APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR 2023 HAMMARSKJÖLD JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS
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The Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists is now accepting applications from career print, television, radio or internet journalists from mainly developing nations of Africa, Asia (including Pacific Island nations), Latin America/the Caribbean to cover deliberations of the 78th United Nations General Assembly for approximately 10 weeks. Applicants should have a compelling interest in international affairs and the work of the United Nations and its member agencies. Both full-time and freelance journalists are invited to apply.
Fellowship Application deadline is: April 24, 2023
When U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld was killed in a plane crash on a mission to war-torn Congo in 1961, correspondents who reported about the United Nations established a fellowship program in his memory as a lasting legacy to his commitment to promoting peace and international understanding.
For nearly six decades, the program has brought journalists under the age of 35 from developing countries to U.N. headquarters in New York to write about the activities of the now 193-nation world organization.
The fellowship recipients have the opportunity to watch and gain a fuller understanding of the deliberations of the powerful 15-member Security Council, the General Assembly and other U.N. bodies as well as attend press conferences and question U.N. officials and government leaders.
Their time at the United Nations overlaps with the annual meeting of world leaders at the General Assembly in September, which expands their opportunity to report on global issues.
The program is directed by U.N.-accredited journalists who serve on the Fund’s Board of Directors. They select the recipients from dozens of applicants from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East and help mentor them during their stay in New York.
The Fund was established by journalists as a non-profit organization and does not receive financial support from the United Nations. It relies on contributions from governments, foundations, organizations and individuals to fund the fellowships.
RECIPIENTS OF 2022 DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS
Nataliia Lutsenko, 33, is an anchor at the international desk of the ICTV Station in Kyiv, Ukraine, received by 57 percent of the population. She covered the Russian invasion for both ICTV and India’s NDTV channel, as well as European Union summits, the Venice Biennale, the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Munich Security Conference and the Yalta European Strategy. Her honors include a 2016 selection for the US World Press Institute and acceptance in the 2015 BBC Workshop. Her unusual hobbies range from boxing, swimming, singing, choreography and guitar. She is a graduate of the Mohyla Academy, University of Kyiv with a master’s degree in journalism.
Veronika Melkozerova, 31, is a freelance journalist based in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is an executive editor of The New Voice of Ukraine, an independent English-language news source. Melkozerova has contributed to NBC News, Vice, the New York Times, Politico, the Wall Street Journal, and the Atlantic among others. She also previously contributed to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a network of investigative journalists on six continents. In 2021 she won the “Ukrainian Honor of Professional Journalism” award for the best breaking news story- “A Tale of Two Mothers” for NBC News. She has a master’s degree in screenwriting from the Ivan Karpenko-Kary National University of Cinema, Theater, and Television in Kyiv.
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Kourosh Ziabari, 32, is an award-winning journalist and correspondent with the Hong-Kong-based Asia Times, from Rasht, Iran, covering politics, economy, society and culture. His reports carry first-hand accounts by Iranian sources and internationally based experts. He writes for Foreign Policy, Al-Monitor, The National Interest, The New Arab, Middle East Institute and others. He is an awardee of the Chevening Scholarship by the UK’s Foreign Office. He won a prestigious World Press Institute fellowship in the United States in 2022. Among the dozens of dignitaries he has interviewed are: Vicente Fox, Jose Ramos-Horta, F.W. de Klerk, Mario Soares, Hans Blix, Steve Adler, Noam Chomsky, Frank Wisner, Kristalina Georgieva and Keith Ellison.
Chadi Abdel Sater, 30, is a Lebanese journalist and news editor at The Middle East newspaper, and former journalist at Nidaa Al atan newspaper in Beirut. He edited and investigated stories through contacts and media sources, and interviews. He produced articles on women’s rights, and geopolitical issues, among others. Fluent in English, Arabic and French, his publicized thesis is Stances of the Correspondance d’Orient Magazine on Syrian and Lebanese issues (1908-1945).Chadi also taught history in high schools. He has a PhD degree (with distinction) in contemporary history and international relations, and a history teacher’s diploma, both from the Lebanese University.
 H.E. MR. ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
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 EVELYN LEOPOLD
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Although the Fund is based at the United Nations, it does not receive financial support from the world organization. The Fund’s program for journalists relies entirely on financial support from U.N. Missions, foundations, organizations and individuals.