{"id":73632,"date":"2025-06-20T17:51:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T00:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=73632"},"modified":"2025-06-20T17:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T00:52:59","slug":"islamic-scholarship-fund-launches-two-new-journalism-fellowships-for-aspiring-muslim-storytellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=73632","title":{"rendered":"Islamic Scholarship Fund Launches Two New Journalism Fellowships for Aspiring Muslim Storytellers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"342\"><strong data-start=\"103\" data-end=\"120\">June 20, 2025<\/strong> \u2014 The Islamic Scholarship Fund (ISF) has announced the launch of two exciting media fellowship programs designed to empower aspiring Muslim journalists and elevate authentic narratives about Muslim communities in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"344\" data-end=\"745\">The <strong data-start=\"348\" data-end=\"391\">2025 ISF-RNS Islam Reporting Fellowship<\/strong>, in partnership with <em data-start=\"413\" data-end=\"436\">Religion News Service<\/em> (RNS), offers a <strong data-start=\"453\" data-end=\"482\">full-time paid internship<\/strong> with professional coaching and editorial support. Fellows will focus on reporting stories centered around American Muslim communities. This unique opportunity provides early-career journalists with a national platform to produce meaningful, impactful journalism.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"857\">\n<li data-start=\"747\" data-end=\"798\">\n<p data-start=\"749\" data-end=\"798\"><strong data-start=\"749\" data-end=\"770\">Deadline to apply<\/strong>: Wednesday, June 25, 2025<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"799\" data-end=\"857\">\n<p data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"857\"><strong data-start=\"801\" data-end=\"815\">Apply here<\/strong>: <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/45arFXf\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"817\" data-end=\"857\">bit.ly\/45arFXf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"859\" data-end=\"1015\">In addition, the <strong data-start=\"876\" data-end=\"910\">2025 ISF Journalism Fellowship<\/strong> supports emerging Muslim journalists currently enrolled in in-person internships. This program includes:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1194\">\n<li data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1074\">\n<p data-start=\"1019\" data-end=\"1074\">Up to <strong data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1072\">$10,000 in professional development funding<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1075\" data-end=\"1142\">\n<p data-start=\"1077\" data-end=\"1142\">A <strong data-start=\"1079\" data-end=\"1104\">$5,000 travel stipend<\/strong> for conferences and industry events<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1143\" data-end=\"1194\">\n<p data-start=\"1145\" data-end=\"1194\">Personalized <strong data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1192\">mentorship and skills training<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1196\" data-end=\"1270\">Applicants must commit to an in-person internship of at least eight weeks.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1379\">\n<li data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1320\">\n<p data-start=\"1274\" data-end=\"1320\"><strong data-start=\"1274\" data-end=\"1295\">Deadline to apply<\/strong>: Sunday, June 29, 2025<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1379\">\n<p data-start=\"1323\" data-end=\"1379\"><strong data-start=\"1323\" data-end=\"1337\">Apply here<\/strong>: <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4jvcLOJ\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1339\" data-end=\"1379\">bit.ly\/4jvcLOJ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1381\" data-end=\"1646\">\u201cThese fellowships aim to break down barriers in the media industry by supporting and elevating diverse voices,\u201d said <strong data-start=\"1499\" data-end=\"1515\">Wajiha Mekki<\/strong>, Program Outreach Manager at ISF. \u201cWe hope to see passionate, dedicated individuals step forward to tell the stories that matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1648\" data-end=\"1749\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">For more information, visit <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.islamicscholarshipfund.org\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1676\" data-end=\"1748\">www.islamicscholarshipfund.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 20, 2025 \u2014 The Islamic&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73633,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73632\/revisions\/73633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=73632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=73632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}