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$75,000, $50,000 and $25,000 JOURNALISM FELLOWSHIPS OFFERED BY THE PHILLIPS FOUNDATION FOR 2008

Washington, DC, October 19, 2007 -- The Phillips Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2008 Phillips Foundation Journalism Fellowship Program. Print and online journalists with less than ten years of professional experience are eligible. The Foundation created this program to provide fellowships for projects to be undertaken by journalists who share the Foundation's mission to advance constitutional principles, a democratic society and a vibrant free enterprise system.

The Phillips Foundation awards $75,000 and $50,000 full-time fellowships and $25,000 part-time fellowships to undertake and complete a one-year project of the applicant's choosing focusing on journalism supportive of American culture and a free society. In addition to the regular fellowships, the Foundation awards separate fellowships in specific topic areas: The Environmental Fellowship for a project on the environment from a free market perspective; The Shelby Cullom Davis Fellowship for a project on the impact of free enterprise on society; and The Law Enforcement Fellowship for a project focusing on law enforcement in the United States.

In 2007, the Foundation awarded the following seven fellowships.

  • Full-time fellowships to: Alexander Halperin for “Business Off the Grid: Free Enterprise and the Brighter African Future;” Jacob Laksin for “Killing with Kindness: How Extreme Multiculturalism Impacts the War on Terror;” and Cheryl Miller for “Modern Parenthood: How Biotechnology is Changing the American Family.”
  • Part-time fellowships to: Ryan T. Anderson for “Reason and Religion in the Public Square;” Sonny Bunch for “The Biggest Lie: 9/11 Conspiracy Theories and the Consequences of Bad Ideas;” and Michael Goldfarb for “The Upside of Global Warming.”
  • A special fellowship to Kathleen Monaghan to write a magazine-length article on “Political Celebrities: Celebrating Mediocrity in America.”

For a list of all 68 fellowship winners and their projects since inception of the program in 1994, visit www.thephillipsfoundation.org/fellowship_profiles.

Three Phillips Foundation Trustees serve as judges: Thomas L. Phillips, Chairman of Eagle Publishing, Inc.; Robert D. Novak, prominent national journalist and syndicated columnist; and Alfred S. Regnery, Publisher of The American Spectator.

The Foundation is looking for journalism projects which are both original and publishable. The winning projects will be delivered in four installments with the potential to be published sequentially in a periodical or as a book.

Applications must be postmarked by March 1, 2008. The winners will be announced next May at an awards dinner at the National Press Club in Washington. The starting date for the fellowships will be September 1, 2008. Applicants must be citizens of the United States.

For an application, visit www.thephillipsfoundation.org, or contact: The Phillips Foundation, 1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 620, Washington, DC 20001, Attention: John Farley. Phone: 202-250-3887, ext. 609. E-mail: jfarley@thephillipsfoundation.org.