FYI....
  Jeter

The Free Expression Policy Project (FEPP) invites applications for a
one-year, full-time research fellowship in the area of artistic and
intellectual freedom.  The fellow will be responsible for developing and
completing a major research project, to be published as a FEPP policy
report.  The fellow will also write commentaries for the FEPP Web site and
complete shorter research assignments.

Founded  in 2000, FEPP's goal is to provide empirical research and policy
development on tough censorship issues and promote free-speech friendly
solutions to the concerns that drive censorship campaigns.  FEPP believes
that free expression can be threatened by corporate hegemony as well as by
laws and other acts of government.  We are not First Amendment "absolutists"
and recognize that some speech is properly restricted (threats and
harassment, for example).  We also recognize that in some areas, such as
copyright, there are free-expression interests on both sides of the debate.


FEPP has produced two policy reports, Internet Filters: A Public Policy
Report and Media Literacy: An Alternative to Censorship.  See our Web site
at www.fepproject.org for these and other materials, including
friend-of-the-court briefs, commentaries, fact sheets, and book reviews.

Applications should describe the proposed area of study, explain why it is
important to free-expression policy, and outline a detailed research plan.
Possible research areas are:

        ? arts and humanities funding
        ? copyright and free expression
        ? threats to arts, culture, and scholarship on the Internet
        ? school censorship and youth free expression rights
        ? political censorship, including the U.S.A. Patriot Act
        ? media consolidation as a threat to free expression values
        ? corporate control of academic research

This list is not exclusive, and applicants are encouraged to propose other
topics.

Applicants should have a strong interest in free expression policy,
first-rate research, analytical, and writing skills, and a background in
media studies, arts and cultural policy, law, sociology, or political
science.  The fellowship pays $35,000 (with benefits) and can begin anytime
between March 1 and September 1, 2003.  Application materials must include:

        ? a 1,000-1,200-word description of your project, including
an explanation of its importance for the development of free-expression
policy, and a detailed research plan;
        ? a 15-20 page writing sample;
    ? a curriculum vitae; and
    ? two letters of recommendation.

Send application materials by January 15, 2003 to:  Marjorie Heins,
Director, Free Expression Policy Project, 275 Seventh Ave.  9th fl., New
York, NY 10001.

FEPP is affiliated with the National Coalition Against Censorship, and is
supported by the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, the Rockefeller
Foundation, the Open Society Institute, and the Andy Warhol Foundation for
the Visual Arts.