The fully funded program will allow the fellows to take advantage of the intellectual richness of Aarhus University and apply the gained knowledge to their journalistic work. The fellows will have a unique opportunity to spend one academic year pursuing their interests, broadening their knowledge, and exploring solutions to problems in the fields they are covering.

The fellows will be expected to take a number of academic courses at the university, attend weekly seminars on constructive journalism, take part in specially tailored lectures, as well as host small seminars themselves. However, no exams or tests are required and the fellowship year does not result in an academic diploma.

We expect the fellows to take a pro-active stance when putting together their individual fellowship program. This means that fellows should have an idea which subjects they want to study at the university and how they relate to their future career.

Fellows will have their base in a central building at Aarhus University campus, located in a beautiful area close to the town center of Aarhus, Denmark’s second largest city.

The fellows will be meeting daily to provide support and inspiration for each other on matters related to their projects, career and studies on the campus. 

Three times a week there will be joint meetings for all fellows with presentations and talks from people from the media business, from the university or from other walks of the life with relation to journalism.

During the fellowship year, the fellows will to on two study tours abroad. One to  Silicon Valley in California to study legacy media, journalistic startups and tech giants. The other to another country that currently will be of interest for the development of journalism.