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Nine media opportunities with deadlines in August

Journalists and media practitioners in Nigeria seeking to apply for media opportunities can apply for the following programmes. These media opportunities including awards, fellowships, grants have deadlines in August 2020. Journalists and media practitioners seeking [...]
Training

Apply for Africa-China environmental journalism training workshop

DEADLINE: AUGUST 20, 2020 ― The Africa-China Reporting Project (the Project) at Wits Journalism is inviting journalists with interests or experience in environmental journalism to submit proposals for an Online Environmental Journalism Training Workshop. The [...]
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WSCIJ publishes photobooks on state of education, electricity in Nigeria

The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism (WSCIJ) has published two photo books on the challenges with basic education and electricity in Nigeria. The photobooks titled, ‘State of Schools’ and ‘Living in Darkness’, are part [...]
Grants

Apply for training, grants to investigate sports management in Africa

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 28, 2020 ― Journalists in Africa can apply for training and grants from the Thomson Reuters Foundation to investigate sports management in their countries or other African countries. Interested applicants need not be [...]
Fellowships

Four Nigerian journalists selected for climate reporting fellowship

Climate Tracker has selected 12 African journalists for it’s African Sustainable Energy Reporting Fellowship. The fellowship is organised in collaboration with Hivos Energy. Among those selected for the fellowship are four Nigerian journalists including a [...]

Nine media opportunities with deadlines in August

August 1, 2020 Comments Off on Nine media opportunities with deadlines in August
WSCIJ publishes photobooks on state of education, electricity in Nigeria

July 28, 2020 Comments Off on WSCIJ publishes photobooks on state of education, electricity in Nigeria
Four Nigerian journalists selected for climate reporting fellowship

July 26, 2020 Comments Off on Four Nigerian journalists selected for climate reporting fellowship
Stakeholders push for accurate, relevant data at Wole Soyinka 12th lecture

July 14, 2020 Comments Off on Stakeholders push for accurate, relevant data at Wole Soyinka 12th lecture
Meedan supports African non-profits, others to tackle COVID-19 misinformation

July 8, 2020 Comments Off on Meedan supports African non-profits, others to tackle COVID-19 misinformation
ICFJ, ONA launch stress management online course for journalists

July 7, 2020 Comments Off on ICFJ, ONA launch stress management online course for journalists

DEADLINE: AUGUST 14, 2020 — Journalists below the age of 30 can from countries with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of less than $20,000 can apply for the 2020 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award.

Apply for 2020 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award

July 17, 2020 Comments Off

DEADLINE: AUGUST 14, 2020 — Journalists below the age of 30 can from countries with a Gross National Income (GNI) per capita of less than $20,000 can apply for the 2020 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist […]

Premium Times publisher, three others named international press freedom awardees

July 14, 2020 Comments Off

The publisher of Premium Times, Dapo Olorunyomi, and three other journalists, Shahidul Alam, Mohammad Mosaed and Svetlana Prokopyev have been named the international press freedom awardees by The Committee to Protect Journalists. The journalists from […]

Freelance journalists can apply for Rory Peck Awards

July 9, 2020 Comments Off

DEADLINE: AUGUST 10, 2020 ― Freelance journalists including reporters, filmmakers, photojournalists and camera operators across the world can apply for the Rory Peck Awards The Rory Peck Awards which was established in 1995 aims to […]

Use investigative journalism to develop Nigeria, experts urge campus journalists

May 17, 2020 Comments Off

John Ayeni As part of efforts to rid the country, particularly the education sector of corruption, campus journalists in Nigeria have been urged to focus more on investigative journalism. This charge was given on the […]

I-79 Media Consults trains campus journalists on reporting, fact-checking

May 9, 2020 Comments Off

Nigeria’s unique social enterprise hub, I-79 Media Consults has trained not less than 400 campus journalists across the country on writing, reporting and fact-checking. The training with the theme: “The Dynamics of Journalism in the […]

Premium Times, NAN, fake news, Dapo Olorunyomi, campus journalists

COVID-19: Campus journalists charged on collaborative reporting

May 5, 2020 Comments Off

Publisher of Premium Times, Dapo Olorunyomi, has charged campus journalists to collaboratively use this period of lockdown to report about challenges facing the education sector in Nigeria. Key among the issues that can be reported, […]

Register for 21st International Symposium on Online Journalism

July 15, 2020 Comments Off

The Knight Center has cancelled its in-person conference, International Symposium on Online Journalism scheduled for April at the University of Texas at Austin. Rather, for the first time in its 21-year history, the International Symposium […]

16th annual African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) to hold online

