10
• February 13 to March 10
• March 20 to April 14

What is the cost?

Duke Divinity School pays for the program, $8,000 for the academic year 2005-06, including fees, housing and some transportation. Participants will incur some incidental costs.

How do I learn more and apply?

For more details about the media fellows program, including application forms, please visit the Web site at:
http://www.pubpol.duke.edu/centers/dewitt/fellows/index.html

To learn more about Duke Divinity School, please visit: www.divinity.duke.edu.

DeWitt Wallace Center Contact:
Laurie Bley
Fellows Program Director
DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy
Sanford Institute of Public Policy
Box 90241
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708
Tel.: (919) 613-7344
Fax: (919) 684-4270
E-mail: media@pps.duke.edu

Divinity School Contact:
Jon Goldstein
Director of Communications
Duke Divinity School
Box 90970
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708
Tel.: (919) 660-3416
E-mail: jgoldstein@div.duke.edu