Named for the first female, African American commentator employed by a U.S. network, the NABJ Ethel Payne Fellowship is a $5,000 award for a journalist to gain foreign correspondence experience in Africa and the necessary assistance to complete a project or singular report on Africa. Proposed projects are encouraged to tell the untold and dynamic stories of Africa and African people. The winning fellow must finish their travel to Africa and publish their story/project by June of their award year.