Viewfinder Accountability Journalism Fellowship 2022

Are you a mid-career journalist who wants to take your reporting on topical, public interest issues in South Africa to new heights? Viewfinder is offering a fellowship for reporters to investigate and then produce impact-driven journalism on accountability failures in the country. 

We are particularly interested in exposing abuses of power or inexcusable failures by large institutions that negatively affect marginalised people or communities. The fellowship and our editorial support will enable you to investigate, research and develop your proposed reporting project. During the second half of the fellowship period, we will work with you to produce a short film or broadcast segment and a long-form written exposé rooted in your reporting and findings.

About Viewfinder

Viewfinder is an accountability journalism project in South Africa. We do long term investigations into abuses of power which impact on the public interest – specifically as it relates to the need for equality and redress – in post-apartheid South African society.  Through narrative journalism, documentary filmmaking and inter-newsroom collaborations we make complex findings accessible to audiences across the spectrum of South African news media consumers. We provide our audiences with the knowledge they need to demand accountability from large institutions on the specific ...... read more

Viewfinder Accountability Journalism Fellowship

Aim and Benefits of Viewfinder Accountability Journalism Fellowship

• Remuneration: R40,000 to conduct your investigation and to work with the Viewfinder team on journalistic production.
• Duration: Two months, part time, starting on 1 October 2022.
• Deliverables: Collate interviews, research and source material into an investigative file (month one). Render your investigation as an investigative television broadcast segment and a long-form written exposé (month two).
• Expert investigative, editorial and production support will be on offer throughout the fellowship period.

Requirements for Viewfinder Accountability Journalism Fellowship Qualification

• Eligibility: Open to South African citizens or foreign nationals with permission to work here. Applicants should be skilled, mid-career journalists. Preference will be given to black applicants.
• Both freelance and employed journalists are invited to reply. The latter must seek permission from their editors. For permanently employed journalists, co-publication of their investigation with their home newsrooms can be negotiated.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Viewfinder website.