Dag Hammarskjöld UN-reporting fellowship open [Worldwide]

Deadline: MARCH 05, 2017

Journalists who are 25 to 35 years old and from developing countries can apply for a fellowship to report on the United Nations from September to November 2017.

The fellowship, sponsored by the Dag Hammarskjöld Scholarship Fund for Journalists, gives participants the opportunity to report on international affairs during the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Fellows will make professional contacts, interact with seasoned journalists and gain a broader perspective on global issues.

The fellowship is open to journalists currently working full time in developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

In an effort to rotate recipient countries, the fellowship will not consider journalist applications for 2017 from nations selected in 2016: Argentina, Indonesia, Iran and Tajikistan. Journalists from these countries may apply in 2018.

The fellowship includes travel, accommodations and a per diem allowance.

The application deadline is March 20.

For more information, click here.

Workshop focuses on eco-journalism [Nigeria]

Deadline: MARCH 05, 2017

Journalism or mass communication students from the Niger Delta region can apply for an all-expenses-paid workshop.

The African Art and Media for Earth Initiative is organizing the Eco-Journalism Workshop 101 March 27 to 29 in Lagos. 

The goal is to provide a platform to generate and tell stories of grassroot people directly affected by the oil pollution of communities in the Niger Delta region as well as stories of indigenous  people, by indigenous people, for a global audience.

Topics include how to track oil spills, follow investments meant for ecological interventions, monitor clean-up projects and restoration programs. The program also features a field trip to Ogoni for hands-on-training. 

Participants will have the chance to be selected for a six-month fellowship with online green media hub, Eco Nigeria. 

The deadline is March 5.

For more information, click here.

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• ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
• WORKSHOP
• NIGER 

BUHARI: IPC FROWNS AT DENIAL OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION TO GUARDIAN JOURNALIST IN LONDON

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BUHARI: IPC FROWNS AT DENIAL OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION TO GUARDIAN JOURNALIST IN LONDON

The International Press Centre IPC, Lagos-Nigeria has described as unwarranted and unhealthy for democracy, the denial of access to information and the call on the London Police to arrest a Guardian reporter who was making enquiries about the President of Nigeria.

“With visits by top government officials and leading politicians to the President at the London Abuja house, his stay there has become knowledge and of public interest” said the Director of IPC, Mr. Lanre Arogundade.

According to him, such public interest demands the establishment of an information unit or centre in London to respond to enquiries about the President.

The IPC Director said other means of responding to the Guardian reporter should have been explored instead of the attempt to get him arrested.

SGD:

Melody Akinjiyan

Safety Alert Desk Officer, IPC

House 11, Dideolu Court, 2^nd gate b/stop, Ogba Lagos

Tel: +2348162206470

Melody Akinjiyan

Assistant Program Officer

International Press Centre (IPC), Lagos, Nigeria

IPC is Nigeria's foremost media capacity development organization.
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Writing conference offers scholarships [Worldwide]

⛅   Deadline: 

       MARCH 17, 2017

All writers, from inexperienced to very established, are encouraged to apply for scholarships and fellowships to attend a writing conference in June.

The 61st annual Wesleyan Writers Conference will take place from June 14 to 18 on the Wesleyan University campus in Middletown, Connecticut. The event will cover a wide range of topics, including journalism, nonfiction, editing and translation, and writing about science and medicine.

There are several scholarships available especially for journalists who wish to attend the conference. Teaching fellowships are also available for writers who have completed book-length manuscripts.

The scholarships cover at least part, if not all, of the tuition for the conference. In order to apply, applicants must submit a registration form, a representative sample of their work in nonfiction, a letter of application expressing their interests and a resume.

International applicants are encouraged to apply, although travel fees will not be covered by the scholarships.

Applicants may choose to also submit a US$100 deposit that will secure their place at the conference, although this is optional if they are only applying for the scholarship. Submissions are accepted both electronically and by regular mail.

The deadline to apply for the scholarships is March 17.

For more information, click here.

IWMF's fund for women journalists open [Worldwide]

Deadline: 

MARCH 07, 2017

Female journalists of all nationalities can apply for a grant.

The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) is accepting applications for the third round of the Howard G. Buffett Fund, which aims to support women journalists in their projects and endeavors.  

Possible projects include exposing under-reported but critical global issues; challenging traditional media narratives; developing field-based expertise and strengthening careers; pursuing training and leadership opportunities; and launching entrepreneurial news projects or acquiring the skill to do so.

Applicants must have three or more years of professional journalism experience. Teams of journalists may apply, however the submission must be from a woman journalist and her team must include at least 50 percent women.

The deadline is March 7.

For more information, click here.

Call for Entries: Early Childhood Development Reporting Fellowship

The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ), in partnership with the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), is recruiting for Early Childhood Development Reporting Fellows.

ICFJ will recruit 10 Early Childhood Development Reporting Fellows from Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania. During the year-long program, the Fellows will receive training, mentoring and financial support to produce stories on nutrition and early-childhood development.

Two more groups of fellows will be recruited over the next two years. The goal of the fellowships is to improve news coverage of child health and form a global network of reporters covering this critically-important issue.

