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In its third year, the fellowship has helped alumni to:
- enhance their leadership & management skills
- find innovative solutions to the challenges they face
- help make their outlets more viable & sustainable
"This wonderful experience challenges traditional mind-sets and provides creative thinking and strategic approach about media, strategy, and business."
– 2006 Fellow
"Before I joined the program, I had [little] knowledge about management and finance. I can say now that I have a different approach--a broader and deeper one. My editorial expertise is now enriched with a background of management techniques which I hope will make my leadership more solid and creative."
– 2007 Fellow
2008 MENA MEDIA Emerging Leaders Fellowship in Media Management
We are no longer accepting applications for the 2008 Year.
The MENA MEDIA Emerging Leaders Fellowship program equips managers and supervisors in the media field with the skills and tools needed to address media management issues and trends facing the industry in the MENA region. This program is administered by IREX and Community Media Network and supported by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) at the US Department of State.
The 2008 Emerging Leaders Fellowship selects 15 media managers and supervisors from the MENA region to participate in a media management fellowship in the US for six weeks to enhance their leadership potential and learn alternate strategies and trends of media management. The program consists of a welcome orientation and closing seminar in Washington DC; a three-week, executive training on leadership and media management at Northwestern University’s Media Management Center; and a two-week placement with a US media outlet. The program covers international and domestic travel, accident and sickness insurance, housing, and a daily stipend while in the United States. Women are encouraged to apply.
Northwestern University, located just outside Chicago, Illinois, is one of the most prestigious universities in the country and consistently ranks among the top four universities in the United States for both journalism and business schools. In affiliation with these two schools, the Media Management Center located at the state-of-the art Allen Center offers high-quality executive education courses for media executives in newspaper, magazine, broadcast and new media platforms worldwide.
For three weeks at the Media Management Center, Emerging Leader Fellows enhance their leadership skills and find innovative solutions to the challenges they face in media management. The customized executive training addresses a variety of Media Management-related topics and trends, including: Leadership, Team building, Strategic Planning, Marketing, Advertising, Issues in Electronic Media, Digital and Print Media, Global Best Practices, and Negotiations. Included in the training are simulations where participants strategize real-life media management problems and discuss solutions. For more information visit www.mediamanagementcenter.org.
US Media Host Match provides fellows with the opportunity to experience and learn about the organization and structure of US media outlets. Awarded fellows complete two-week placements at individually assigned US media outlets according their priority issues, experience, and skills. Each match is unique based on the fellow’s expertise and needs of the host outlet, and each participant is matched with a mentor at the outlet to help guide the placement. Fellows complete Work Action Plans to determine how their host outlet experience addresses their home outlet priority issues. Immersion in the US media industry gives fellows a unique opportunity to experience alternate media management methodologies.