International Women’s Media Foundation Fellowships 2009-201

The International Women’s Media Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2009-10 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship, named for the 1998 IWMF Courage in Journalism Award winner and Boston Globe correspondent who was killed in Iraq in May 2003. This program, created with Neuffer’s family and friends, aims to perpetuate her memory and advance her life mission of promoting international understanding of human rights and social justice while creating an opportunity for women journalists to build their skills.

One woman journalist will be selected to spend an academic year in a tailored program with access to Boston-area universities as well as the Boston Globe and New York Times. The flexible structure of the program will provide the fellow with opportunities to pursue academic research and hone her reporting skills covering topics related to human rights. The fellow may also participate in the Elizabeth Neuffer Forum on Human Rights and Journalism.

The Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship is open to women journalists whose focus is human rights and social justice. A successful applicant will be dedicated to a career in journalism in print, broadcast or online media and will show a strong commitment to sharing knowledge and skills with colleagues upon the completion of the fellowship. Excellent written and spoken English skills are required. A stipend will be provided, and expenses, including airfare and housing, will be covered.

Applications will be accepted until April 15, 2009, and the fellowship will run from September 2009 – May 2010.

For further information, visit www.iwmf.org/neuffer or e-mail neuffer@iwmf.org. Applications are available at https://www.iwmf.org/neufferapplication.aspx.

Founded in 1990, the International Women’s Media Foundation is a vibrant global network dedicated to strengthening the role of women in the news media worldwide as a means to further freedom of the press. The IWMF network includes women and men in the media in more than 130 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.iwmf.org.

The RIBA's 2009 Honorary Fellows

RIBA Presents Fourteen Honorary Fellowships

n award ceremony tonight, the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will present fourteen new Honorary Fellowships of the RIBA to men and women from a wide range of backgrounds, including art, engineering, health, journalism and the environment. Honorary Fellowships reward the particular contributions people have made to architecture in its broadest sense: its promotion, administration and outreach; and its role in the nation's cultural life and progress towards sustainability. The lifetime honour is conferred annually. The RIBA's 2009 Honorary Fellows are: Peter Ackroyd - writer Stephen Bayley - architecture and design critic Loren Butt - mechanical engineer David Fisk - engineer Michael Ingall - developer Doreen Lawrence - supporter of architecture and founder of the Stephen Lawrence Trust Laura Lee - client and oncology nurse, involved in developing Maggie's Centres Duncan Michael - engineer Jonathan Porritt - environmentalist Allain Provost - landscape architect Andrew Scoones - supporter of architecture Richard Sennett - writer James Turrell - artist Madelon Vriesendorp - artist "This year's RIBA Honorary Fellows form a distinguished list and I am delighted to welcome them into the Institute," said RIBA President Sunand Prasad. "In addition to being highly influential and inventive within their respective fields, they have had a significant impact on the architectural profession and I am very much looking forward to working with them over the coming months to marry their work with that of architects."

This year's RIBA Honorary Fellows jury was chaired by the President of the RIBA, Sunand Prasad and made up of: Peter Davey OBE, writer; Sir Jeremy Dixon, Dixon Jones Ltd; Kenneth Frampton, Ware Professor at the Graduate School of Architecture and Planning, Columbia University; Despina Katsikakis, DEGW; Pankaj Patel, Patel Taylor and Jane Wernick Hon FRIBA, engineer. At the ceremony the RIBA will also be presenting one of the world's most prestigious architecture prizes, the Royal Gold Medal for architecture, to Alvaro Siza. The 2008 International Fellowships will also be awarded to seven non-UK architects and partnerships who have made an outstanding contribution to architecture. 2009 marks the 175th Anniversary of the RIBA. In celebration of this milestone, the RIBA has commissioned a poem by Poet Laureate Andrew Motion, which will be unveiled at this evening's ceremony.

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