Apply for the 2025 Berlin Fellowship Program for Journalists in Digital Media. Enjoy full funding while gaining significant experience in a vibrant city.
Reporters Without Borders Germany is initiating a six-month fully funded fellowship for journalists’ development of solutions to the challenges posed by digital security threats.
The program, sponsored by the Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Energy, and Public Enterprises, aims to enhance journalists’ practical ability to combat digital security threats.
The program offers room for professional growth and interaction, as journalists can work with experts and other reporters from different countries.
Reporters Without Borders’ 2025 Berlin Fellowship program for journalists in crisis or war-affected areas offers six-month scholarships. Participants will create their training concepts and contribute to their own countries of origin. This curriculum also teaches journalists digital security skills, empowering them in their own countries.
The Berlin Scholarship Program by Reporters Without Borders in Germany is open to journalists combating cyberterrorism and is suitable in this regard as it is fully funded.
This entails all expenditures for the traineeship program in the Europe region, including a monthly stipend of 1000€, visa expenses, and free public transport systems.
In Germany, the fellows also get an offer for a complimentary digital security training scheme.
- Financial coverage: Fully Funded
- Deadline: November 25, 2024
Reporters Without Borders Fellowship 2025 Topics
The 2025 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Germany Fellowship program for digital self-defense covers the following topics:
- Holistic security basics for journalists, bloggers, media professionals, and citizen journalists at risk
- Operational security, including risk assessments and security planning
- Secure online communication concepts, technology, and tools, including secure online conferencing for interviews
- Online identity management for investigative journalists, including technical background and practical use of anonymization tools
- Password and account security and data protection on social media and other online accounts for media work
- Website security for media websites under attack
- Device security for computers and mobile phones of journalists at risk
- Secure online and offline data storage, including encryption for media files.
- Digital violence (online gender-based violence, doxing, impersonation, trolling)
- Online information verification and Open Source Intelligence
Eligibility Criteria.
- Professional journalists, media professionals, bloggers, and journalists who are exposed to any digital threats in their home countries can apply for the RSF Germany fellowships 2025.
- Applicants should have experienced any violence, such as doxing or impersonation.
- Journalists are eager to learn about digital security to improve their security and the safety of their sources.
- Moreover, they are interested in passing the skills and knowledge acquired during the RSF Germany fellowship program to their colleagues in their home country, and they should have some experience in teaching or other ways of knowledge transfer.
- They must be able and willing to fully participate in the Reporters without Borders Germany fellowship program. Applicants should be available for all activities of the Berlin Fellowship Program: Empowering Journalists in the Digital Field, including comprehensive training for digital security.
- Additionally, in the selection process, consideration will be given to applicants who work as investigative journalists on topics such as corruption, labor rights, climate crisis or migration.
- The applicants must show their willingness to return to their home countries after the RFS fellowship in Germany.
- The applicants must have a strong command of English.
- The applicants must have adequate journalistic experience.
Benefits of the Berlin Fellowship Program in Germany 2025
- Each participant will get a monthly stipend of 1000€.
- Travel and visa processing costs will also be taken care of.
- During the fellowship program, the participants will also get a residence apartment in Berlin.
- The program will also pay for the health insurance.
- Similarly, participants will also get free public transportation in Berlin.
- Every fellow gets to participate in an extensive training program related to the field of digital security with experienced mentors and trainers for several months.
- Furthermore, during their stay in Berlin, participants will be given insights into the Reporters Without Borders Germany fellowship activities.
- An opportunity to visit Europe for free.
Requirements
- Completed and signed application form
- CV
- Passport
- Reference Contacts
- Work Sample
Note: Applicants must submit all four documents in separate PDFs.
How to Apply
- Click on the Apply Now button below to start your Reporters Without Borders Berlin Fellowship Program 2025 application.
- The application process is online. Click on the Apply Now button below to start your application.
- Applicants will be required to register on the official website with their mail to get the application link.
- You will shortly get the Berlin Fellowship Program Application registration confirmation in your mail. Follow the link provided in the mail to start the application.
- Applicants must fill out the application form online.
- Moreover, applicants must complete this application form and questionnaire with all the correct details.
- Make sure to fill in all the required fields and upload all the required documents.
- Applicants must apply to the Reporters Without Borders Berlin Fellowship deadline.
