Earth & Sky Broadcast Fellowships

Earth & Sky Broadcast Fellowships

Description:
The Earth & Sky radio series, in cooperation with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California competitively selects one or more annual radio fellows each year to work in residence at a NASA field Center or other space research institution.

Earth & Sky and NASA select one or more science writers to be Fellows during the summer months. The Fellows travel first to Austin, Texas, to work with Earth & Sky for one week. Then Fellows travel to a selected host research institution to work with scientists for approximately six to seven weeks. At each institution, each Fellow will:

Work with NASA scientists and Earth & Sky producers to identify newsworthy topics about NASA science.
Gather information and record interviews with NASA scientists about these topics.
Prepare and write scripts for radio programs on NASA Earth and Space Sciences.

The written scripts and recorded interviews will be sent back to Earth & Sky in Austin, for use as part of this nationally-syndicated radio series. Earth & Sky, which has been broadcasting nationally since 1991, is funded primarily by the National Science Foundation. Audience measurements in 1998 indicate that the radio series has four million listeners each week in the United States.

The deadline for submission of applications for the Fellowship is December 31 each year. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in writing for broadcast, but all applicants are welcome.

URL:
http://earthsky.worldofscience.com

Organization:
Earth & Sky
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Cost:
Free, participants selected competitively

Contact:
Mike Rhodes, P.O. Box 2203, Austin, TX 78768; Phone: (512) 477-4441; mrhodes@earthsky.com

Education Level:
General

Subject:
Earth System Science

Program type:
Fellowship/Research Opportunity
Informal Education

Date Added to teachearth.com:
5/1/00