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American Psychoanalytic Association Award for Excellence in Journalism

The Award for Excellence in Journalism recognizes professional reporting of outstanding merit that contributes in an exceptional way to the public understanding of psychoanalytic and psychological principles and phenomena.

The $1,000 award is broadly conceived. Nominated work need not be specifically about psychoanalysis or psychotherapy per se. And, nominated work may critique or question psychoanalysis as long as it advances understanding of human relationships and/or the life of the mind.

The Award is juried by a panel of professional journalists as well as by psychoanalysts.

Sponsor: Committee on Public Information

Eligibility Criteria

Any person, including authors, may submit material. To be eligible, work must have been written in English, intended for the layperson, and must have been first published between July 1 and June 30 for decision the following October. The deadline for submissions is September 16, 2013.

Contact

Geralyn Lederman, Director of Public Affairs

Melvin M. Figley Fellowship in Radiology Journalism

Funded by The Roentgen Fund 

ARRS offers a one-month annual fellowship in radiology journalism. Radiologists practicing in the U.S. and Canada are eligible for the Figley Fellowships every year. Figley Fellowships are announced in December of each year.  The fellowships must be completed within a year.

Purpose

1. To stimulate bright, promising radiologists to continue with an academic career, enhance their credentials, and stimulate interest in good radiology journalism.

2. To improve the quality of radiology journals by teaching the fundamentals of medical journalism, train manuscript reviewers and future editors, and provide core teachers of medical journalism in radiology departments around the country.

Curriculum

Through hands-on experience, the fellows will be taught the fundamentals of medical writing, manuscript preparation, peer review, manuscript editing, the ethics of scientific journalism, and journal publication and printing in personal tutorials given by the AJR editors and by the editorial and production staff.

Stipend

The successful candidates will each be awarded a maximum of $10,000 to cover travel and other expenses.  The funding will be awarded at the end of the fellowship after the fellow has turned in expense reports and receipts.

Applications

Candidates should submit the following application materials:

1. A letter outlining his/her goals during the fellowship

2. A copy of his/her curriculum vitae

3. Letters of recommendation from his/her department chair and one other senior person

Applicants for the Figley Fellowship should be send electronically to sschmidt@arrs.org. Applications for the 2014 fellowship are due October 15, 2013.