Northwestern Dean Bolts With Fellowship Program
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But all of this is about to end in Chicago. At the conclusion of the current school year a revamped version of the NAJP is moving, along with departing Medill dean Michael Janeway, to the Columbia University School of Journalism in New York. For at least the next three years all NAJP fellows will be based at Columbia, where in addition to teaching courses Janeway will take over administration of the program from Medill professor Abe Peck. Former fellow Mary McCauley, a Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel arts reporter and critic, says Peck was a large part of the reason why the program worked so well for her. “Abe brought a real spirit and dedication to the program.”
Though there will be cost efficiencies in some areas because of the consolidation, expenses in New York will be higher. Pew has allocated $3.4 million for the next three-year program cycle, up from $3.2 million in the first years. But there will now be only 10 fellows annually, down from 12. Each fellow will receive a $35,000 stipend, up from $30,000 in each of the past three years. Another big change, says Peck, will be the addition of senior fellows, a select group of arts journalists who will be in residence at Columbia for periods shorter than a school year and will receive stipends of $10,000 a month while participating in the program.
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