Paid for by the Marjorie Deane Financial Journalism Foundation, the award is designed to provide work experience for a promising journalist or would-be journalist, who will spend three months at the New York office of The Economist writing about business, finance and economics. Applicants are asked to write a covering letter and an original article of no more than 500 words suitable for publication in the Finance & Economics Section. Applications should be sent to deaneinternny@economist.com by February 21st.