Media Excellence scholarships for journalists
Call for applications 2024-2025
The Media Excellence scholarships are aimed at journalists working for all types of media: newspapers, magazines, news agencies, online newspapers, news or analysis programs, audiovisuals.
In the 2024-2025 call, IESE Business School offers to 8 professionals the opportunity to take one of its Executive Programs, recognized among the best in the world (2nd place, according to Financial Times) and that the school teaches at its campuses in Madrid, Barcelona and Munich, training with professors of the highest level with a global vision and focused on the person, with the ethics and social responsibility that comes with it.
Candidates will be evaluated based on their professional experience (minimum 10 years), the examples of their work presented, their motivation for the program and, when it applies, the recommendation of their media management. Candidates' work must reflect a high level of professional excellence and respect for journalism ethics.
In line with IESE's mission, the school will positively value work that has promoted good business practices, the improvement of situations of social injustice, among others.
The IESE Media Excellence Scholarship program is divided into two categories:
1. General Management Scholarship, aimed at training senior journalists in general management functions through a 6 to 8 months program. IESE will award 4 scholarships (2 in Spanish and 2 in English). This scholarship will cover 80% of tuition fees.
2. Business Specialist Scholarship, which allows a senior journalist to attend a 3 to 5 days program focused on a business or management skill. 4 scholarships will be awarded covering 80% of the tuition fees.
Candidates must apply for one of the two categories and submit specific documentation.
Programs available*
*Subject to availability
- Programa de Desarrollo Directivo (PDD)
- Spanish / Barcelona, Madrid / 6 months
- Program for Management and Development (PMD)
- English / Barcelona, online / 6 months
- Programa de Alta Dirección de Empresas (PADE)
- Spanish / Barcelona, Madrid / 6 months
- Programa de Dirección General (PDG)
- Spanish / Barcelona, Madrid / 6 months
- Advanced Management Program (AMP)
- English / Madrid, Barcelona, Munich / 7 months
- Contabilidad y finanzas para directivos no financieros
- Spanish / Live online / 6 weeks
- Liderando proyectos estratégicos
- Spanish / Live online / 5 weeks
- Lograr un equipo de ventas excelente
- Spanish / Barcelona / 3 days
- Become a positive leader to accelerate positive change
- English / Barcelona / 4.5 days
- Getting things done: strategic management
- English / Barcelona / 5 days
- Negociar con eficacia y creatividad
- Spanish / Madrid, Barcelona / 3 days
- Comunicar con eficacia y persuasión
- Spanish / Barcelona, Madrid / 3 days
- Developing leadership competencies
- English / Live online & Barcelona, Live online & Madrid / Online + 3.5 days
- Marketing digital para directivos: maximizando impacto y retorno
- Spanish / Madrid / 3 days
- Artificial Intelligence for executives
- English / Munich, Barcelona / 3.5 days
- Competencias directivas: desarrolla tu liderazgo
- Spanish / Live online & Barcelona / Online + 4 days
- Winning negotiation strategies
- English / Munich / 2 days
- Liderar el cambio digital: datos, agilidad e innovación continua
- Spanish / Live online & Barcelona / Online + 4 days
- Sustainability & ESG: design, plan and implement
- English / Live online & Barcelona / 3.5 days
- Liderar equipos con propósito
- Spanish / Madrid / 3 days
- Desarrollo sostenible & ESG
- Spanish / Live online & Madrid / Online + 3.5 days
- Communication skills that empower your leadership
- English / Barcelona / 2 days
- Executing Digital Change: Data, Agility and Continuous Innovation
- English / Live online & Madrid / Online + 4 days
Apply for your scholarship.
If you are a journalist and you want to improve your business training to grow as a leader, this is your opportunity.
Read carefully the scholarship conditions and submit your application, as well as all required documentation, before September 27th, 2024.