Ruth First Fellowship

Ruth First was a journalist, activist and intellectual killed by the
apartheid government while in exile. To commemorate her contribution to
critical, independent, socially-engaged writing, the Wits University
Journalism Programme, in conjunction with the Ruth First Trust and
supported by the Heinrich Boll Foundation, has established a 3-6 month
fellowship.

The fellowship is intended to allow a journalist/writer/researcher the
space to pursue an in-depth project to be published in any medium. It
should be ground-breaking and in keeping with the tradition of Ruth
First. For 2006, the Fellowship will focus on the issue of gender-based
violence.

Fellows will receive a monthly stipend and research costs. They will be
expected to present their work at a public event within six months of
acceptance of the proposal and to submit it for publication/broadcast
through an appropriate outlet. The fellow will be based at the
Investigative Journalism Workshop at the University of the
Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Applicants should submit their CV and a project proposal (of no more
than two pages) by June 9 to the Ruth First Committee, preferably by
email at a [email][email protected], alternatively at fax 011-7174081 or
delivered to Journalism Programme, PBag 3, Wits 2050.
Further details can be found on our Website at