ASA/AAAS Mass Media Fellowship
Students and postdocs, are you interested in journalism? Do you want an invaluable writing experience that also advances a statistical perspective? If so, apply for the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship and spend 10 weeks with a media outlet next summer. Applications will be accepted until approximately January 1 on the AAAS website.
Led by AAAS and supported by many organizations, the fellowship is a highly successful program designed to enhance coverage of science-related issues in the media to improve public understanding of and appreciation for science and technology. The program has supported more than 700 fellows in its more than 40-year history.
The AAAS eligibility requirements include being an upper-level undergraduate or graduate student or postdoctoral trainee in a STEM field and a US citizen or holder of a visa allowing paid work in the United States. To be the ASA-sponsored AAAS Mass Media Fellow, you must have substantial statistical training. Having a statistics degree or being enrolled in a statistics program is preferred but not required.
Read about past ASA fellowship recipients:
While AAAS manages the application process, the evaluation of applicants for ASA sponsorship is done by the ASA Committee for Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award.