The Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism is now accepting applications for its annual competition for three year-long fellowships. They are open to all working journalists, but preference will be given to graduates of UC Berkeley’s master’s program in journalism. The deadline for applications is April 1. Here’s the link.

“Supporting the development and practice of in-depth journalism in the public interest is critical given continuing cutbacks in broadcast and print newsrooms across the country,” said Lowell Bergman, director of the Investigative Reporting Program.