To become a 2017 Fellow, candidates must complete a Fellowship application. Applicants should include
• A resume or CV
• Examples of stories produced on early-childhood development
• A reporting-project proposal that outlines story ideas the Fellow will pursue and a reporting and publishing/broadcasting plan

How to Apply:
Entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m., U.S. Eastern time, Sunday, February 26, 2017. Apply here.

Eligibility:
The Fellowship is open to journalists covering issues of child health and development for news outlets based in Bangladesh, Brazil, India, Kenya, Nigeria and Tanzania. Successful applicants must be employed by a news outlet or have a commitment to publish/broadcast from a news outlet to participate. Applicants must be proficient in English. Stories submitted may be written in your native language; however, reporting project proposals must be submitted in English.

The Judging Process:
The winners will be selected by an international panel of judges that includes media professionals and representatives from ICFJ and CIFF.

Selection will be based on professional qualifications, relevant experience, previous reporting on childhood development, and demonstrated impact o

IPC Transparency and Anticorruption Project; Calling on Journalists

A modest remuneration awaits Journalists who are interested in doing reports on transparency and anticorruption issues
For further details contact International Press Centre, Lagos immediately on 08020359629 or stellanwofia@ipcng.org

Mandela Washington Fellowship open [Africa]

Posted on September 23, 2016

Deadline: 

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Leaders ages 25 to 35 can apply for this program.

The Mandela Washington Fellowship, launched by the U.S. government's Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), will bring 1,000 young leaders to the United States in summer 2017 for academic coursework and leadership training.

The program also seeks to create opportunities in Africa for fellows to put new skills to practical use in leading organizations, communities and countries.

The fellowship includes a six-week academic and leadership institute, a summit with U.S. leaders in Washington and an optional six-week U.S. professional development experience and activities in Africa.

Citizens and residents of the following countries are eligible: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Republic of the Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. 

The deadline is Oct. 26.

For more information, click stellanwofiaupdates

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Call for Entries: Wole Soyinka Centre set to select 2016 best investigative reporter

The call for application towards the selection of the 2016 best investigative reporter as part of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting opens on Tuesday 4 October.  Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) in its invitation for entries requests Nigerian journalists or team of journalists, full or part-time, with stories published between 4th October 2015 and 3rd October 2016 to apply for the eleventh edition of the award.

The Centre has honoured Nigerian investigative journalists through the award programme for ten years. It is focused on works that report cases of corruption, human rights abuses, and regulatory failures. Categories for this year’s edition are print, online, photo, editorial cartoon, television and radio. The call for entries emphasises that the submitted stories should be targeted and received by a Nigerian audience.

All entries will be collated using the entry coding system and judged by a panel of experts from the media and related professions who are keen on investigative journalism. Judges would score stories based on ethical reporting, courage, individual creativity and public interest slant.

Applications are to be submitted at the Wole Soyinka Centre office, No 18A Abiodun Sobanjo Street, Off Lateef Jakande Street, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos.  Online entries must however, be sent via email toentries@wscij.org. The deadline for the submission is Monday 24th October 2016.

Deadline for Submission of Entries:  4PM Monday October 24, 2016

Click here: Criteria for eligibility

The Haller Prize for Development Journalism 2016

“How best can digital technology empower development in sub-Saharan Africa? And where are the challenges?”

The Haller Prize for Development Journalism is now in its third year and was created in order to promote African-led discussions around development. The continent is changing and as issues facing the developing world grow more complex, journalism has become a critical medium in which to throw light on them and chronicle real change.

The Haller Prize will be awarded to a writer able to explore insightfully the challenges and opportunities of digital technology in the development sector. There will be 3 winners (1st, 2nd and 3rd place) and the successful entries will offer unique interpretations; either shedding light on sector failings or offering comment on best practice.

The Prize is open to all sub-Saharan African nationals who are resident in the region and will be awarded for a piece of original, previously unpublished written work up to1000 words in length. To date, our prize winners have gone on to write articles for the UN; have been shortlisted for Thomson Reuters awards; and been invited to attend African Development Bank conventions on climate change.

In 2014, Haller developed a Farmers App, taking advantage of Africa’s burgeoning smartphone market in order to put best practice in affordable, sustainable, scalable farming into the hands of smallholders. In the words of Haller’s CEO, Alia Malik, “We developed the Haller Farmers App in order to connect more farmers with information that could enable sustainable livelihoods. Digital technology is necessarily dynamic. It is the first step of a learning process – maybe what farmers really want is to be connected to each other”. It is for this reason we have chosen to have technology as this year’s theme as it is an integral part of both Haller’s future and Africa’s more widely.

Entries must be received by 24.00hrs. GMT on Friday 16th September 2016 and will be judged by an independent panel of international repute.

Prizes: 1st Prize GBP 3000, 2nd Prize GBP 1000 and 3rd Prize GBP 500

The Prizewinners will be announced on Thursday 17th November 2016 through a virtual Prize ceremony here on our website.

To apply, and for more information, please email prize@haller.org.uk