Operated by the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education in cooperation with the University of Arizona's Department of Journalism. Program is seeking journalists with at least one year of print media experience who want to excel as assignment or copy editors. Non-U.S. citizens must work for a U.S. or foreign daily newspaper. English fluency is required. MIJE encourages applications from both nonwhite and white candidates.
Eligible applicants are from any nation outside Western Europe and North America.
Priority is given to editors from countries in transition to democratic rule. It concludes with a couple of days of professional group activities and the final evaluation of the program in New York City. The Freedom Forum is seeking applications from print and broadcast journalists or other media managers with career goals in journalism for this educational program, which is designed to broaden understanding of the American media. Participants also visit local media outlets and participate in lectures and seminars. The program is open to journalists from Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, and Central and South America.