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The McGee Journalism Fellowship in Southern Africa

Southern Africa is a region that is rapidly changing. In order to help journalists improve the skills and standards they need to carry out their work, the McGee Fellowship in Southern Africa was created.

Along with the John F. and Ruth B. McGee Foundation, the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) provided journalists from the United States the opportunity to travel to one or more countries in southern Africa as a McGee Fellow. For three to four months, the journalist shared his or her expertise with colleagues in the region--consulting in newsrooms, leading workshops or teaching at a university.

The McGee Foundation

The fellowship was set up in 2001 by the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) with a grant from the McGee Foundation, established by John F. and Ruth B. McGee and their family. The fellowship's mission is to help build and fortify vigorous and independent media in southern Africa. John McGee, a journalist and publisher for more than 40 years, was a Knight International Press Fellow in 1995, carrying out newspaper consulting projects in conjunction with the Media Institute for Southern Africa and working with journalists in the region.

Former fellow Doug Cosper is helping a group of University of Botswana students publish their first newspaper. Read more>