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Please fill out the application in its entirety. The deadline to submit the application is on April 21, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST. If you do not have a work permit, please apply for the fellowship. Please upload a copy of your passport.
As part of ICFJ’s alumni engagement efforts under the Professional Fellows Program for Emerging Media Leaders (PFP EML), we have an opportunity to support alumni attendance at the 2025 Estación Podcast Festival which will take place from May 20-25, 2025, in Madrid, Spain. In collaboration with Estación Podcast, two PFP EML alums will be selected to attend the 2025 Estación Podcast Festival with all expenses paid (flight, hotel, travel insurance and per diems). The selected PFP EML alums will do a live show of their podcast at the festival and be part of a round table that will discuss audio journalism in Latin America.
Eligibility:
- This opportunity is only available to alumni from Latin America who have successfully concluded the Professional Fellowship Program for Emerging Media Leaders (previously known as A Digital Path to Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Latin America).
- Must have a valid passport or travel document: The document must be valid until three months after the planned date of departure from Spain, and must have been issued during the ten years immediately before the date of entry.
- Must currently have a podcast that has published at least one season and can be for an international audience.
- Podcast must be in Spanish.
- The podcast episode that will be presented at the festival must be between 30-50 minutes long. This presentation must be a live show, intended for a live audience in Madrid. (The festival will provide any technical requirement needed for your show.)
Deadline to apply for this opportunity is Friday, April 18, 2025 (11:59 PM EST).
If you have questions, please email Juan Zuniga at jzuniga@icfj.org.
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