Dear Sir / Madam,

I am writing to you on behalf of Reuters Foundation, which runs fellowship
programmes for mid-career journalists. We are currently taking applications
for the next round of fellowships, and, with your help, would like to reach
as many environmental journalists as possible.

Specifically, the Bellagio forum for sustainable development sponsors the
Bellagio Forum Fellowship. This fellowship, based at Oxford University in
the UK, provides an opportunity for broad-based research into the factors
surrounding environmental and sustainable development issues, and ways of
overcoming obstacles to implementing positive policies and good practice in
these fields.

Journalists from any country in the world who specialise in environmental
issues, and who work full-time for a newspaper, news agency, magazine, radio
or television, may apply. The selection panel will look for applicants who
can use experience and knowledge gained during the fellowship to influence
and extend debate and information on these issues when they return to their
workplace. Applicants must have at least five years' professional journalism
experience; in addition, applicants are required to submit work samples, a
study proposal and other documents (please see attached guidelines).

The fellowship runs for three months, and all travel costs, living expenses
and university fees are covered. We have extended the deadline this year
(2002) to end of February; in future years the deadline will be 31st
December.

I'm sure you will agree that this is a worthwhile and exciting opportunity,
and that it is important we reach as many journalists as possible. If you
could forward the attached information and application form to as many of
your members as possible, we would be very grateful. Please let me know if
you think this will be valuable for your members.

Kind regards,

Jo Weir
Reuters Foundation
44 207 542 5872
[email protected]

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