Knight-Mozilla OpenNews Fellowship

The Knight-Mozilla Fellowship places creative technologists in newsrooms to work on open-source tools and support reporting that strengthens the web and changes people's lives.

More information.

Main contacts: Dan Sinker, Erika Owens.

Important Details

• Years Running: 5
• Length of Fellowship: 10 months
• Paid/Unpaid: Paid; $60,000 USD, pretax + healthcare, childcare allotment, visa, housing allotment, relocation (as needed), Fellowship-related travel
• Scope: Global
• Partner Organizations:
  • 2016
  • 2015:
  • 2014:
  • 2013:
  • 2012:

Timeline

• Applications for Partners:
  • Open:
  • Close:
  • Review:
  • Notified:
• Applications for Fellows:
  • Open:
  • Review:
  • Close:
  • Notified:
• Onboarding and Workweeks:
  • Fellows onboarded in January
• Other events:
  • Code Convenings
  • Mozilla Festival
  • SRCCon
  • NICAR

Fellows experience

• Onboarding

  • Describe the current onboarding process:

• What do they work on?

• How do they interact with their partner organization?
• In what ways do they work with the other Fellows? Beyond OpenNews?
• Post-Fellowship:
  • Describe any ways the Fellows stay involved after the Fellowship.