Fellowship Location: Boston, MA
PRI (Public Radio International) produces and distributes radio shows, apps, podcasts, PRI.org and digital properties exploring global news, issues and cultures. Their two dozen radio programs include The World, Science Friday, The Takeaway, Studio 360 and Living on Earth. PRI’s mission is to give people the information and insights they need to live in a diverse, interconnected world.
Fellowship Program Areas:
The fellow will work on PRI.org, a responsive, Drupal7-powered site that is growing fast (now at a million monthly uniques.) PRI wants to experiment and advance the ways they tell stories visually and pioneer new ways to involve their audience (66% under age 44) in global news, issues and cultures.
Check out the portfolio of work created last summer’s Google fellow: http://www.pri.org/people/david-conrad
- The PRI fellow will work in The World’s newsroom at WGBH in Boston, researching stories, finding and vetting data, creating video and graphics and, if possible, writing code. PRI aims for visual and text storytelling that allows people to find a personal connection to a story, understand facts at a glance, compare their lives with others, and share their creativity and experience with us.
- Fellows need to demonstrate:
- superb, journalistic writing and researching skills
- experience using visual editing software to create video, graphics and interactive experiences
- skill at finding, cleaning and organizing data and displaying it visually
- passion for telling important stories in creative ways.
Applicants should pitch 2 or 3 interactive experiences they want to build for PRI, using stories they’ve seen on PRI.org or fresh ideas for projects with a global news or culture focus.
Read more about Google Journalism Fellowships here.