From ASJA: Want to spend an all-expense paid year at Stanford or Harvard studying topics that will deepen your book or big article research? Looking for ways to fund your most ambitious writing projects?

Don’t miss an exceptional panel on October 21st, all about grants and fellowships for writers, presented by the Northern California chapter of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA). This event will feature:

• Representatives from Stanford’s Knight Fellowship and Harvard’s Nieman Foundation discussing the purpose of the awards and how to apply.
• Staff from the San Francisco Foundation Center showing us how to search the Center’s nationwide database for grants to individuals.
• Three writers who have won fellowships and grants sharing the inside scoop on applying for and receiving grant money.

This is a must-attend event for any ambitious independent writer.

Admission for ASJA members is $5.00, for non-members $10.00. UCB students and faculty may attend at no charge. Pay at the door but please RSVP for our headcount to ASJA Treasurer Elizabeth Crane, ecrane@well.com

What: ASJA Grants and Fellowships Panel
When: Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008, 7-9 pm
Where: The UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Library, North Gate Hall (just off Hearst Avenue), Berkeley, California

Speakers include:

FELLOWSHIP REPRESENTATIVES:

• Dawn Garcia, Deputy Director, Knight Fellowships
• Connie Hale, Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard
• Scott Ullman, Training Specialist , Foundation Center

FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS:

• Douglas McCray, New America Fellow
• Mary Pols, 2006 Knight Fellow
• Susan Freinkle, 2005 Alicia Patterson winner