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 The news industry is a major player in the web space, and it is at a crossroads. Many players are making important web technology decisions and investments that will shape how we experience the web for years to come. We want to provide news organizations with open technology options as they make those decisions.  Because news it as the center of many people's web use, this is an opportunity to reach a huge population with Mozilla's open web values and working with open technology.
-==='''Is this initiative intended primarily for journalists, developers, or both? '''  ===
+==='''Is the fellowship intended primarily for journalists, developers, or both? '''  ===
- To be successful, we'll need a diverse set of minds coming to the table and offering ideas. While our cohort of fellows comes from tech backgrounds, this program is not successful it it doesn't engage everyone from developers to journalists and all points in between.
+The Knight-Mozilla Fellowship program is designed specifically to engage developers, hackers, engineers, and technologists and bring them into the newsroom as fellows. The entire Knight-Mozilla OpenNews program, however, takes a broader look at participation and wants to engage both technically-minded individuals as well as journalists looking to engage in technological problems/solutions.
 ==='''Who is eligible for a Knight-Mozilla fellowship? How do I apply for a Knight-Mozilla fellowship?  '''  ===