July 6, 2020 Comments Off

Organisers of the African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) have announced that the 16th edition of the conference will hold online this year. The 2020 edition of the AIJC conference which will hold in October will […]

World Press Freedom Conference 2020 to hold online

June 28, 2020 Comments Off

Owing to the effects of the COVID19 pandemic, the World Press Freedom Conference 2020 (WPFC 2020) is to take the form of a Global Digital Event. WPFC 2020 will take place on 9 and 10 […]

Four Nigerian journalists selected for climate reporting fellowship

July 26, 2020 Comments Off

Climate Tracker has selected 12 African journalists for it’s African Sustainable Energy Reporting Fellowship. The fellowship is organised in collaboration with Hivos Energy. Among those selected for the fellowship are four Nigerian journalists including a […]

Dubawa trains 23 journalists for 2020 fact-checking fellowship

July 19, 2020 Comments Off

In commencement of its 2020 Fact-Checking Fellowship, the Premium Times Center for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), through its fact-checking project, Dubawa, has selected 23 journalists from Nigeria and Ghana. The 23 journalists were selected from the […]

McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism

July 16, 2020 Comments Off

DEADLINE: JULY 31, 2020 – McGraw Centre for Business Journalism, an initiative of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York, is calling for applications for its 2020 McGraw […]

Apply for Africa-China environmental journalism training workshop

July 30, 2020 Comments Off

DEADLINE: AUGUST 20, 2020 ― The Africa-China Reporting Project (the Project) at Wits Journalism is inviting journalists with interests or experience in environmental journalism to submit proposals for an Online Environmental Journalism Training Workshop. The […]

Apply for training, grants to investigate sports management in Africa

July 28, 2020 Comments Off

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 28, 2020 ― Journalists in Africa can apply for training and grants from the Thomson Reuters Foundation to investigate sports management in their countries or other African countries. Interested applicants need not be […]

Apply for PTCIJ’s natural resource, extractives journalism training

July 23, 2020 Comments Off

DEADLINE: AUGUST 9, 2020 ― Applications are invited from journalists for the PTCIJ’s Natural Resource and Extractives Programme (NAREP) virtual training on Nigeria’s Natural Resource and Extractive Sector Reporting in Nigeria. PTCIJ’s NAREP aims to […]

Apply for training, grants to investigate sports management in Africa

July 28, 2020 Comments Off

Journalists can apply for grant to investigate government procurement

July 16, 2020 Comments Off

DEADLINE: JULY 30, 2020 – Journalists in Nigeria can apply for support grants to investigate procurement projects across the country. The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) and Dataphyte are calling for applications from journalists […]

Apply for second round of IFCN fact-checking innovation initiative

July 11, 2020 Comments Off

DEADLINE: JULY 24, 2020 ― The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) is currently seeking applications for the second round of funding for the Fact-Checking Innovation Initiative. This Fact-Checking Innovation Initiative is open to the global fact-checking […]

Nine media opportunities with deadlines in August

Apply for Africa-China environmental journalism training workshop

WSCIJ publishes photobooks on state of education, electricity in Nigeria

Apply for training, grants to investigate sports management in Africa

Four Nigerian journalists selected for climate reporting fellowship

Vacancies

VACANCY: ICFJ is hiring an Assistant Editorial Project Manager

VACANCY: Editor, researcher needed at Dubawa

VACANCY: Editor at new BBC, Channels TV programme, Gist Nigeria

Young graduates can apply for paid media internship

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Awards

Apply for 2020 Thomson Foundation Young Journalist Award

Premium Times publisher, three others named international press freedom awardees

Freelance journalists can apply for Rory Peck Awards

Campus

Use investigative journalism to develop Nigeria, experts urge campus journalists

I-79 Media Consults trains campus journalists on reporting, fact-checking

COVID-19: Campus journalists charged on collaborative reporting

Conferences

Register for 21st International Symposium on Online Journalism

16th annual African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC) to hold online

World Press Freedom Conference 2020 to hold online

Fellowships

Four Nigerian journalists selected for climate reporting fellowship

Dubawa trains 23 journalists for 2020 fact-checking fellowship

McGraw Fellowship for Business Journalism

Trainings

Apply for Africa-China environmental journalism training workshop

Apply for training, grants to investigate sports management in Africa

Apply for PTCIJ’s natural resource, extractives journalism training

Grants

Apply for training, grants to investigate sports management in Africa

Journalists can apply for grant to investigate government procurement

Apply for second round of IFCN fact-checking innovation initiative

Interviews

People’s Check will become an authority in fact-checking globally ― Founder

Resources

How fact-checkers are fighting coronavirus misinformation worldwide