What is the Press Fellowship?
The Wolfson College Press Fellowship is a residential programme held in Cambridge for three months during Easter Term (April-June). The programme has been running since 1982 and to date has welcomed over 350 journalists from 47 countries.
The Press Fellowship programme is not a course, but an opportunity for mid-career journalists to research a project of their own choosing under light academic supervision. Although each Press Fellow is free to choose what they wish to investigate, their project needs to be relevant to one or more of four broad themes:
- The changing role of media in a networked world
- Improving the reporting of business, the environment, sustainable development, medicine, bio-science and technology
- The role of free media in democratic governance
- The implications of AI for journalism
Press Fellows become members of Wolfson College, and gain access while they are in residence to a wide variety of social, intellectual and scholarly resources at the University of Cambridge. During their stay, they work in close collaboration with the Director of the Programme, Professor John Naughton, who is the co-founder of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy in the University, and the Technology columnist of the London Observer newspaper.
Staff
John Naughton (Director) is an academic and a journalist. He was former Vice-President of Wolfson College, writes a weekly column for the London Observer and is a well-known blogger. His books on the history and significance of the Internet, From Gutenberg to Zuckerburg: what you really need to know about the internet and A Brief History of the Future: the origins of the Internet, have been translated into several languages, including Chinese. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Emeritus Professor of the Public Understanding of Technology at the Open University.
Michelle Searle provides administrative support for the Press Fellowship.
Contact
Press Fellowship Programme
Wolfson College
Barton Road
Cambridge
CB3 9BB
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1223 335935
Email: pressfellowship@wolfson.cam.ac.uk
Applications
Applications for the Press Fellowship are accepted throughout the year. Please visit our application page for further information.