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Published: 05 Nov 2021 1,440 views
The Africa Women Journalism Project, an initiative supported by the International Centre for Journalists in partnership with the Ford Foundation West Africa, has opened a call for journalists in Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal to increase the capacity of women journalists to understand the complexity of gender-based violence and exploitation and empower them to cover gender-related issues.
Through its programme, the AWJP is looking for 60 women journalists for the first phase of the programme, who are interested in reporting on the scale of gender-based violence in the target countries.
| Application Deadline | 05 Nov 2021 |
| Type | Training |
| Sponsor | International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) |
| Gender | Women |
Fellows will receive microgrants to produce data-driven and collaborative reporting projects.
? Successful Fellows will also be eligible to apply for larger grants to support the production of more complex, data-driven and investigative reporting projects.
? Fellows will also be eligible to apply for grants to lead peer-to-peer training sessions in their own newsrooms where they can share their skills and knowledge thereby establishing themselves as experts in the field.
? Fellows will be assigned an experienced story mentor and will convene for regular webinars featuring experts in different fields to enable them to examine gender-related issues of relevance to their communities and how the pandemic is impacting development policies.
? Fellows’ stories will be shared on partner newsroom websites, with links on the Africa Women’s Journalism Project’s site as well.
? Successful Fellows and their newsroom affiliates will commit to publishing the
stories on a monthly basis
1. This fellowship is open only to women journalists in Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal
2. Read through the open call carefully before you fill in the form https://bit.ly/3GeDaxS
3. A fine command of either English or French is a mandatory precondition.
4. Failure to upload any required documents will immediately remove an applicant from consideration.
Applicants must be working journalists with at least three years of full-time, professional journalism experience.
? Applicants may be affiliated or freelance journalists.
? Applicants must speak, read and write English or French fluently in order to fully participate in and benefit from the Fellowship.
? All applicants must submit one story about under-explored issues concerning or intersecting with gender-based violence.
? Applicants will commit to publishing at least one story which they will produce within a month of completing the information and training sessions.
? Applicants must attend all webinars/information/training sessions scheduled during the program.
? Applicants who are successful in the Fellows’ selection process will commit to participating in monthly conversations with their assigned mentor.
? Successful applicants will be required to submit a blog of a minimum of 250 words about their experience and learnings from the programme for publication on the partners’ and the AWJP websites.
STORY REQUIREMENTS
? The story must deal with gender-based violence in either of the targeted countries (Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal).
? The story must be relevant to these countries and to the West African region.
? Must be well-written and compelling
? Must abide by the highest journalistic standards, eg multi-sourced
? Utilise data to effectively tell the story
? Include images/videos/graphics
? In-depth, investigative stories that provide new information or have a unique angle on the issue will be an advantage.
? Each story must be published within a month of receipt of the story grant and at the end of the information sessions.
For more details, visit the website.