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.
About International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)
International Center for Journalists is a non-profit, professional organization located in Washington, D.C., United States, that promotes journalism worldwide. Since 1984, the International Center for Journalists has worked directly with more than 70,000 journalists from 180 countries over 27 years.
West Africa GBV Reporting Fellowship
| Application Deadline | 05 Nov 2021 |
| Country to study | Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal |
| Type | Training |
| Sponsor | International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) |
| Gender | Women |
Aim and Benefits of West Africa GBV Reporting Fellowship
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
Requirements for West Africa GBV Reporting Fellowship Qualification
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.
Interview date, Process and Venue for West Africa GBV Reporting Fellowship
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.
Application Deadline
November 5, 2021How to Apply
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