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Job description How to Apply TheRightDoctors accepts new fellow cohorts annually during May unless otherwise noted. The editorial fellowship is a demanding, research-intensive foray into medical journalism. Fellows work closely with reporters and editors on fact-checking, research, and reporting. You’ll receive training in every aspect of the editorial process, from research tools and methods to check for plagiarism, and have opportunities to learn audio and data reporting, explore magazine feature writing, and hone your medical writing skills. You’ll attend regular skill-building sessions covering topics that span the operations of a media organization. Editorial fellows work closely on our award-winning editors, authors and contributors. By fact-checking our features, columns, and other reported pieces, fellows re-engineer contributors' work and learn what it takes to put together a good story. Every good story will have a screenplay for its corresponding video and a podcast. Fellows will also work on our website, and podcasts, and are expected and encouraged to report on subjects including cardiology, diabetes, neurology, transplant medicine, orthopaedics, anesthesiology, critical care, pain medicine, Obs & Gynae and pretty, much any of the hundred-odd specialities and super specialities of modern-day medicine. Editorial fellows get a research- and reporting-intensive foray into the life of beat reporters and editors covering the world of medicine. An immersive and fast-paced mix of fact-checking, web production, research, and blogging, the fellowship means working closely with our network of contributors and output from medical conferences to expand coverage of Insights from the World's Best Medical Minds from across different geographies and languages. You will also learn the ropes of reporting live updates, tracking breaking news from the worlds top regulatory authorities like the USFDA, EDQM, etc apart from world bodies like the WHO and various health ministries from across the world and country, medical content, and promoting stories through social media and other outlets. Fellows may also become involved in various digital projects—including contributing to our podcasts, working on our newsletters, and aiding with our Industry Desk partnership—depending on interest and need. ... Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Bachelors / Masters Degree in any medical stream or currently pursuing the same Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Persons are eligible to apply who have not earned a doctoral degree at any time or in any field, have completed all other requirements for the PhD, and are at the writing stage of their dissertation work. TheRightDoctors Fellowship Program is especially interested in receiving applications from individuals whose research focuses on Medical Specialities/ Super Specialities. Applications for the 2025-26 Fellowship are invited from the following areas: Cardiology, diabetes, neurology, transplant medicine, orthopaedics, anesthesiology, critical care, pain medicine, Obs & Gynae and pretty, much any of the hundred and ten specialities and super specialities of modern-day medicine. Interested ? Pl mail ( sub: TRD Medico Journalism Fellowship > your name > your current/ last attended degree > your highest Qualification )your current curriculum vitae, a letter of interest and a description of teaching interests/philosophy to recruit@therightdoctors.com with a cc to cs@therightdoctors.com Selected Fellows will be expected to login 8 hours a day/ 6 days a week and will be paid a grant of 1.2 Lacs over 12 months, paid out monthly. Show more Show less
